I have a collections baddie on my report, 3.5 years old, for $135 from a dentist. What is the best way to get this off my credit report? I understand that simply paying it doesn’t remove it… and I don’t want to make the same mistakes I did when I paid off charged off CC’s for less than full amount. Is it worth it to my score to pey them off or will it make things worse by changing DoLA ?

thanks!

amy

 

I defaulted and rehabbed 7 student loans, which left me with a total of 114 late payments from defaulting according to FICO. The guarantor took over the loans on 01/09 so from what I understand I will be completely clean in 7 years from that date. However, since some of those lates happened as early as 2005, should I expect those lates to start dropping in 2012 and bring down the count on my 114 lates, then the rest of the lates to follow month-by-month as they each hit their 7-year anniversary? Or am I stuck with the entire negative tradeline as is until 2016? I’ve attached a pic to make things easier. Thanks! :)

 

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