Credit Karma

There are a lot of web sites that offers free credit score and credit report. However, many of them are not really free and some have down right misleading advertisement regarding their offers. This list contains some of the most popular web sites that offers free credit report and credit score. From the list, two [...]

In general, anything above 700 is considered good, but it’s not that simple. There are many different credit scoring systems with different scales — not to mention individual lenders have their own criteria. In short, a good credit score depends on the scoring system used and your particular lender. However, you can get a good idea of [...]

I recently came across a video by FTC that advertise AnnualCreditReport.com in a manner that mocks the more familiar commercials by FreeCreditReport.com. I had mentioned in the past that credit report from FreeCreditReport.com is not free because you have to sign up for one of their paid services to get it.

FTC AnnualCreditReport.com Restaurant Video
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One of my favorite financial websites is Credit Karma. I love the ability to get and track my credit score for free. Now they are expanding their services to provide you with credit report information. The new feature is called Credit Report Cards, and it is also free. I checked it out today and I [...]

These past weeks, my family and I have been shopping for a minivan to accommodate our extended family of 7 — and finally replacing our 11 years old Ford Contour. The experience left me wondering if the auto industry really needs the bail out money at all. If I have to judge by how some [...]

There are a lot of financial websites out there.  Unfortunately, there are some really good ones that you may not have heard of before.  Over the past few months, I have been trying to collect these financial sites into my Personal Finance Directory (please check it out, explore, rate, and review these sites).  But I [...]

Have you heard of FreeCreditReport.com before?  If you watch television at all, you probably came across their free credit report commercials more than once.  And if you do a Google search for “Free Credit Report”, they will actually come up as the #2 result.  Don’t believe their commercials or their extremely misleading name even for [...]

There are many special deals and freebies that you can find on the Internet.  This page is a collection of what I found over the year.  Please note that this page is mostly specific to financial services deals and offers.
Free Finance Magazines
Our business partner has made many popular magazines available for free.  All you have [...]

TransUnion credit score is one of the three credit scores that you can obtain. Unlike FICO score, there is a easy and free way to obtain your TransUnion score from a web site called Credit Karma (thanks to Lazy Man And Money for posting about this originally). Originally, Credit Karma didn’t use one of the [...]