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Arizona’s MLS (Multiple Listing Service) Loses Over 20% Of Its Members

It wasn’t something they wanted to do either – it was a purely financial decision. The National Association of Realtors constantly sells how wonderful life as a real estate agent is. How, while we’re going through a “hiccup”, it’s a great place to work! It’s going to be interesting to see how [...]

Which Credit Score Is My REAL Credit Score? Everywhere I Go It’s Different!

Got this email from Mark and wanted to help clear things up a bit.
Having gone through the same thing a while back, being unaware of how scores work and what scores you’re getting can get more expensive with every mistake.

A few months ago at my credit union, I was curious about my score so a [...]

Does a ‘Denied’ credit inquiry do the same as an ‘Approved’ one?

When applying for credit, you want as few inquiries as possible, but interestingly enough: “Ironically, your credit score will likely be more damaged if you’re approved for the account than if you’re denied. If you are approved, you’ll have the damaging hard inquiry plus some damage in the credit age category resulting from having a [...]

Saving money on gas: Pay less if you pay with cash

Gas selling for about $4 a gallon translates into credit-card fees of about 10 cents a gallon, cutting, or altogether eliminating, any profit for stations, which typically mark up gas about 11 to 12 cents a gallon.
“It is a problem,” said Saad, whose family runs Two Brothers Distributing and 13 Valero and am/pm ARCO gas [...]