It is so rewarding to see people use the site and learn from my questions and answers.  I know the feeling of raising your credit score and it is almost like Christmas or your birthday when you get updated credit reports in the mail.  Every deletion is an awesome thing.

I sometimes hear back from people that have used the site and they tell me how it's going and how much it has helped.  That makes all the work worth it.  So thank you.

Here is story from a guy improving his credit score and used...
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So with a lot of advice and Q&A sites out there, how do you know you can trust the source?  Most of the time like on yahoo answers you have a bunch of random people giving you advice or spamming you with their agenda.  Sometimes when looking for answers, I would have to scour forums and blogs to find what I'm looking, then test it to make sure it is correct.

Everything I have put on my site has sources and info to back it up.  So not just me (credit expert to toot my own horn) but a slew of ex...
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I've had some questions on the name of my site - creditjerk.com.  To be honest, I'm not sure about it either.  I'm not a hater or someone I consider to be a jerk.  But some people might say I'm a cynic or that I don't sugarcoat things.

I take things how they are with no bs and I hope to get the same back.  Kind of the point of the site, no more lies, no more myths, just stone cold hard facts.  No curve balls, just trying to tell it like it is.

It can be frustrating to someone who has never done...
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Getting the CreditJerk website going.  I've entered some Q&A sections with credit questions and answers.  These are the most asked questions I've seen and I'm compiled them all in one place.

I'm sure it is frustrating for consumers who are looking for answers to their credit questions to have to go to all these sites looking for answers.  Many times you get answers from random people or people with agendas that don't know what they are talking about.

I've also put a question form on the front p...
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I'm posting any new interesting and funny news on my front page.  I just put up the Saturday Night Live skit with Steve Martin about how to get out of debt.  Very funny and true, people don't know how to save up for things.  We have become a please me now society.  Right on point with that video.

I also posted a couple articles I found on yahoo and cbsnews.  One talking about credit reporting errors, another about how much a late payment affects your credit score, and another about how everyon...
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