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Markita Aldridge
Mortgage Consultant, WestStar Mortgage
www.thelendingadvisors.com  
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Markita has been called :The Queen of Mortgage Financing especially after a BK". Since 2002, Markita has been a top-producing loan officer with WestStar Mortgage located in Lake Ridge, VA. She offers her clients expert service in mortgage financing regardless of credit history. Markita's former career as a professional basketball player with the "Washington Mystics of the WNBA" has been her foundation for creating a TEAM atmosphere when dealing with her mortgage clients. She truly believes Together Everyone Accomplishes More! You can visit her website at <a>www.TheLendingAdvisors.com</a> for more information and several FREE mortgage reports that reveal lending secrets other mortgage bankers don't want you to know!

What if a negative account is less than 2 years old?

 

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Host: What if the account is less than two years old?

Markita Aldridge-Woods: Now, if the account is less than two years old and you have had a mishap on credit, you can significantly change your score by bringing that account out of the past to into the current, especially if it is one of those revolving accounts that we talked about like a credit card, then you can change the status of that account, then you will see your score change significantly.

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