This is a story about identity theft and how I discovered my identity had been stolen. Some of the headaches, the endless paperwork and the things I wished I would have known years ago. I am determined to get back to a FICO score above 720

Courtney Love Loves Amex

Posted by Kevin

Pop singer Courtney Love is accused by American Express of taking out 104 credit cards and charging just over $350,000.  Love denies the claim and insists that the charges and the cards are fraudulent. My question is how does AMEX allow ANYONE to open 104 cards??  I have a tough enough time getting one card [...]

Happy Thanksgiving and an Update on my Short Sale

Posted by Kevin

I have been a little absent from this site for a few months trying to deal with some major setbacks.  I have a property in the downtown area of San Diego, a two bedroom – one bathroom place that I just can’t afford to keep any more.  I put it up for short sale in [...]