Paying Off Your Credit Cards and Other Bills

If you maintain a balance on your credit cards you are probably paying hundreds of dollars a year in interest. This is money that could be put to better use.

There is a simple method of paying off credit cards that doesn't require too much extra money each month. This method is called payment snowballing. While your biggest gain will be from paying off credit cards, you can also use this method to pay off installment loans, your mortgage, medical and other bills.

By snowballing your payment you start paying off credit cards and adding the money you were paying on the paid off credit card to the next one. This is one of the quickest ways to eliminate your credit card debt.

I have developed a simple form to help with this process. At this point you may want to look at a sample payoff schedule at http://www.homemoneyhelp.com/sampleccpayoff.html. You enter the name of the credit card, amount you owe and your actual payment on the form. You can see a printable copy of "Snowballing Your Credit Card Payment Schedule" at http://www.homemoneyhelp.com/ccpayoff.html . You may enter your figures on this form before you print it. It is best to list the credit cards in the order you wish to pay them off.

There are two schools of thought about which way is best. Many experts believe that paying the credit cards with the highest interest first is best. You then go to the credit card with the next highest interest and so on. Personally, I believe people need to see results quickly. I recommend paying off the credit card with the lowest balance first and then go to the next lowest balance, etc. Whether you start with the highest interest rate credit card or the one with the lowest balance it will ultimately achieve the same results.

Your next step is to determine how much you can afford to pay toward eliminating the debt. Since you are already making at least the minimum payment, you can start by adding the minimum payments for all of your credit cards. Then check your budget (See The Complete and Bill Organizer to setup a simple budget. It's FREE. http://www.homemoneyhelp.com/BBOonline.html) to see if you can afford to add any money to your minimum payments. At the bottom of the payoff schedule you will find a table to help determine how much you can pay. Once you have determined how much money you have to put toward paying off this debt, list it at the top of the form.

Your next step is to establish your scheduled payments for each credit card. It is best to set a constant payment at or a little more than the minimum payment to all of the credit cards except the one you are currently trying to pay off. Keep paying this constant payment month after month even though your minimum payment will go down. This alone will make your balance go down faster than paying the minimum payment.

Refer to the sample payoff schedule. You will see that the Visa Card will be paid in the 4th month, requiring only a $15 payment of pay off. These figures are only estimates because they do not include interest.

Notice that also in the 4th month an additional amount is added to the Mastercard. To arrive at this figure, you simply add the $15 you paid toward your visa to the $35 you pay on discover and deduct it from your allowed amount. Example: $15+$35=$50; $130-$50=$80

One of the key points to make this system work is that you have to make a commitment not to use the credit cards. Each purchase will throw you further behind.

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