For many years, Mr. Dave Ramsey, debt solutions guru, advocates a position that no consumer needs a credit score. He claims that you can purchase a house or anything else without a credit score. He basically tells his followers that a credit score is a bad thing. Since he doesn’t understand FICO® credit scores, he pushes a position that is financially illiterate.

I recently walked in another loan officer’s office when I overheard his conversation with a client he was on the phone with. He was trying to tell her how to raise her FICO® Scores. However, the information he gave was inaccurate. After he finished the call, I asked him about his incorrect credit score comments to the client. He responded, “It doesn’t matter. She won’t know the difference.” he didn't care. It was not his money at stake. This is not out of the ordinary. Loan officers too often give bad advice that end up hurting their clients. Why does this happen?

Quite often, I get an email or text from someone asking me to validate some information that has come out from a news story or on the internet. It is quite rare to find a story or article on the internet that is accurate.