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This my (Bo Majors) 721 FICO score credit report from 2001. I started at 570 in 1992.
Check bottom: GRAND TOTALS, I owed $131,252 with a monthly payment total of 1745. 45% monthly debt to income ratio is maxed out. 
I would need to make at least 3800 GROSS household income per month for new good credit. 

What is a FICO SCORE  *721*   656    597    463 
TOO MANY BANK OR NATIONAL REVOLVING ACCOUNTS  / proportion LOAN BALANCES TO LOAN AMOUNTS IS TOO HIGH                        
PROPORTION OF BALANCES TO CREDIT LIMITS, TOO HIGH ON BANK/OTHER REVOLVING ACCTS
LENGTH OF TIME ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED                                  
SON ISSUED-68  yr             STATE ISSUED-SC  sis# issued in south Carolina                     
 last name, first name,2   SINCE 07/01/88 AD 11/06/01     FN-278   Women might have alias here. Sometimes a name gets misspelled and ends up here       
 "last inquired" address sate and zip ,TAPE RAPT 04/97  These are the addresses I listed when I applied for credit at some point.           
 previous address,zip,TAPE RAPT 06/01                              
 previous address,CRT RAPT 10/96                           

BEDS-date of birth's-social security number                                                
01 ES - HIJ Auto Sales 10/95               These are the jobs i had when I applied for credit at some point                                 
02 EVE - DEF Office Sales 01/92                                           
03 E2 - ABC woodworking  05/90    

bankruptcy, public records, liens judgment, collections, public records show up in this are. Non are on this report

*SUM-04/87-01/02,PR/OI-NO,COLL-NO,FB-NO, ACCTS:28,HC$0-107K, 26-ONES, 2-OTHERS.
FIRM / IDENT CODE     CS  RPTD   LIMIT  HICR  BAL $   DLA MR (30-60-90+)MAX/DEL
ECOA/ACCOUNT NUMBER       OPND        P/DUE  TERM          24 MONTH HISTORY 

First Line: Summary of all acounts and dates on this credit report.              
SUM-04/87-01/02 shows beginning to today how many years i have had credit. 
PR/O1-NO shows no public records. it could say yes public records in last 7 years
COLL-NO reflects no collection accounts in past seven years of reported credit
ACCT:28 number of reported lines of credit in past 7 years on this report
HC$0-107 = is showing a person with 107.000 for a high credit limit on one of the accounts reported
26-ONES = accounts have a customer rating of 1 of a scale of 1 ONE to 9 NINE. ie: R1or I1
2-OTHERS = means 2 accounts have not been rated because other

Second Line: Terms and recent credit with each creditor
FIRM / IDENT CODE
Company name and register number for
CS-
customers-current-payment-status-rating R1 R9 I1 I9
RPTD =
last time creditor reported on this account
LIMIT = Total approved high credit line
HICR
= the total amount of the high credit limit that i have borrowed on that account
BALS $
= How much is owe right now on the account 
DLA = Date of the last activity
on this account
MR = number of months this account has been open
(30-60-90+) MAX/DEL
= times this account has been 30 60 or 90 days late

Third Line
ECOA/ACCOUNT
Type of account, individual, co signor, joint
OPENED
Month and Year account was opened
P/DUE in amount that is past due now
even one or two days.
TERM
Monthly payments obligation for this account
24 MONTH HISTORY
It will show the past 24 months and which payments were more than 30 days late during that period

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BP/CITI   *60....752 r1 01/02    600    ---    172 01/02 02                   

J/                                        08/90    ---     10                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 
bp citi credit card, acc# ri good, 01/02 date opened, 600 high credit limit
owe 172 now, last reported 01.02 and the account has been open for 2 months.
 two people sing joint account j, looks like this was closed at one time because it show open in 08/90
but it shows open 2 months and has a 10 dollar per month payment.          
                                                                     

MBNA AMER *8.....19   R1 01/02  13300    ---   3528 12/01 13                   

I/                      09/99               ---     79                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

