The concept of paying off a mortgage early is inconceivable by most people, yet it is surprisingly achievable using
the same debt snowball technique we used to wipe out the other debts.
You won't be creating
the same debt snowball - type repayment plan, but you still need to make sure your snowflake payments cover the minimum amount due on each account.
Once you are able to pay off the first debt, it will suddenly occur to you that you can equally pay the second step using
the same debt snowball method.
Not exact matches
Now that I just entered the accumulation phase, I want to apply that
same % that was going to
debt to wealth building (wealth
snowball).
This approach could quickly
snowball and place you in dangerous
debt, especially when you consider another part of the Pew survey: 47 % of those who did suffer an unexpected financial setback «also had serious financial shortfalls» in the
same year.
Although these sorts of visualizations and psychological tricks are most commonly used when getting out of
debt, the
same concepts can also be applied when building your wealth
snowball.
You have to pay off the
debt in the
same way as the
snowball, by adding any extra you have toward the payment, and then using your first
debt payment on the second
debt.
Even though the process for the
debt avalanche is the
same as that followed in the
debt snowball, the order in which
debts are paid off is different.
Rank your
debts by interest rate, and then pay them off in reverse order, following the
same «rolling» method as the
debt snowball.
I manage my savings the
same way many people manage their
debt: with a «
snowball plan!»
Incidentally, if I used the popular (and much - loathed - by - myself)
debt snowball method of applying all extra money toward the loans with the lowest total balance, I'd be done paying off the loans during the
same month, but I would have paid an additional $ 111 in interest.