Most people check their credit score, see a number, and move on without understanding what that number is costing them. ㅤ It's a price tag on almost everything you finance in your lifetime. The mortgage, car, apartment, business funding, gets priced depending on where your score sits. ㅤ Every number is a bank rating you. And if a bank is the only way you know how to buy a house, then your score is your ceiling. That's just a fact. ㅤ HOWEVER, some of the best deals I've ever done never touched a bank. No application. No score pulled (comment or dm me READY for a breakdown on how to do this). ㅤ Just me and a seller agreeing on a price, a payment, and a timeline that worked for both of us. They don't care about your FICO. They care about their problem going away. ㅤ Don't sit on the sidelines for 3 years waiting for a number to change when there's a door open right now. ㅤ Comment or Dm me "READY" for a free resource to invest in real estate with no banks and no credit checks. ㅤ Your credit...