So my wife added me to some of her good accounts, so that hopefully I can gain some good credit history from it.  I don't have much credit history as it stands, so anything will help.  She has a few credit cards, and merchant cards that she has had for a while with good payment histories.

So will give it a few weeks and check my credit scores again and see if they have improved.  Probably also need to raise some of her credit limits if possible.  Only problem with that is that we will get a cr...
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I signed up with Lexington Law Firm in November to remove my negative items off my credit report.  I have 1 charge off and 4 collections.

I had already ordered mycredit reports through Identityguard, but it was nice because Lexington Law pulled my Trans Union credit report for free.  I sent in my 3-in-1 credit reports, so they had all 3 in the system.  I set it up so I won't be charged the first payment for 15 days, so gives me some time to get my credit reports into them and start disputing.

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So not as bad as thought and now in January it is 638, so 50 points higher.  My credit was much worse a few years ago, but I think several years of being married and being a parent has helped.  I have been a little more responsible and have piggy backed on my wife's credit a little bit.  My wife's average credit score is 680, so quite a bit better, but can still use some improvement. 

I have researched a few options on what we think would be the best options to raise our credit score.  The le...
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I ordered my credit report through www.identityguard.com Did a little research and they offered free credit reports from all 3 credit bureaus and all 3 credit scores free.  You still have to sign up for a 14-day free trial for their service and then you will be charged $17.99 if you don't cancel in those 2 weeks.  I just have to remember to cancel. 

I submitted my info, but they couldn't release my credit information without confirming my identity first.  So I called it to get it fixed and th...
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