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Deanna Templeton

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Credit Score

Will an Employer Credit Check Hurt Your Score?

Is your credit score affected negatively when you apply for a job and the background check is done?

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student loans

What Happens to Student Loans When You Die?

If you borrowed student loans and you die, is your spouse liable for that debt?

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Managing Debt

Help! I Lost My Debt Collection Notice

Dealing with a debt collection can be confusing enough, but what happens if you lose the notice and don't know how to contact the collector?

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Credit Cards

Help! My Sister Wants Me Off Her Credit Card

What do you do if your credit score has benefited from being an authorized user on someone else's credit card, and the cardholder wants to remove you?

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Why Did My Credit Score Drop After I Paid Off My Balance?

We recently received the following question from a reader about why her credit score would drop after paying off a credit card balance.

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Help! A Hurricane Wrecked My Credit

Hurricane season officially begins on June 1st, which makes a reader's story about a bill that fell through the cracks during a natural disaster all the more timely.

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Credit Score

Will Defaulting On Season Tickets Hurt My Credit?

A Credit.com reader asks: Could defaulting on season tickets have an impact on your car insurance, current loans for cars, or anything else?

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Credit Score

Help! I Pay My Credit Cards Every Month But I Still Can't Get a Loan

We recently received a question from a reader about why her credit score would suffer from "too much credit card debt" when she pays her balance in full every month.

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student loans

Can You Erase Student Loan Debt Through a Loophole?

In theory, charging your student loans on a credit card to circumvent the bankruptcy rules sounds like a sensible solution. The reality, however, is quite the opposite.

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