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With the loss of jobs lately, bad credit is becoming a worse and worse problem, and fewer agencies are willing to lend to someone who does not have good credit history, and it can be hard to get services you need such as electricity and water if they think you won’t pay them on time. Here are a few ways to get your credit back on track and make sure that you can get your life back together.

Starting with the obvious, pay all your bills on time.
This is the way that most people throw their credit off, with late payments. If a payment is over thirty days late it is guaranteed to be reported to the three major credit agencies. If it is over fifteen days late, there is still a chance it will be reported. Try not to make late payments. Some people in the early stages have to set up a budget, and get a payday loan to make sure a few of their bills aren’t late. This is not ideal, but as long as you don’t rely on the loans you will be able to get off of this life support quickly and survive the hard times. On the flip side, if you do pay your loans off on time and your bills on time, your credit score will immediately start to improve.

Avoid other types of debt.
Don’t file for bankruptcy if you can help it. Don’t let your taxes go unpaid either. Both of these sit on your credit for years and can haunt you even when you are paying everything else off on time.

Get a pay as you go credit card.
Pay as you go credit cards will still improve your credit as long as you keep a sufficient amount of money in the account to cover your expenses and you add more money as necessary. While this will take some time, your credit will build up again slowly over time.

These are only a few tips for how to repair bad credit, what tricks have you tried that work?