The Guerrilla Guide to Credit Repair: How to Find Out What's Wrong With Your Credit Rating-And How to Fix It

Many Americans, we are told, are loaded with personal debts. While paying them may be burdensome enough, not paying will register you with one of three main (secretive) credit bureaus. Getting your name cleared from these outfits may take some doing if things don't go smoothly. Bierman, a credit consultant, and Wice, a freelance writer, show how to get your credit reports, read them (jargon reigns here too), and repair them. Practical step-by-step routines are outlined and valuable sample letters scattered throughout, with the caveat not to copy them precisely or the credit bureaus will suspect that you are being coached. Appendixes citing all the relevant laws fill a third of the book. Surely this will be both a useful addition to public libraries and probably an item to be kept behind the desk.
- Alex Wenner, Indiana Univ. Libs., Bloomington
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Anyone who has ever been turned down for a loan as well as anyone with an extensive credit history should read this guide. It spells out clearly and succinctly how to obtain copies of your credit report, how to read different bureaus' reports, and how to fix what's wrong. Sample letters are given throughout each stage, from writing credit bureaus for your complimentary annual report to writing a cease-communication letter to collection agencies. A multitude of appendixes give everything from credit-bureau addresses to simple explanations of such complex pieces of legislation as the Consumer Credit Protection Act and the Fair Credit Billing Act. With this guide in hand, reading your credit report and correcting errors will never again seem like impossible tasks. Caroline Andrew