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Engineer Lenk
Aug 28, 2003

Mnogo losho e!

CuddleChunks posted:

It's really exciting to know that I'll soon have a FICO score of 0 because I'll have no debt and no debt instruments in my name.

I'm pretty sure FICO doesn't work that way. It'll take 7 years for everything to drop off, and very few people are better off with a 'no credit history' rating. If you think you ever might want to get a mortgage, take out a loan to go back to school, pass a background check, get lower insurance rates, or waive utility deposits, you might want to develop a slightly more nuanced view of credit.

The demonization of all debt is a bad lesson to take away from Dave Ramsey. Debt is a tool. It has the potential for misuse, but it can be a very useful tool to have access to.

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