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Yes it is possible get out of debt with out bankruptcy

Get out debt without bankruptcy by following a few simple steps. All you need is:

  1. a strong desire (your still reading this right?)

  2. A little willpower

  3. A little bit of knowledge


This combined with a little bit of persistence will get you out of debt faster than you think possible. Many people have gotten out of debt now it is your turn.

The initial step 

Before you go any further; you need to really know what you owe to whom. You need to sit down with all of your monthly statements including rent or mortgage, and evaluate your total monthly expenses. After this you need to take the last 4 weeks minimum pay checks and add them together to get your monthly take home pay. If your monthly take home is less then your monthly payments then you really have some real problems, and you may need the Bankruptcy.

 

I have my monthly expenses(debits), and my monthly salary(credits). 

What next?

Okay, hopefully, our monthly credits are higher than our monthly debits. Now we have to come up with that nasty little "B" word. That's right a BUDGET, not the most fun thing we can do but a necessary evil. We need to back over our monthly expenses to figure out where we can cut things like.

  1. Premium Cable Service

  2. Eating out more than twice a month

  3. Multiple phones ( ie. a cell for the whole family and a home phone nobody uses)

  4. Buying any thing that you don't absolutely need; be it clothing, a new car, a new large screen TV

The rest of the path 

Now you know how much money you need every month and how much you have to work with. You need to go back over your bills one last time. This time you are looking for the balance with the highest interest rate attached to it. From here you need to pay more than the MINIMUM BALANCE on that account. Here's why; when you pay the minimum balance all you are doing is paying down the interest. For the balance on the account to come down you need to pay down the principle. After this account is paid off you can move to your new highest interest account.

One last caution 

As you are paying down your highest account; make sure that your housing is paid for in the beginning. After all it does you no good to be debt free with out a place to live. The same concern should be taken with your utilities payments.

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