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The First Book About Credit Repair (Money Smarts) - Hardcover

Kost, Dan

 
9780916539382: The First Book About Credit Repair (Money Smarts)

Synopsis

The First Book About Credit Repair 2026 Edition

In 1984, Dan Kost wrote the first book ever published on credit repair, exposing a powerful truth: credit reports contain errors, those errors cost consumers money, and federal law gives you the right to fix them.

Now, more than forty years later, this fully revised 2026 Edition delivers the most comprehensive guide to credit repair available today.

Inside, you’ll learn:

  • How the credit system really works
  • Advanced dispute strategies that challenge inaccurate reporting
  • How to leverage the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Effective tactics for dealing with debt collectors
  • How to rebuild strong personal and business credit
  • What lenders actually look at in FICO and VantageScore models

From the Big Three bureaus to specialty reporting agencies, from identity theft to mortgage preparation, this book gives you a clear, strategic plan to take control of your financial future.

Your credit score is not a life sentence. It’s a system—and once you understand the rules, you can take back control.

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About the Author

Dan Kost is the founder and chairman of dakdan worldwide, a holding company spanning technology, media, marketing, esports and government contracting, and serves as chief executive of USA Entertainment Ventures LLC and Sports Media Inc. A service-disabled veteran, he has built and operated companies across credit, finance, digital marketing and sports media, and leads large-scale Department of Defense SkillBridge and internship workforce programs. He speaks and writes on credit, debt and personal finance through Teltrans Credit Corp, and is the author of roughly twenty books. He writes from the operator's chair rather than the sidelines.

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