Keeping Your Credit Safe While You Adopt

Security is on everyone's minds these days, and with good reason. If you're careful and take a few steps to prevent problems in advance, you shouldn't have anything to worry about in your adoption journey. Here is a the little-known fact that might help you.

Did you know that you can take advantage of federal law requiring each of the national credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) to provide you with a free copy of your credit report once every 12 months? These reports will show you if someone has opened a credit account in your name. You can request free credit report from a different agency every four months at Annual Credit Report. Remember there are companies of similar names that request credit card numbers before providing you with a report and then bill you for a credit monitoring service. This is not what you are looking for. The report you're looking for is free.

Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P. is a speaker and award-winning author of two books, Adopting Online and Adoption: Your Step-by-Step Guide. Mardie is also the talk show host of Let's Talk Adoption.com with Mardie Caldwell. For more information email Mardie Caldwell