The Snowball Effect (Continued)

Thought for today: The term “time value of money” means that each payment applied to a loan’s principle amount (the amount before interest) will slightly reduce the remaining interest payment.  It shortens the life of the loan a bit more each time you pay an extra amount. Paying off the highest interest rates first makes the most sense.  Making […]

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The Snowball Effect

Thought for today: After we stabilize our spending, and have been fully tracking and reviewing our numbers for a while, we will want to begin setting aside a small amount of money toward a prudent reserve fund, and toward debt repayment.  The amount we put aside is not important – what matters is that we […]

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