{"id":103,"date":"2017-06-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/financial-tips-new-college-graduates\/"},"modified":"2020-03-14T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T16:28:16","slug":"financial-tips-new-college-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/financial-tips-new-college-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Tips for New College Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating from college is a huge achievement. It means you\u2019re done with studying, exams, and essays. But it also means you have to be more responsible with your finances and make sure to maintain healthy credit.<\/p>\n<p>Your credit will affect many aspects of your future, like your ability to rent an apartment, <a title=\"6 Reasons Why Your Credit Application was Denied\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/6-reasons-why-your-credit-application-was-denied\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secure a new loan<\/a>, and even get <a title=\"How Your Credit Report Affects Your Job Search\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/how-your-credit-report-affects-your-job-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hired for a new job<\/a>. If you haven\u2019t already, <a title=\"How can I get a free credit report?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/practice-areas\/credit-reports\/how-can-i-get-free-credit-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check your credit report<\/a>. See what information is currently listed and make sure it\u2019s all accurate. <a title=\"How do I dispute credit report errors?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/practice-areas\/credit-reports\/how-do-i-dispute-credit-report-errors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dispute credit report errors<\/a> with the reporting bureau to ensure that your credit history is\u00a0reflected correctly.<\/p>\n<p>If your credit history is relatively short, consider how you can continue to <a title=\"Is Your Credit Score Holding You Back? How to Build and Repair Credit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/your-credit-score-holding-you-back-how-build-and-repair-credit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">build your credit<\/a>. If you have student loans, making your payments on time and in full each month will reflect positively on your credit. Obtaining a credit card and paying it off in full each month will also contribute to a higher credit score.<\/p>\n<h2>Seek Free Legal Help<\/h2>\n<p>Flitter Milz is a nationally recognized consumer protection law firm that represents victims of credit reporting privacy and accuracy issues, abusive debt collectors and lenders that have wrongfully repossessed vehicles.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/contact-us\/\"><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><\/a> for a free legal evaluation of your consumer credit problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating from college is a huge achievement. It means you\u2019re done with studying, exams, and essays. But it also means you have to be more responsible with your finances and make sure to maintain healthy credit. Your credit will affect many aspects of your future, like your ability to rent an apartment, secure a new &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/financial-tips-new-college-graduates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Financial Tips for New College Graduates<\/span> &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3],"tags":[39,50,38,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}