A cautionary tale -- What you don't know can hurt you -- What's in your score? -- Building the perfect credit profile -- Gaming the system -- The five biggest credit mistakes and how to avoid them -- Preparing your credit score for a new home purchase -- The care and feeding of credit cards -- Protecting your credit score from identity theft -- The "newbie" : establishing credit for the first time -- Higher education : navigating the school loan landscape -- Disaster relief : surviving divorce, foreclosure, and bankruptcy.
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