eCredable Blog - Learn to Build Credit

Simply put, a rental tradeline is an item on your credit report that displays your rent payment history. But rent reporting isn’t something most landlords do automatically.

Paying rent can build credit if you sign up for a service that reports your rent payments for you.

Most of us make a few resolutions every new year to take better care of our finances. Unfortunately, we continue to make these same resolutions year after year. Here's a suggestion on how to impact the most important financial resolution you will probably make.

Find out which types of accounts build credit and which ones don’t so you can avoid wasting resources during your credit-building journey.

Normally paying utility bills does not build credit. But they can if you use a third-party company to report your bill payments for you.