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ForewardCongratulations! You just opened the door to more financial opportunities for you and your family by buying and now utilizing this book. I remember what is was like all too well sitting in your shoes. The banks wouldn’t loan me a dime (fair enough, I apparently wasn't very good at paying anyone back according to my credit report). After getting pregnant with my third child and living in a small home, I knew I had to do something about all of the nasty marks that were not allowing me to buy a bigger home, car, and persue my dreams. But what could be done? There was thousands of dollars in collections of bills I had never even seen! There were also many items in collections that went to collections when I didn’t even know what …show more content…

Installment: This is NOT a credit card. An installment loan is a loan that has an end date, or term, such as a vehicle loan or personal loan.
Revolving Line of Credit: The word revolving indicates that this credit line does NOT have an end date. There is not a “36 month” term for payback on this loan. Revolving credit is “good” credit and shows how well you can be trusted with the money that has been leant to you. You want to keep your balances less than 50% at all times, but if you can keep them at 30%, that's even better.
Credit Card: A credit card is different from a debit card in the way that credit cards are allowing you to use money that isn’t yours. A debit card disburses money from your checking account directly, and even if it has a “Visa” or “Mastercard” logo on it, it is still coming out of the money you already have. Credit Cards typically charge you interest for using the money that is not yours. Just like the revolving line of credit, keep your balances below 50% to be in the clear, but ideally 25-30%.
Retail Card: This is a card that you have applied for in a retail store. Be careful with these, as they are very appealing when the store offers you a discount if you apply for or use their card. There is almost always such a high interest rate that you end up spending MORE then you would have without the 10% off for being a card holder. These balances need to

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