Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - Credit cards after Bankruptcy? - Ok. So, my husband and I had to file bankruptcy at the end of last year because both our jobs laid us off about the same time and we both hit significant pay cuts. We had bought a house when we were married and when we lost our jobs, it became tough to keep the payments on the house, utilities etc. Also we had a newborn shortly after it happened. So basically a lot of things happening at bad times.
Not everyone who files bankruptcy are bad people with credit. We had absolute perfect credit. Paid our bills early and used the credit cards we had to pay certain bills then used the cash we had for those bills to pay credit cards back. We had a very good system going and it was all working out for us. Then all this happened.
My question is, how do we start building back our credit? Besides paying bills on time, that is. We have been searching for credit cards to help get us started and every single one we find tells us to pay processing fees. (Secured, in other words) Are there any companies that do not make you prepay or make a deposit for bad credit applicants?
There is an important trip coming up so that I can see family that I have not seen for half my life and we will need extra money in which we will not have until after the trip. A credit card would really help us out and we could build credit at the same time (kill 2 birds with one stone)
I really need some advice. Thanks to everyone who is willing to help. -
