Hi, I have been reading posts to this forum and hope to get some solid advice. Due to a car accident and being out of work for several years in the 1990's, we put a lot of medical bills & co pmts on some charge cards. Eventually, we were unable to pay even the min pmts, and they went into default. They were charged off in 2000 and early 2001. We are in Fl, so our SOL is 4 years. We would like to get a mortgage (either a second or a refi) on our home. I now have an avg credit score of 648, my wife's avg is 625.