Default Profile Photo

Deanna Templeton

Specializes in

Credit Score credit report mortgage Managing Debt debt credit score

Credit Tools

credit report

Credit report card

Free credit score and credit report snapshot

credit report

Calculators

Tools to help you take control of your financial goals

credit report

Free credit repair assessment

Ensure you have an accurate credit report

All of Deanna's posts
Blog Post Image
Credit Score

A Foreclosure Is Killing My Credit, What Do I Do?

How is your credit report affected when you have a foreclosure, and what can you do about it?

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Managing Debt

A Debt Collector Came After Me for $8.97

A reader whose past due movie rental went to collections wants to know if her $8.97 debt will hurt her credit.

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Credit Score

I Need to Rebuild My Credit, Where Do I Start?

We recently received this question from a reader who is looking for help with credit report errors and how to improve his credit score.

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Managing Debt

Can a Credit Report Error Be Too Old to Fix?

A Credit.com reader recently wrote in with questions about errors on her credit report, and what to do when a creditor won't remove them.

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
student loans

3 Little-Known Facts About Student Loan Debt

3 Little-Known Facts About Student Loan Debt

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Managing Debt

7 Ways to Avoid a Debt Relapse

Here are a few lessons that may help you stay on track, avoid a debt relapse and keep you out of debt for good.

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Credit Cards

Credit Cards With Annual Fees: When They're Worth It

Why would you opt for a credit card with an annual fee over one without? The answer: rewards, and lots of them.

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Credit Cards

How to Get Rid of Credit Card Junk Mail

If you want to drastically cut down on credit card offer mailings, you have the right to “opt out” and have your name removed from these prescreened lists.

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Managing Debt

Loan Payments Over? Throw a Party

There's an emerging trend among people who have paid off serious debt -- celebrating with a big party.

Deanna Templeton

Blog Post Image
Personal Finance

5 Must-Have Money Apps for 2013

Here are five free money apps that can give you a little extra help with sticking to (and achieving) your financial resolutions this year.

Deanna Templeton