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Good morning to all, I am currently working on repairing my credit with hopes of refinancing soon. I sent dispute letters to the 3 CRA's and these particular trade lines (2) came back "Verified" The dept of treasury is reporting 2 different balances with 2 different addresses. one shows as "Department of treasury" and the other shows "DPT Treasury" with 2 different addresses. I have been paying this through wage garnishment for the past 2 years as well as tax refund offset. They have not responded to validation requests. Can anyone tell me what my options are? The Garnishment is through Pioneer credit recovery The balance reported to TU is about half of what they are reporting to Equifax. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Government shutdown didn't end without repercussions Article courtesy of "Credit Card Builders" Premium Newsletter. The government shutdown has ended – at least for the moment. But the first shutdown since 1995 did take a toll on the country. Of course, the shutdown occurred because House Republicans were insistent that new spending bills include language that damaged or eliminated Obamacare; while Democrats were just as insistent it remained intact. Most people only think about the billions of dollars that were lost, such as the estimated $24 billion in lost economic output; and $450,000 per day in revenues lost at National Parks. But there were other things that went basically unseen. For example, the job reports didn’t come out on time due to delays caused as a direct result of the shutdown. Additionally, the folks who usually inspect eggs and fresh berries (and just about anything else you could put on a plate outside of red meat) were on furlough. Additionally, the FDA skipped untold numbers of inspections at dairies, processing plants and other food companies; what’s more, the FDA couldn’t do many follow-up inspections to ensure problems they’d already found were fixed. Why? Nearly 1,000 of their 1,602 inspectors were furloughed! Worse yet, the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (located in Georgia) sent 9,000 of their 13,000 workers home, which meant they couldn’t give their best effort to curbing the salmonella outbreak in chicken that reached 18 states. That’s bad enough – but that’s just one area that suffered. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wasn’t running, so discrimination cases weren’t making it into court. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration wasn’t doing business, so untrained employees could operate dangerous equipment. Children and adults wishing to use government sites such as NASA or the Census Bureau discovered these sites were not available due to the shutdown. Doctors could not apply for federal funded research grants to find cures for diseases, which may set their research back by as much as a year. Even the FCC was closed, so our country’s citizens couldn’t call to complain about a radio, television or Internet broadcast that offended them. But just because the shutdown has ended, don’t forget that this is just a temporary fix. The 16-day shutdown ended with a deal that raises the debt ceiling and allows current spending levels to remain the same through January 15, 2014. However, with Republicans saying they’ll “do anything” to derail the health care laws put in place by President Obama, there may be another one just around the corner.

Hello I have some questions regarding my student loans. I know there are government loans and private loans. My government loans were garnished until a certain period of time, and then I proceeded to pay them off (on top of my garnishments). The private loans are held through Sallie Mae, and being that they're private they do not garnish. Instead, Sallie Mae has continued to hit me with very high interest rates at which are doubling and tripling my total amount due over the years. I can no longer run and hide, the more I hide the sooner my loans reach $100k mark. I am confused and not sure what to do, it seems if I start paying I will simply be paying the interest for years and years prior to even touching the principal amount due. Onto my question, and I have to ask because I don't know what to do. I have been told by many people that after 7 years and (3-4 months) private loans will fall off of my credit report. I am coming here to see if there is any truth to this and or what I should do to increase my score. I'm financially stable at this point and need to get the credit score addressed immediately for it is affecting many points in my life. If this means tackling the loans head on, then so be it. It will be a long while before they are paid, but if that's what needs done so be it. If you all tell me I should start paying them, will I see a increase in my score once I start making payments? Thanks all, sorry it's so brief but figured you didn't want a long read. Thank you all, if there is any information you need please let me know. Apprecaite any advice you can offer I'm simply looking for the most cost affective and best way to increase my score. Sadly I didn't even finish college due to a job offer at which I couldn't pass up and I am currently still employed with said company. Thanks all