As a rule, federal student loans have lower interest rates than private loans, so
prioritize higher interest rate debt.
Not exact matches
If some of your balances are carrying an especially
high interest rate (anything over 10 % APR), you'll likely want to
prioritize paying those
debts off first.
Make sure to
prioritize debts with the
highest interest rates like credit cards.
So, we then look at all of their
debt, we
prioritize the
debt, again looking at the
highest interest rate that they're being charged on the
debt.
You should
prioritize the
debts based on the
highest interest rates and the lowest balance.
That means
prioritizing high -
interest -
rate debt first, like credit card balances.
Prioritizing your
debts and paying the
highest interest rate off first is a good start.
Then number two, alright let's get a handle on just how big the
debt is so we're going to do an inventory, credit cards, personal loans, payday loans, income tax, figuring out what the
debts are, what the
interest rates are on these
debts and let's try to
prioritize so we can rid of the
highest most expensive
debts first.
With the «avalanche» method, you
prioritize your
debts and pay the most on the one with the
highest interest rate.