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When housing payments don't count toward financial history

I've been paying rent with money orders for three years because my landlord doesn't accept cash, but it costs me $20 extra every month and builds no payment history.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The largest regular payment most people make remains invisible to the systems that judge their creditworthiness.

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