Credit Repair: Make a Plan, Improve Your Credit, Avoid Scams

Amy Loftsgordon is a legal editor and writer at Nolo, focusing on foreclosure, debt management, and personal finance. She edits several Nolo books and is also the coauthor of The Foreclosure Survival Guide and Solve Your Money Troubles. Before joining Nolo, Amy worked in the areas of foreclosure and debt collections for over 15 years. Her broad experience includes helping people fight collection actions and enforcing debtors' rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and other laws. As part of a national settlement involving the mortgage industry, she has also reviewed servicer records to uncover extensive credit reporting errors. Amy received a B.A. from the University of Southern California and a law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado.