What
does debt avalanche mean and how does it work?
Not exact matches
Both the
debt snowball method and
debt avalanche method advocates paying on one
debt until it is
done.
Consolidating various loans can halt the
avalanche of
debt from continuing to snowball, but don't let those paid off accounts become a temptation to dig yourself even deeper into a hole.
For our circumstance, I found the
debt avalanche did better for us mathematically than the snowball.
Some people
do not prefer the
debt avalanche method.
If you can set aside some money for
debt repayments,
do so using the
debt snowball or the
debt avalanche method.
The
avalanche method seems, to me, to be more of the obvious method since I am math inclined but again, I prefer the don't - get - in -
debt method.
It doesn't matter that you are
doing a snowball,
avalanche, tsunami, or some other cutesie name, the fact that you're paying down
debt is the most important thing.
Now, let's have a look at what happens if we make exactly the same monthly payment of # 1,150, but
do so using the
avalanche method of
debt reduction:
While the
debt avalanche may cost less if you can pay everything off, it
does no good if you lose faith and never pay those
debts.
«Hi Steve, I'm drowning in
debt — about 60,000 — but was managing to pay off some accounts and really wanted to
do the John Commuta thing,
debt avalanche... go that route.
I'm drowning in
debt — about 60,000 — but was managing to pay off some accounts and really wanted to
do the John Commuta thing,
debt avalanche... go that route.
Please note that using
debt avalanche strategy
does mean abandoning other
debts.