Saturday, May 23, 2009

Easy steps to pay down debts




Following are some easy guidelines by following which you may be able to pay off your debt easily.

1. Take some time out and find your real financial position. List all your debts including balances, minimum payments and interest rates.
2. Arrange your debts serially in the order that you want to pay them off. You have to decide which debt you have to pay first. For example,
Debts with high interest rates may be pay off first than the debs with low interest rates.
Pay off the small debts first so that you can make a space for yourself, arrange everything and can see your progress faster.

According to me it may prove profitable to pay off the credit card debts first and then to move to the other debts.

3. Start with the first debt, pay the minimum plus an additional amount may be something around $ 100. (This may depend upon your situation).
4. Keep paying the minimum payment on the other debts.
5. When your debt 1 is paid off move to debt 2.Take the total amount you were paying to debt 1 and add that to the minimum payment of debt 2.
Hope these easy guidelines help you in paying off you debt in an arranged manner and make your financial career rock solid.