AEDC CR UN*77......78 r1 01/02    ---   2000   1342 01/02 34                   

C/                       09/97                         ---     50                                   

   LINE OF CREDIT                                                              

                                                                               

CHASE NA  *458....71  R1 01/02  15300    ---  13565 01/02 10                   

I/                                                  03/01    ---    271                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

FUSA NA   *45.....41  R1 01/02  10000    ---   4109 01/02 06                   

I/                                                07/01    ---     82                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

CITIFINANC*8......53  R1 12/01   4500    ---    745 12/01 04                   

I/                                              07/01    ---     22                                   

                                                                               

FUSA NA   *45......1  R1 12/01   9500    ---      0 11/99 36                   

I/                                              12/98    ---    ---                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

TRV BNK   *8......88  R1 12/01   6500    ---      0       05                   

S/                                            07/01    ---    ---                                   

   CHARGE                                                                      

                                                                               

FLEET CC  *49.....1   R1 10/01    ---   1500      0 11/98 47                   

J/                                             11/97    ---    ---                                   

   PAID ACCOUNT/ZERO BALANCE                                                   

   ACCOUNT CLOSED BY CREDIT GRANTOR                                            

                                                                               

BANKAMERIC*41.....28  R1 10/01   6000    ---      0 10/01 41                   

I/                       0                           5/98    ---    ---                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

FUSA NA   *4......7   R1 02/00    ---   8500      0 09/98 27                   
 
A/                                          08/97    ---    ---                                   

   ACCOUNT CLOSED BY CONSUMER                                                  

   PAID ACCOUNT/ZERO BALANCE                                                   

                                                                               

FUSA BANK *1.....5    R1 02/00    ---   7000      0 10/99 26                   

S/                                              11/97    ---    ---                                   

   ACCOUNT CLOSED BY CONSUMER                                                  

   PAID ACCOUNT/ZERO BALANCE                                                   

                                                                               

FUSA NA   *4.....17   R1 10/99   1500    ---      0 09/98 26                   

I/                                               08/97    ---    ---                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

DILLARD   *90.....5   R1 07/99      0    ---      0 04/95 02                   

J/                                        02/92    ---    ---                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

DILLARD   *9......5   R1 07/99   1000    ---      0 05/96 95                   

J/                                        06/91    ---    ---                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

FUSA NA   *4......7   R1 09/98   8500    ---      0 09/98 13                   

A/                                           08/97    ---     15                                   

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

                                                                               

DILLARD    90.....5   R1 10/97    ---    373      0 04/95 39                   

J/                                           02/92    ---    ---                                   

   CLOSED ACCOUNT                                                              

                                                                               

CITI      *9......5   R1 06/96   2300    ---      0 02/96 99                   

A/                                       04/87    ---    ---                                   

   ACCOUNT CLOSED BY CONSUMER                                                  

                                                                               

    REVOLVING TOTALS            79000  19373  23461        Divide 23461 by 79000 and you get total debt to hicr ratio                    

                                                                 ---    514                                   

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AEDC CR UN*7........8 I1 01/02    ---   9450   7665 01/02                      

C/72222221                             02/01    ---    227                                   

   AUTO                                                                        

                                                                               

REGIONS   *7......8   I1 12/01    ---   1400      0 11/01 23                   

I/322222222702             01/00             ---     68                                   

                                                                               

WELLS FARG*5.......8  I1 12/01    ---   107K   100K 12/01 52                   

J/6822222225             03/97                     ---    984                                   

   REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE                                                        

                                                                               

WFFINANCE *7......2   I1 11/01    ---    493    226 11/01 12                   

I/872-59663168           10/00               ---     20                                   

                                                                               

AEDC CR UN*7.......78 I1 03/98    ---   7300      0 01/98 04                   

C/72222201               10/97                   ---    180                                   

   PAID ACCOUNT/ZERO BALANCE                                                   

   AUTO                                                                        

                                                                               

