1. Know your credit risks
You can check your credit report for free once a year from each of the three main credit reporting agencies, TransUnion, Equifax and Experian. But your score won't be included on these free reports — you'll usually have to pay to see it.
If you do purchase your score, it usually comes with a list of risk factors, explained Rod Griffin, director of public education for Experian. This will give you a good starting point on what areas you need to improve.
"There are as many as 300 different risk factors in a credit score," he said.
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