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Credit Report of Deceased

My wife passed away about 7 months ago.  We're young so we had online accounts for just about everything.  All of her stuff is closed (or should be).

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Posted by jedwan - April 19, 2010 at 4:04 pm

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Is financing a good thing?

Once the credit is cleaned up, and we are able to get credit when we need it, is it smart to try and finance everything we can, and then pay it off quickly so we have good trade lines?  Things like electronics, or furniture, or a vacation...  We would have the cash for it, but we have the ability to finance it so we get a new trade line, then we pay it off after a few months.  Good, bad?  initially harmful to the score but eventually a great thing?

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Posted by jedwan - January 25, 2010 at 6:28 pm

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