Ben your statement "It's good that your accounts will appear as "Paid in Full" in your credit report. This is the most important positive remark that is used to evaluate the financial worthiness."
Is not truly accurate, a collection account or a public record regardless of payment status is still a negative for credit scoring models.
I would also suggest to anyone that has to deal with Palisades to do a Google search for my username. You will find where I frequent and my dealings with them.
There are currently a lot of complaints regarding the reporting policies of this company.
Just dropped by after running a google on my adversary.