We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tara Lewis a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Tara, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Can you share a customer success story with us?

I’ve helped clients master their finances, credit reports/scores, mastered budgeting, bounced back financially after filing bankruptcies, secured over $100k in credit for business clients. Multiple clients have purchased new homes, new automobiles, become debt free, all based off my consulting services.

Tara, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am the CEO/ owner and operator of TML Credit Consulting LLC. I have personally reviewed thousands of consumer credit files for individual clients and businesses with over a decade of personal credit management, credit repairing, and professional experience working in the credit industry. Growing up, I experienced financial disparities and money traumas. It led me to start my consulting/credit business to help others achieve the finer things in life and true financial freedom.

TML Credit Consulting brings “real world” applications to consumers searching for practical answers to their credit questions. As part of her quest to give mortgage professionals, realtors, and consumers a better understanding of the complicated credit system: she works with financial professionals and consumers worldwide, offering “real world” advice, credit consultation, credit building/rebuilding, and budget plans. I take this one step further by volunteering my services with future homebuyers, churches, and medical school programs. I recognize the need to assist them with restarting their lives and creating a better life for themselves and their families.

I am certified through the Credit Consultant Association. My certifications include board-certified credit consultants, certified credit score consultants, and certified credit repair specialists. These certifications show my broad spectrum of knowledge with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. She understands and interprets credit laws, how they function, and how credit bureaus use them along with other creditors and collection agencies. I help lay out the best course of action consumers need to follow to achieve their financial goals.

My most important role is mother. I am a mother to 4 children and enjoys being involved in her children’s lives. I lost my son in 2012 due to cancer, so I thrive every day for my children to leave behind a legacy and solid financial habits for their future. I have a nonprofit, Transitioning thru Trauma to Triumph, which focuses on domestic violence victims with credit, finances, and living expenses so they can regain control of their lives. I enjoy traveling, thrift store shopping, and relaxing on the beach. My special interests include investing in cryptocurrency and financial investing.

I believe that credibility in the credit industry is a must. I share knowledge of false, misleading, and unverifiable claims frequently made by third-party companies. For example, collections agencies, credit companies, and creditors lure consumers to their services through basic credit education. As a trustworthy and credible credit “Expert,” I teach consumers to seek the truth in all areas of their financial dealings.

I am most proud of being able to assist others in accomplishing their life long dreams of financial stability, financial security, homeownership, starting businesses using business credit funds. Helping people continue applying my teachings warms my heart, as I know it will greatly pay off long-term.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

I’m a 10 year victim/survivor of domestic violence. I got the courage to leave after my son, who was 14 yrs old at the time, passed from a brain tumor. I woke up one day 3 months after his passing and made the brave, abrupt decision to leave the relationship and have not returned. From that devastating, 10 year experience I created and run a non profit orginization, Transitioning Thru Trauma To Triumph, that advocates/ supports domestic violence victims/survivors. I truly turned a tragedy into a testimony and will use my trial to bless & support others. I am as resilient as they come.

How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?

My reputation with my clients was built off of my charisma, my transparency to my hardships in life, growing up and how I chose to want a stable financial life from a young age and my drive and consistency to get to that point. I have always shared my credit scores, budgeting skills, my financial ups and downs as lessons for others and people respect transparency and they also respect someone who walks the talk, lives the lifestyle they want to achieve. I am also know for educating people on financial literacy long after they are done with me as my client. Teaching people jewels to pass down for generations to ensure a financial stable life is an effort everyone respects. I’m honest with my clients about what is needed for them to perfect their credit, financial situation, I do not focus on retaining them as a client for my financial gain and that alone is one of the biggest things clients praise me for, being genuinely concerned about their finances first and foremost and not my revenue.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.tmlcreditconsulting.com
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