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Nate M. Vickery is a business consultant from Sydney, Australia. His passion are finance, investing and marketing.  Aside from work he enjoys spending time with his fiancée and his dog. You can read more articles from Nate on Bizzmarkblog.com

5 Great Debt Destroying Tips 

Borrowing money means that our income doesn’t meet our needs, so we take money from different loaners to make the ends meet. Sometimes taking a loan is acceptable, like when you have to undergo a serious medical treatment. However, throwing yourself into the jaws of debt to buy a large TV- is simply childish. But if you are already there, sitting in the bowel in your debt, waiting for it to get sorted out all by itself, you have to take some practical steps as soon as possible.

1) First Tackle the Most Dangerous Loan

Interest rates on credit card loans are sky-high, so they might be the most urgent ones to deal with. Mortgages, on the other hand, enable many people to buy a place of their own and there are many negotiable conditions under which you can take a mortgage.  But credit cards lure you into an unstoppable downhill spiral, so paying off those debts and killing the credit cards is a must to become a debt-free person.

2) Make Sacrifice and Pay More than Minimum

If you notice that you have been paying your debt chunks regularly and the overall sum you have paid is not worth mentioning, change the rhythm. The expensive debts, like the ones you get via your personal bank account or the already mentioned credit cards, can be handled in a faster way. You should try to pay more than required. That way you will speed up the debt-eliminating process. It will require breaking bad financial habits, but it will also get you out of that debt bowel more quickly.

3) Save on the Vehicle

Having a family definitely changes our picture of the world. We all want best for our closest ones and we might get a bit irrational when it comes to family-related expenses. The best example of such irrationality is buying a brand new car and agreeing to a half-a-decade struggle with debt. Five or more years is a pretty long period of constant financial obligation for a vehicle that does not bring profit. Instead of that, think about getting a quality used car, for starters. The sum that you save that way could be redirected to paying the debts.

4) Suspend Travels for a Year

We all need vacation to recuperate from the stress we are exposed to at work and all other daily relations we take part in. However, if you have to borrow money to spend ten days somewhere else, it would be smarter to press the skip button on vacation. A smarter choice would be start saving for next year and enjoy the next vacation with the money you have really earned. Increasing your debt for life-threatening reasons is not practical, but it is necessary. Vacations simply do not belong to that group.

5) Work More and Save the Surplus

Free time is something you can think about only when you have gotten out of debt. The longer you owe money, the worse your life will be. That is why you should work more or start doing something else, in addition to your regular job. You could do the taxi driving night shifts at weekends or do some physical side-jobs, like working as a construction worker.  Also, you can work from your home if you have such skills. So, you could try making products of your own and selling them online. In addition, buying and selling penny stocks could also help you pay your debts.

If you can, try as hard as possible not to get into anymore bad debt.  But life is a set of unexpected events, indeed, and sometimes you have to borrow money. Even if that happens, follow those five steps to get out quickly. Best luck!

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