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Credit 101

From How to Build Credit and Improve Your Credit Score to Reducing Credit Card Debt and Preventing Fraud, Your Essential Guide to Using Credit to Build Wealth

By: Carol Pope

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Hardcover | 18 June 2026

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Hardcover

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18.1 x 13.34 x 2.29

Hardcover

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Boost your personal finances and improve your buying power by optimizing your credit! Credit 101 is the ultimate beginner guide to understanding your credit, cutting through the confusion, and presenting the ins and outs of building, boosting, and repairing credit in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way.

Your credit score is key to a financially secure future—but, too often, books and websites make understanding credit scores feel confusing and overwhelming. Credit 101 breaks it all down clearly to strengthen your financial literacy with easy-to-understand and up-to-date information so you can make smarter money management decisions.

From understanding the fundamentals of credit to building credit from scratch and avoiding common credit mistakes, this primer is packed with hundreds of tips you can personalize to fit your specific credit-related needs. Inside, you’ll learn:

-What your credit score is and ways to use it to accumulate wealth
-How lenders use your score to approve or deny a loan application
-How to read your credit report and dispute costly errors
-Which loans to steer clear of
-How to protect your identity and avoid common financial scams
-And more!

Whether you are applying for your first credit card, fixing past credit mistakes, or trying to make the most of an excellent credit score, Credit 101 has all the answers—even the ones you didn’t know you were looking for.

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