We wanted to share with our readers a great deal on learning about your FICO score and helping to get out of debt.

Not sure what your FICO score is? From now until January 22 at 10:00 p.m. CT, Oprah viewers can get a 50 percent discount on the Suze Orman FICO® kit from myFICO®.com. Click here to order the Suze Orman FICO kit. The 50 percent discount will be automatically deducted from the retail price of $49.95 at checkout (special price for Oprah viewers will be $24.97).

It has a great little video that tells you everything that is offered in this kit. I’d have to say that it would be well worth your money if you are in debt or are interested in improving your FICO score for purchasing a home, buying a car, etc.

Here is some of what it offers:
Action Plan personalized to your credit report and goals
3 Credit Reports (from all three FICO reporting agencies) – these can be used throughout the year so you can work to improve your score over time.
Debt Eliminator – all sorts of tools for getting lower interest rates and organizing which cards to pay off first, etc.
Fairness – It checks the fairness of rates to make sure you are getting a fair deal based on your FICO score.
Affordability – It works with your details to determine if you can afford something, i.e. new car, etc.
New House – It judges whether you can afford your home both today and tomorrow.
Where you Stand – It also shows you what you’d be paying if your FICO was better or worse.
Reminders for Bills – Automatically sent to your email.
Stop Credit Harassment – If it has gotten to this point there are ways to get relief.

I don’t know if we’ll buy it ourselves, but it seems like a great tool for anyone in debt. It might be worth it for us just to improve our FICOs any and give good tips to our readers though!

Cheers,

Miel

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