Sunday, August 26, 2012

Steps To Pay Your Debts

In this article I will present a very good method that you can start using to pay your debts.

One reader asks: I have 10mil dollars of debt, what are the steps I should take to pay it?

The debt elimination involves three steps:

1. Stop accumulating new debts

2. Having an emergency fund

3. Implement the snowball effect in debts

Here we present how to tackle each of these steps:

Stop accumulating new debts

This step can be a little obvious, but it is very important to mention. One of the main reasons is because they constantly have debts keep increasing it. It is important to stop using credit cards and. Do not seek any funding.

When you're in debt, credit cards are a very dangerous weapon, because all they do is increase your debt. Maybe because you have no debts after you start using cards, but remember to do so with caution.

When you cancel your card, be sure to remove any recurrent expenditure as subscriptions to the gym, magazines or any other automatic charge.

Establish an emergency fund

This step refers to having a savings fund always ready for any emergency that may (and usually) appear. Why do this? You can ask many, the answer is very simple: You never know when unexpected expenses can appear and urgency. And by that I mean not having a credit card for emergencies. Destroy your cards and save money better.

How much should you save? They are usually good about a thousand dollars to get started. This money is for emergencies only, not for any other type of expenditure.

This step is not instantaneous or anything, this fund can be accumulated over time gradually adding money.

Implement the snowball effect in debts

When you do not use your credit cards and you have your emergency fund, it's time to attack your debt.

To do this, you can follow these steps:

1. Order your debts from smallest to largest.

2. A sum of money to pay each month

3. Pay the minimum on each debt except the smallest of all

4. Any money you have available, use it to keep paying the least for balance sheets.

5. When that debt is gone, continues to pay other debts with the same amount and you spend more money to have less balance.

It might be a slow process, but the snowball effect is very good because you start to see immediate results that motivate you and drive to move forward with more determination and desire.

Remember, this is only a model that can apply to your financial life, does not mean it is the only one that exists. What is it's a great option for anyone with debts.

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