Gerri Detweiler

Gerri Detweiler

Known as a financing and credit expert, Gerri Detweiler has been interviewed in more than 4000 news stories, and answered over 10,000 credit and lending questions online. Her articles have been widely syndicated on sites such as MSN, Forbes, and MarketWatch. She is the author or coauthor of five books, including Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track. She has testified before Congress on consumer credit legislation.

Articles by Gerri Detweiler

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Improve Your Credit Score This Month With This Little-Known Trick

Credit repair often takes time, but there’s one way to potentially change your credit scores dramatically—in as little as a …

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What Can You Do If a Client Doesn’t Pay You?

Making a sale may seem like the hardest part of your job when you’re a business owner. After all, a …

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You Have Bad Credit. Can You Still Build Business Credit?

Just because your personal credit scores are bad, that doesn’t mean you can’t build business credit. It is possible to …

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Your Credit Scores May Jump This Weekend. Here’s Why

Severely negative information such as tax liens, judgments and collection accounts can hurt credit scores for years to come. If …

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How to Open Your Own Etsy Shop in an Afternoon

Etsy.com is known as the go-to online marketplace for high-quality handmade items. With a community focused on handmade products, authentic …

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The Best 5 Alternatives to Quickbooks in 2022

If you’re like many business owners, you didn’t start your business so you could spend hours each month dealing with …

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The 5 Fastest Business Loans You Can Get

Running a small business means putting out fires and jumping on opportunities. Sometimes those emergencies mean you need an infusion …

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How to Become a Certified Woman-Owned Business

If you own a business, you’re undoubtedly always looking for ways to increase its growth. Fortunately for female business owners, the …

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A 15-Step Checklist for a Legit Business

Advertiser Disclosure Perhaps you’ve got an awesome business idea and you’ve decided it’s time to turn a dream into reality. …