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Mortgages 101: Quick Answers to Over 250 Critical Questions About Your Home Loan

Guide DescriptionWith product stories dominating the news in the headlines, people – whether it’s buying a new home or refinancing – have other questions about complex issues. Housed in a matter of access and easy answers, Mortgages 101 provides readers Essentials credit programs and important information on financing conditions and procedures. The book shows readers how to save money: understanding key terms such as AR. . . More>>
Mortgages 101: Quick Answers to Over 250 Critical Questions About Your Home Loan

PenFed & Kroll ID TheftSmart: Lame or What?

  Ok, so I get the PenFed fubar letter about the security breach and the offer for two-years of ID TheftSmart offered by Kroll.  Not that I need yet another credit monitoring service, but I figured I'd take advantage of it at least to see what it was like.   So, I used the membership number they supplied to sign up and filled in the only blanks on the personal data page that were not already pre-completed: SSN and DOB.  Click on next and then get the message that they are unable to verify my identity with the information (SSN & DOB) provided.  WTH?   So I click on their manual verification link and go through a bunch of junk and an authorization to pull my credit.  Finally, it says to call an 800 number to complete the verification within 30 days.  I called and was greeted by a recording saying that "the number / extension dialed at Kroll's no longer exists; goodbye."   Question:  How the hell can I trust Kroll's with the critical task of monitoring all my credit reports when the morons simply can't even provide / maintain a working telephone number?  I mean, can they even walk and chew gum at the same time

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