Clean Up Your Finances (Collection)

Index

Numbers

401(k) plans. See also retirement plans

credit cards, paying off with, 198

loans, 88, 161

403(b) plans, loans from, 88

A

accessing

credit card systems, 135. See also identity theft

credit reports after divorces, 200

credit scores, 9

accounts

age of, 22

amount owed, 21-22

bank, automatic debt, 58-59

checking, 66-67

closing, 65, 72–73, 79, 164

collection, 18. See also collections

credit, 18

FICO scores, 16

health savings accounts (HSA), 194

identity theft, 133–137

credit bureau conflicts, 153–155

laws, 137–138

reducing exposure to, 139–148

victim response, 148–153

joint, 125

positive, updating, 163

reviewing, 53

savings, 66–67, 193

takeovers, 134

action plans

credit crises, 106–107

prevention, 84. See also prevention

addresses, verifying, ...