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Getting a Better APR by Fixing Your Credit
If you’re looking for a safe, reasonable way to consolidate debt in the near future, then you may want to do some prep work before you begin the process. For starters, you may want to pay down some of your cards before you start looking into consolidation. I, for example, paid off a few of my really expensive cards before I started looking around for consolidation plans. That meant that I was going to have less overall debt, which was going to qualify me for a lower interest rate at the end of the day. Every little thing that you can do to improve your credit is going to help you a great deal when it comes to finding a consolidation plan. Let’s not forget, here, that your APR is going to be determined, for the most part, by your credit score. If you have terrible credit when you apply for your consolidation plan, you’re going to get a much higher APR.