Hey, just a heads up you really should stop using Credit Karma.
This is honestly one of the biggest slip ups folks tend to make.
See, the credit bureaus don’t just drop negative accounts because time went by. They take them off based on the date you first fell behind that’s what starts the 7 year countdown (well, technically 7 years plus an extra 180 days).
Credit Karma doesn’t show you that fine print. To find out the actual removal date, you’ll need to grab your full credit report straight from the bureaus or through annualcreditreport.com.
Oh, and peek at the tradeline itself if the info is missing or looks incomplete now, that might give you a cahnce to dispute it for accuracy under the FCRA.
Basically, don’t count on free apps for the real details. Go straight to the source.