Texts reveal that a teen pressured her friend into committing suicide. Before you go, we thought you'd like these... After 18-year-old Conrad Roy III died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car, prosecutors released text messages that allegedly show Roy's friend, Michelle Carter, pressuring Roy to kill himself.
The fastest way to raise your credit score is by reducing your balance to credit ratio. For example, if you have a $5000 limit credit card, but owe $4900, that will kill your score. Reducing that balance down to 0 or even $1000, would likely cause a jump of 40+ points or more in your score.
Below are some ways to improve a credit score quickly. First, though, to get a sense of how soon and how much you might improve your credit score, know that it's recalculated every time someone requests a look at it. According to the folks at credit agency Experian: Your credit history is being updated continuously.