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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Shouldn't I have already demonstrated how good with credit I am in that I don't actually need any and that I paid off my student loan in 5 years and will pay off my mortgage 20 years early? [/quote]

Ah, the old "you should want my business because I don't need your business" approach.

A lot of people think FICO scores are really crazy, but they make a good amount of sense. The best evidence lenders have of your ability to pay on time is how often you pay on time. If you don't have any revolving accounts, you don't have much evidence you pay on time. And while the idea that paying off student loans very early is bad for your credit seems counter-intuitive for a second, the same logic applies: The earlier you pay it off, the fewer monthly payments you've paid on time, and the less data they'll have.

It doesn't sound like you actually need to increase your credit score since you intend to never use it. But if you really want to increase it and you consider interest quasi-immoral, simply take out a credit card, set it up for auto-pay, and buy a few things a month on it. Then once or twice a year, request a credit limit increase. You don't need to feel immoral because you will literally never incur an interest charge, but after a few years your score will be way up.[/quote]

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