Are you currently trying to reduce your debt? Are you tired of making the minimum payments on each outstanding balance and don’t seem to make any progress?let’s talk about what debt stack is and how to manage money and get rid your debt as quickly and realistically as possible. What’s even more exciting is that you can even use the debt stacking plan to assist in making the retirement you have always hoped for!

What is Debt Stacking?

I have talked about this in one of my previous post but perhaps this is worth one more look. Debt stacking is an easy principle of paying off all debts in a pyramid type formula. It works and it can be easy plus you can eliminate your debt two or three times more quickly then you would have imagined.

STEP BY STEP PROCESS:

STEP 1: Make a list of all of your current debt. Put each amount in order from the least amount to the largest.

STEP 2: Set up an emergency fund in a savings account. The lowest amount you should have is $1,000. You may need it any at time, so it’s wise to have.

STEP 3: Be sure to pay the minimum amount every single month that is required on all of your debt until the first one is paid off.

NOTE: If you usually pay extra on some of your debt each month, apply that extra amount to first item (of the lowest balance) on your list. (for example if you pay $200 extra each month on item number 3 switch that amount, regardless of interest to the lowest balance)

STEP 4: When you have paid off the lowest outstanding balance, use that money against the next lowest balance (the second one) on your list. This will help speed up the amount of time it will take to pay off the second balance.

STEP 5: Repeat that same process to the next debt or until all have been eliminated. Remember you are not spending any more money and it will accelerate the process.

REMEMBER: For this to work effectively you must not create any new debt.

Here is a typical example:

TYPE:            AMOUNT:          REQUIRED MONTHLY                  INTEREST RATE:

PAYMENT:

Credit Card         $7,500                            $150                                                   16%

Car Loan          $10,800                            $350                                                8.5%

Student Loan   $14,600                            $365                                              7.25%

Mortgage          $139,000                         $940                                                    7%

TOTALS           $171,900                          $1,805                                             —–

If you only made the minimum required payments:

It would take 32 years to be completely out of debt.

In those 32 years you would have paid $205,485 in INTEREST for a total of $377,385.

If you apply the Debt Stacking Formula:

It would take just 12 years to pay off that same debt.

In those 12 years you would have paid just $86,343 in interest for a total of $205,485.

It may seem too good to be true but this is a relatively simple process that works. No changes are being made to your monthly payments, just a different approach. Every situation is different but debt stacking works for anyone.

How Debt Stacking would help with retirement:

When all of your debt is gone, take the same total minimum required monthly payment of $1,805 and invest it. Do that each month for the next 20 years. You would have been paying that amount for another 20 years anyway. If its invested at 8% you will have $1,179,533 in 20 years. Nothing in your lifestyle has changed.

In a nutshell debt stacking will dramatically reduce the amount of time it will take to pay off your debt and it will also reduce the total amount of interest you will pay AND it will help create the nest egg you have always wanted. That sounds pretty great doesn’t it?

When it comes to paying off debt you don’t always see results. It’s hard to remained focused and keep up hope when those large balances don’t seem to go away until the last few years. The key is to pay as little interest as possible so you will have more of your money in your bank account for the future. I hope this post helped you understand debt stack and showed you a little more about how to manage money.

Until next time,

Brandon

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