Thursday, March 5, 2009

Debt Relief - Three Affairs You Are Likely Doing Wrong

Debt is introduced to us at a really early age and most of us grew up with the idea that it was okay to have debt - even desirable. acquire rich schemes tell us all about how we could buy properties with no money down(which means with other peoples money) and then make a large profit by flipping them. Banks hardly even check our credit details before extending us credit and teenagers have credit cards and personal debt before they even understand money. Everywhere we are being hit with messages to spend spend spend. And when we do we check we do not have enough money, that we must use someone else's to keep up and ultimately that we must pay large rate of interests to service that debt.

It's natural to acquire into debt, every single part of society is scoped towards you giving money to someone else. do not feel bad about the situation you check yourself in - but do not live with it either. Burst out of your debts.

FIrstly you need to understand the level of debt you have, and how much it is costing you. Consolidate all your debts into one low interest loan if at all possible. You would pay a lower interest and you would always know EXACTLY what you owe.

Secondly, control your spending. When you go to buy something ask if it is really necessary. A loaf of bread and a block of cheese would cost you ten dollars. You have lunch for a weak sorted out right there and it's much better than paying for a fastfood burger every day - healthier too. Always ask yourself when you buy something - "Is this something I need? would this assist me out of debt?". If the answer is no to both options then hold onto your money. There are thousands of ways to cut down your spending, but this is the key one - just ask yourself if you really need to buy it.

Finally - increase your income. Doesn't that sound easy - well in reality it actually is. How many hours do you work a week - could you increase it? If you increase that then you increase your income. How much are you paid - could you increase it? If you acquire a 5% raise you have 5% more money in hand to pay your debts. It is almost mindbogglingly easy to increase your income. The key is actually committing your time and effort into doing it. make accumulating wealth the number one priority. You could drop the extra hours or job once you are out of debt, or you could keep it and start piling up some savings.

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