Interest is the debt monster
Author: MichaelKlein Total views: 39 Word Count: 522
It is interesting to me that so many people are in debt, but don't even understand how they got so deep into debt. The people are different, but the stories are all similar. Does it really matter why or how you are in debt? No. Not really, but you need to ask yourself the question. What have you learned about debt and how to get out of it. If you've learned nothing, then this article is for you.
What creditors don't want you to know? This will be a mind blower to many of you, but creditors want you to manage your debt. Yep, that's right. They want you to pay that minimum payment as long as you can and just forget about that balance.
Understand this truth: Creditors are playing for the long term payoff. Just like casinos, they know if you play long enough the house always wins. Think about it an average home-owner in America will pay three times the purchase price of their home by the time it's paid off.
You debt should not be something you manage, your debt should be something you attack! There are no ties in battle, their are winners and losers, and right now the creditors are winning. You need to know the weakness of your opponent.
Debt understands it is at war with you, and it will do everything under the law to destroy you. When you recognize this truth and arm yourself with understanding only then will you be able to ward off its advances.
Interest is debts secret weapon. Interest is the poisen that keeps us from paying off our debt. Do you pay your debts on time when the bill comes in the mail? Most of us do. But wouldn't it be wiser to make multiple payments toward your debt every month?
Of course I can hear you saying. "I would love to make more payments, but I just don't have the financial resourses to do that. Have you not been listening to what I've been telling you!! I'm in DEBT. I do not have the ability to make any extra payments!"
First of all stop yelling at me. Secondly, yes you can. Let's use your car payment as an example. If your car payment is 250 a month, and you make the payment on the 10th of each month, you will pay off that car in the exact number of months you financed it for.
Do I have your attention? What if you took your debt and instead of making one big payment on the due date, divided it by 30 days? Making more payments to your debt during the month will lessen the effects of accrued interest.
I bet you didn't know that little truth. However, why would you know? The creditors sure aren't putting out books on how to defeat their secret weapon. This is just a very easy example of how you can start to attack your debt.
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