Disputing Negative Records With Credit Reporting Agencies Part1 The procedure of disputing errors with Consumer reporting agencies is simple and is described on the FTCs web site. It is also described in the guides you can get on our web site www.101creditrepair.com Here are the basic steps Get and review your credit report. You can use annualcreditreport.com to get a free report from each of huge free credit reporting agencies once a year. I suggest to subscribe to a service from Experian.com, or Equifax.com – for a small fee you will get unlimited number or reports. It will help you to monitor your progress. Identify records to right / remove (I have another video about analyzing credit report, or read about it in my guide at www.101creditrepair.com ). Write letter to the CRAs (Credit Reporting Agencies) asking them to make required corrections. Make copies for your file. Send via certified mail (keep the receipt). The CRA must investigate your dispute and answer in 30 (or 45) days. If they corrected – fantastic. If CRAs have verified the record as valid, then the next step will be to contact the institution which has placed the record (original lender or collection agency) as described in the next video. See also at http Note: I recommend certified mail because other methods (phone, internet, etc.) don’t provide simple and uniform way to keep track of all correspondence. But if you still prefer these other methods, you must keep the log of all the events: when did you call …
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