How to quickly fix bad credit when you have high credit to debt ratios.

About a year ago, I was attempting to sell my home. It’s a lovely home in the suburbs of southern California, has a swimming pool, lovely fruit trees in the backyard, is close to the best schools and is 15 minutes from some of the nicest beaches in SoCal. Perfect, right? What it lacked was a modern kitchen. The previous homeowners had decorated the kitchen in a very “country-style” theme, while the rest of the house was very modern. Homebuyers weren’t having it, and kept submitting low-ball offers based on the amount of work that needed to be done in the kitchen. Eventually, I was forced to take the home off the market.

I reached out to a local contractor who helped me upgrade the kitchen. These kinds of projects quite often take on a life of their own. Before I knew it, the kitchen was not only getting upgraded, but it was going to be larger than before. The ceiling was being raised. The AC unit and hot water heater were relocated to make extra room. The entryway to the house also had the ceiling raised in order to match the styling of the new kitchen. A fireplace was removed. New cannister lamps were installed in the ceilings. New floors had to be put down to accommodate the new layout. The bills just piled up faster and faster. Before I knew it, my credit cards were reaching their maximum limits, and by the time…