AEDC CR UN*77.......8 I1 10/97    ---   7000      0 08/97 03                   

C/72222203               06/97                   ---    172                                   

   PAID ACCOUNT/ZERO BALANCE                                                   

   AUTO                                                                        

                                                                               

AEDC CR UN*77.......8 I1 08/96    ---   9400      0 08/96 04                   

C/72222201               03/96                   ---    234                                   

   PAID ACCOUNT/ZERO BALANCE                                                   

   AUTO                                                                        

                                                                               

BANKAMERIC*77.......8 I1 10/93    ---  14190      0 10/93 62                   

J/222222222222220        07/88                 ---    318                                   

                                                                               

    INSTALLMENT TOTALS            --- 116943 107891                            

                                                               ---   1231  
107 thousand dollars owe on a high credit limit of 116,000 and a
1231 dollars in monthly month payments



How to read, understand, improve and help my credit report. Here are 4 real live credit reports with explanations of each category and what they mean
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    GRAND TOTALS                79000 136316 131352                            

                                                                ---   1745                                   
grand totals for figuring debt to income ratio and overall debt summary
79,000 dollars credit revolving total high credit limit 136,000 total credit limit
131,000 owed on 136,000 allowed, with a 1745 per months total obligations. 
the total monthly obligation is used for DEBT TO INCOME RATIO
Enter this total into your calculator then divide it by your GROSS income per month.|
 The debt to total provable monthly gross income should be less than 45% in most cases.

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MBNA AMER *8.....19      11/01    ---    ---    --- 10/01                      

                         09/99                                                 

   LOST OR STOLEN CARD                                                         

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

   AMOUNT IN H/C COLUMN IS CREDIT LIMIT                                        

                                                                               

MBNA AMER *8.....19      06/01    ---    ---    --- 05/01                      

                         09/99                                                 

   LOST OR STOLEN CARD                                                         

   CREDIT CARD                                                                 

   AMOUNT IN H/C COLUMN IS CREDIT LIMIT       

Here are the entries for everyone who has pulled up your credit.

"Inquiries" If you have a pile of them, then that hurts your beacon score

at the rate of 2 points per entry.                           
                                                                     
*INQS-RELS       181ZB03708 01/14/02     PEOPLES BK 414BB15822 11/06/01        

      CITIFINANC 243FP256   07/20/01     FUSA, NA   458ON5704  07/07/01        

      LEND TREE  241FZ157   04/26/01     AEDC CR UN 772FC31    01/15/01   

                                                                    

Here are phone numbers for every creditor and inquirer on your report.
This is what the bureaus use to verify your report is accurate
when you dispute a record. It is important to note that sometimes a business
goes belly up, or changes names, or location. If this is the case on a
poor credit entry, then you can have it removed because the business
can no longer prove the credit entry is correct.

Inquiries  

* MEMBER #    COMP. NAME  TELEPHONE      * MEMBER #    COMP. NAME  TELEPHONE   

  605BB56752  BP/CITI     MAIL ONLY        801ON119    MBNA AMER   MAIL ONLY   

  772FC31778  AEDC CR UN  615-4555441      458BB4171   CHASE NA    800-3565555 

  458ON2941   FUSA NA     302-5944000      801FP9653   CITIFINANC  931-4554534 

  801FP4688   TRV BNK     800-6351520      496ON291    FLEET CC    302-7914400 

  416BB1228   BANKAMERIC  800-7596262      496ON317    FUSA NA     800-9559900 

  155ON85     FUSA BANK   800-9558010      906DC755    DILLARD     800-6438278 

  906BB115    CITI        MAIL ONLY        772BB148    REGIONS     615-9671467 

  558FM1508   WELLS FARG  800-2625294      772FP482    WFFINANCE   615-3934717 

  772BB12218  BANKAMERIC  MAIL ONLY        414BB15822  PEOPLES BK  203-3383114 

  243FP256    CITIFINANC  MAIL ONLY        458ON5704   FUSA, NA    800-6777101 

  241FZ157    LEND TREE   704-5415351                                          

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