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Free Checklist: 27 Credit Report Errors to Check Before You Apply for Anything

Before you apply for a mortgage, an auto loan, a rental, or business funding, a lender pulls your credit reports. If there's an error on them — an account that isn't yours, a late payment you actually paid on time, a collection that appears twice — you can be denied, or approved at a worse rate. Checking for errors first costs nothing, and it can change what a lender sees. These are the seven categories of errors worth reviewing before anyone pulls your file.

The 7 Error Categories

  1. 1Accounts that aren't yours
  2. 2Wrong late payments
  3. 3Duplicate collections
  4. 4Charge-offs with wrong balances or dates
  5. 5Inquiries you didn't authorize
  6. 6Outdated items that should have aged off
  7. 7Repossessions or public records reported inaccurately

Education only — finding an error doesn't guarantee any outcome. We only dispute items that are inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable, and results vary by report.

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