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bubbadu

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So my friend, age 21 saw an article on digg about credit scores. So he ran a report and it turns out experian claims his score is 835! They said he had 4 open accounts, i.e car loan (which i believe his parents cosigned), best buy card etc... He only makes about 28K a year but has never been late due to his parents paying his bills. Should be move out of his $600 dumpy apartment and maybe look into a house soon? Just figured someone like rossman would know how this is possible.
 
Originally posted by: bubbadu
So my friend, age 21 saw an article on digg about credit scores. So he ran a report and it turns out experian claims his score is 835! They said he had 4 open accounts, i.e car loan (which i believe his parents cosigned), best buy card etc... He only makes about 28K a year but has never been late due to his parents paying his bills. Should be move out of his $600 dumpy apartment and maybe look into a house soon? Just figured someone like rossman would know how this is possible.
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It's quite possible, but not probable.

What would hurt him most is not his income (since it is not used as a factor), but his lack of aging on his accounts. Being 21, his oldest account is just a few years old which is not a lot of history to go on.

I've seen literally hundreds, if not thousands, of credit reports in my day but I've never seen a score so high for someone so young.
 
Originally posted by: QED
Originally posted by: bubbadu
So my friend, age 21 saw an article on digg about credit scores. So he ran a report and it turns out experian claims his score is 835! They said he had 4 open accounts, i.e car loan (which i believe his parents cosigned), best buy card etc... He only makes about 28K a year but has never been late due to his parents paying his bills. Should be move out of his $600 dumpy apartment and maybe look into a house soon? Just figured someone like rossman would know how this is possible.
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It's quite possible, but not probable.

What would hurt him most is not his income (since it is not used as a factor), but his lack of aging on his accounts. Being 21, his oldest account is just a few years old which is not a lot of history to go on.

I've seen literally hundreds, if not thousands, of credit reports in my day but I've never seen a score so high for someone so young.
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yeah thats what i figured.... something has to be wrong... the total amount of credit spent was at most 10K, just paid on time every month. Should I have him run the other two companies?

 
the credit score he got is not the one with industry standard, it's usually off by quite a bit, sometimes 100 points or more

the one that really matters is called the FICO score, best place to get it is through www.myfico.com
 
Originally posted by: Ushio
the credit score he got is not the one with industry standard, it's usually off by quite a bit, sometimes 100 points or more

the one that really matters is called the FICO score, best place to get it is through www.myfico.com
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or get a wamu card. they update it every month for you at the account website.
 
Originally posted by: BarneyFife
$28k a year with a car loan is going to buy a shack.
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Well, the OP did say the parents pay all the bills. Maybe they'll pick up the mortgage too!
 
Originally posted by: QED
Originally posted by: bubbadu
So my friend, age 21 saw an article on digg about credit scores. So he ran a report and it turns out experian claims his score is 835! They said he had 4 open accounts, i.e car loan (which i believe his parents cosigned), best buy card etc... He only makes about 28K a year but has never been late due to his parents paying his bills. Should be move out of his $600 dumpy apartment and maybe look into a house soon? Just figured someone like rossman would know how this is possible.
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It's quite possible, but not probable.
What would hurt him most is not his income (since it is not used as a factor), but his lack of aging on his accounts. Being 21, his oldest account is just a few years old which is not a lot of history to go on.
I've seen literally hundreds, if not thousands, of credit reports in my day but I've never seen a score so high for someone so young.
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Agreed.
When I was 24 and never had a car loan or house loan I managed an 800.
Just good solid, payments on a handful of quality credit cards since I was 18. Never too many at once and never had a high debt-to-income ratio.
 
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