
Explore the fundamentals of credit, credit reports, and FICO scores, and learn how to build and maintain a good credit profile.
Identify how a credit report summarizes your credit accounts, payment history, and liabilities tied to your Social Security number, used by banks to assess borrowing power.
Learn how to build credit by paying all obligations on time, avoiding collections, protecting your credit score, and managing debt with payment plans and one or two cards.
Discover three ways to establish credit: becoming an authorized user, finding a co-signer, or applying for a secured bank credit card, with on-time payments boosting your score.
Review your credit report and payment history to understand your credit power. Know the FICO score range 350–850, and building credit through co-signers, secured cards, or an authorized user.
Borrowing money is neither inherently good nor bad; success depends on discipline, knowledge, and using debt wisely to build credit and travel rewards.
Credit is an important term to understand in the financial world. The term credit is a broad term that can cover many different meanings in the financial world. This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts of credit, credit reports, credit scores and ways in which credit is built.
As part of today's course we will also discuss the implications of negative credit and how to avoid having negative remarks reported on your credit report
One of the most practical ways in which credit is used by most people is to purchase a house or a car. If a person does not have large amounts of cash available to buy a home or a car, they will need credit established to take out a loan from a bank in order to complete a purchase.
I hope you gain some new knowledge from today's course and I wish you nothing but success in your financial endeavors.
Lastly, I am a licensed real estate agent & a lot of the international students that take my courses end up coming to America. If you are looking to buy or sell a home in the United States, please reach out to me so I can help guide you in the buying/selling process!
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Legal disclaimer
The contents of this course provide general financial information. It is not legal advice or regulatory guidance. It is intended to provide basic financial concepts to help further financial education. You should always consult a lawyer or an accountant for personal matters relating to finances