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Why You Should Pay High Interest Loan First
By: Jim Thio iSnare Expert Author
Paying your loan is like renting equipments.
You see, interest rate is like the rent cost of money. It’s like you are
employing someone else’s money and you have to pay that money salary. In money,
the money’s salary is often stated in terms of the ratio between money borrowed
and how much you have to pay for borrowing such money. That ratio is called
interest rate.
For example, if you borrow $10,000 and you have to pay $3,000 per year for not
paying that $10,000 then your interest rate is $2,000/$10,000=30%. Simple?
That’s assuming that the money you borrow is constant, namely $10,000. If you
don’t pay your interests, then the $3,000 is added to your loan. So next year,
you owe $13,000. Two years from now, you’ll owe $16,900. Got it? In Math, few
functions increase faster than exponential function, and this is one of it.
If you borrow some money at 30% interest rate from a credit card company and
9.9% interest rate from your mortgage, then you are paying more money for your
credit card company for every unpaid dollar loan.
Each dollar from a credit card company costs 30 cents per year, while each
dollar from your mortgage costs 9.9 cents per year.
Think of it this way. Say each dollar that you owe is like your employees. Just
like your boss paying you your salary for borrowing your time, you pay your
creditor for borrowing their money. You should of course, try to fire the higher
paid employee first. Why hire money from the credit card company for 30 cents
per year if you can hire money from your mortgage company for 9.9 cents per
year.
For simplicity's sake, say each dollar from a credit card company is worth the
same with each dollar from your mortgage, obviously you want to pay less salary
to the credit card company. So you should pay your credit card company first.
If you owe $30,000 from a credit card company and $30,000 from your mortgage,
for the same payment, you’ll be free of debt cheaper if you pay your credit card
company first.
I made a simulation and put the result in a very easy to understand table in
http://fasterfinancialfreedom.com. Then, I translated the whole thing into English for even more sense.
About the Author:
Jim This is a silver medalist in International Physics Olympiad. He uses his
Math skills to provide free financial, business, and marketing advices in
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