When most people think about improving their credit score, they think of paying down their debt and even going so far as eliminating their loans and credit cards so they cannot accumulate more debt. In fact, I just recently read some debt management advice that suggested credit card holders pay off their cards then cut them up and close the accounts. That's bad advice.
The first step (paying down debt) is a good practice to improve credit scores. No disputing that. Creditors like to see lots of "lending room" in your debt-to-income ratio -- they don't like to see maxed-out credit cards.
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