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Credit can be confusing. People looking for answers to even their most basic credit questions often face long explanations. So we thought we would make it easier, and wrote the five most important credit rules each of us should follow — on a Post-it note:
There you have it. There’s obviously more you can and should do, and there are always extenuating circumstances, but following these rules will get you 90% of the way there. The hard part is doing each of the five items above when things get tough — because one way or another, they always do.
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