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PAY IT. Pay it all off and keep the receipts! If you can't afford to pay then negotiate and most debt collectors will settle for less if you have the money.

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Q: What should your boyfriend do to improve his credit score if he had a few collection agency debts plus a bunch of small delinquenies from order and utilities from years back?
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How can your boyfriend improve his credit rating if he has a few unresolved collection debts and small unpaid debts from years back?

He needs to make arrangements to pay them off. If he can't pay them off in a lump payment, he needs to inquire as to whether the company will make payment arrangements with him. If so, advise him to get it in writing and then follow the agreement exactly as it was made. This "payment arrangement" of a collection actually will help him on the road to rebuilding his credit rating.


Will paying a collection agency improve your overall credit rating?

Yes, because by doing that you are converting a Negative on your credit history to a Positive action. Those who look at a credit report are looking to see if you are making efforts to "turn things around." Paying a collection does NOT improve your credit and may, under certain circumstances, cause even more deductions to your credit score. This is one of the fallacies about credit. The factor that causes the largest amount of deductions to scores is when a derogatory account was last reported to the bureaus, not the amount owed or the status (paid or unpaid). A paid collection account can be just as damaging as an unpaid collection. The first answer was incorrect. The only thing that will improve your credit rating is to have the collection removed from your credit report. Offer to pay the collection in exchange for a deletion.


Is sunrise credit services legitimate?

Yes. I used to work for them. They are in Farmingdale, NY.New Answer from Wanda Yvette with Improve Credit, LLC:?If you check online you will notice that this company is a collection agency. They do not have a rating with the Better Business Bureau. The reason for that is they have not registered their business with the BBB. They seem to be a collection agency in New York.?


Does paying off old bills improve your credit score?

it does not actually improve the score but if they are already turned over to the collection agency - it will just make credit score get worse and worse. the only way to improve score is by paying everything off ON TIME and letting time take it's course. Most bad stuff will drop off within 10 years


If collections were paid off and credit cards were paid down will score go up in one month?

Paying down/off credit cards will improve your score as it reduces your utilization of available credit. This can provide a substantial score increase depending on how much utilization you have on your cards, singularly as as a whole. Utilization of available credit should be in the range of preferably 9% or less. Paying off collections will hurt your score initially UNLESS you get in writing from the collection agency that they will accept your payment in exchange for deleting the account from your reports AND they will not sell or transfer the unpaid collection balance to another debt collector. This last part is equally important as this same collection can be recycled over and over with some collectors tacking on erroneous fees and interest. Basically, the only way a collection can improve your credit scores is if it isn't there. If not, the collection will be updated as paid and will remain on your report as a derogatory. Kind of a no win situation, in my opinion unless you do a PFD (pay for delete.) If a collection agency tells you they can't do that; it's a lie.

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How can your boyfriend improve his credit rating if he has a few unresolved collection debts and small unpaid debts from years back?

He needs to make arrangements to pay them off. If he can't pay them off in a lump payment, he needs to inquire as to whether the company will make payment arrangements with him. If so, advise him to get it in writing and then follow the agreement exactly as it was made. This "payment arrangement" of a collection actually will help him on the road to rebuilding his credit rating.


Will paying a collection agency improve your overall credit rating?

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