An Unofficial Idiot’s Guide to Taxes: What to Know and How to File
Wednesday, 03 January 2018
Every year, Americans endure what we call ‘tax season’. And every year, Americans feel like Paul Revere himself because in 1770, some British chancellor thought the original colonies would be ok with taxes on their tea. And so began the Boston Massacre – as well as the American perception on taxes. But today is not
- Published in money tips, Tax Returns
Get to Know Your Credit Experts: John Schwab
Wednesday, 06 December 2017
Here at the Credit Repairmen, we believe in telling the stories of our clients. But we also believe in the people that work for our company, so this will be a running feature introducing you to the employees we believe in as well. John Schwab is currently our Marketing Director for the business team. The
- Published in Credit Repair Advice
Could You Overcome Identity Theft?
Wednesday, 06 December 2017
Here at the Credit Repairmen, we believe in telling the stories of our clients. But we also believe in the people that work for our company, so this will be a running feature introducing you to the employees we believe in as well. Jackie Garcia is a long time member of our company. Doing what?
- Published in Identity Theft
Maintaining Your New Renditions of New Years Superstitions
Tuesday, 05 December 2017
Everyone has their own version of New Years superstitions. They want to change the way they do things in order to reach next year, and look back to see that they’re a better person. Or so we tell ourselves. Personally, we’re all about that extra 2 percent. Do you feel like eating black eyed peas
- Published in money tips
Understanding Collections and Charge-Offs
Tuesday, 05 December 2017
For a lot of Americans, debt collection is a world that they’ll either never understand, or avoid altogether. So what are collections? And what are charge-offs? What are the differences in this financial jungle? The first thing to note is that debt is different from a collection, just as a collection is different from a
- Published in Credit Building, Credit Repair Advice, Credit Score, Credit Tips
Make it Your Business to Keep Business Flowing for the Holidays
Monday, 04 December 2017
Unless you’re Jeff Bezos, and the holidays push your net worth to 12 figures, the holiday breaks themselves are generally hard to keep business flowing the way you’d want. After all, it’s not just workers asking for a vacation, recovering from food comas, or broke from family Christmas shopping. It’s probably you too, the small
- Published in San Antonio Finance
The Way Debt Works to Ruin Your Credit Without you Knowing
Friday, 01 December 2017
Many people understand the basic idea behind debt. You buy things, and when you do, lenders can help you, but if lenders don’t get your money, suddenly the borrower and the lender have an agreement problem. Broken agreements are what we call debt (which is different, though related, from collections). This is the system that
- Published in CFR-Finance, money tips
New ATM Skimmers, Credit Card Cloning Labs, and What Credit Card Fraud Now Looks Like
Tuesday, 07 November 2017
Credit card fraud has been a problem for a long time, but since 2005 that problem has been growing at an absurd rate. More than half the US population was compromised with the infamous Equifax breach. That number gets worse when you factor in the breaches on Target, Home Depot, Yahoo, and so on. It
- Published in Identity Theft, Technology
Five Black Friday Shoppers to Watch Out For (Or Potentially Defend Yourself Against)
Tuesday, 07 November 2017
Black Friday has come to be synonymous with deals so great, shoppers will literally punch each other or run each other over for a right to buy the cheapest magnetic doodle house. As a result, there are Black Friday types you need to prepare for (for those that consider shopping an act of war), so
- Published in money tips
How to Survive Thanksgiving With the Perfect Financial Recipe
Tuesday, 07 November 2017
Thanksgiving is different than most holidays. Not only do you spend it with family, but you consume what you spend, even when the goods are overcooked thanks to that one relative you shouldn’t have trusted with the food to begin with. To make sure everything goes according to plan, the Credit Repairmen have our own
- Published in Uncategorized