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To: AbolishCSEU

My kids all tent.

Most of them have a credit score of Zero. They all live debt free.

They meet the rest of your criteria though.


4 posted on 08/07/2025 5:56:27 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: cyclotic

That’s fine if they don’t have any debt. You’d be surprised how many people are wallowing in debt when looking at their credit report. If a first time renter is living with their parents, I’d expect them to have quite a nest egg saved in their bank account. Around here they don’t. I had a 19 yr old first time renter try and boss me around, critiquing my process. She had a low credit score, probably from online shopping, too many visits to TJ Maxx and not paying her bills.


6 posted on 08/07/2025 6:02:01 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: cyclotic

Most of them have a credit score of Zero. They all live debt free.

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If you live debt free, even if you don’t carry any available lines of credit or open accounts, you should still have a credit score above 600. Not zero.

It’s difficult to get below 600 unless you are late paying your bills all of the time AND you have running debt.


7 posted on 08/07/2025 6:02:15 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: cyclotic

There are programs out there that I was looking at for my tenants (one of whom is my son) in which their rent could be reported as being paid on time and would help their credit score.

I don’t remember the name of the company but I thought it looked like a good idea at the time.


13 posted on 08/07/2025 6:22:22 AM PDT by LilFarmer (Isaiah 54:17)
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