Texts reveal that a teen pressured her friend into committing suicide. Before you go, we thought you'd like these... After 18-year-old Conrad Roy III died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car, prosecutors released text messages that allegedly show Roy's friend, Michelle Carter, pressuring Roy to kill himself.
The fastest way to raise your credit score is by reducing your balance to credit ratio. For example, if you have a $5000 limit credit card, but owe $4900, that will kill your score. Reducing that balance down to 0 or even $1000, would likely cause a jump of 40+ points or more in your score.
Here are five ways to reduce your debt and improve your credit score. This is one of the fastest ways to improve your credit score, at least a little bit. Past due balances weigh heavily on your credit score. By paying them off, you can jumpstart your credit score quickly. While paying off very small past-due balances may not have much of a positive effect, paying off a larger balance, or several smaller ones, can jump your score by 20 or 30 points.