If your child will receive a bone marrow or stem cell transplant from a sibling, you will want to familiarize yourself with both the donation and the transplant process. The child who is the donor will need to understand what will happen during the donation process.
As you can see, even if you have pretty good credit, your score can be taken down a few notches just by a single missed mortgage payment. If you are 30 days late on your payment, your 780 credit score can plummet to between 670 and 690. Thatâs a potential drop of more than 100 points. On top of that, it can take someone with good credit about three years to recover the excellent score. All because of one mistake.
And one late payment is enough to hurt your score, she says. According to myFICO.com, 96% of consumers with a credit score of 800 pay credit accounts on time; 68% of those with a score of 650 have accounts past due. Even if you can only afford to pay the minimum, always pay on time because that will have a bigger impact on your score than the amount you pay, Detweiler says.