When my mortgage was with Bank of America ( B of A ) I had a letter that said I may qualify for a mortgage modification. I then called B of A for more details and was told if I did this it would not have any serious negative effects on my credit. I advised I would try and do this and filled out all the paperwork time and time again but seemed to be getting nowhere. Every time I called I had to talk with different people before they would put me through to the person handling my case. There were times it took days to reach the person I needed to speak with. I was told or it was implied that if I was behind on payments my request would go through more quickly and probably be approved so I asked again if I did this would my credit be affected and was told it would not. Therefore, I got behind on my payments but nothing changed and I kept getting the run around so I caught up my payments at one time and told them I wanted nothing more to do with getting a modification which I had to do repeatedly. Finally they sent me a letter denying the modification. That was the first and only time I had late payments of any kind. B of A did not keep their word and dinged my credit anyway. 
I have disputed this with all XXXX credit reporting agencies and have also been in touch with our consumer advocate group " Let XXXX know '' on XXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXX, Arizona and have been advised by them to file with the reporting agencies and then contact B of A and ask them to do the right thing by having this blemish taken off my record. I will also report it to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ). 
