| Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: You Can’t Fix Something You Don’t Understand: A Credit Owner’s Manual.
Chapter 1: The Lowdown on Credit Essentials: Just What You Need to Know.
Chapter 2: The 4-1-1 on Credit Repor ts and Scores.
Chapter 3: Getting Help for Free.
Chapter 4: Identifying Credit Issues for the Underbanked and Newcomers.
Part II: Navigating with Your Own Credit GPS.
Chapter 5: Getting a Copy of Your Credit Road Map.
Chapter 6: Understanding the Parts of Your Credit Report.
Part III: Houston, We Have A Problem: Doing Damage Control.
Chapter 7: Sprucing Up Your Credit Report.
Chapter 8: Making Bad Credit and Debts Behave.
Chapter 9: Avoiding a Foreclosure.
Chapter 10: Get ting the Best You Can from Collectors, Lawyers, and the Courts.
Chapter 11: The New Bankruptcy, It’s Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile.
Part IV: Transforming Your Credit from Bad to Beautiful.
Chapter 12: Getting Your Credit Back in Good Shape.
Chapter 13: Budgeting for Your Future.
Chapter 14: Minimizing the Effect Life Events May Have on Your Credit.
Chapter 15: Safeguarding Your Identity from Theft.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Avoiding Identity Theft or Reducing Its Damage.
Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Keep Your Home from Foreclosure.
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Make Your Credit the Best It Can Be.
Appendix A: Glossary.
Appendix B: About the CD.
Index.
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