So, can credit repair companies really guarantee results?
Not a chance. No credit repair company is so good that it can guarantee a specific outcome. It would be like a defense lawyer guaranteeing that the jury will find his client innocent. In fact, the mere suggestion that a credit repair organization can “guarantee” its results is a direct violation of the Credit Repair Organizations Act. Any company guaranteeing its results should not be trusted — if they ignore the governing laws of the industry, you can be sure that they won’t be around for very long. Guarantees are a sure sign of credit repair fraud. Not surprisingly, some credit bureaus have declared war against the credit repair companies and those selling instruction on how to do-it-yourself: The bureaus lambast credit repair companies in the media and send anti-credit repair literature to anyone whom they suspect of using credit repair services. Some time ago, a couple in the Northwestern United States who were using the services of a legitimate credit repair law firm, received a s