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5 Tips You Need to Pay off Debt Fast

Andrew Cartwright
4 min readNov 14, 2020

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There are many reasons why debt occurs as most everyone has debt.

“According to research from The Pew Charitable Trusts, 80 percent of Americans have some form of debt.”

This year has also brought many unexpected challenges that have brought unexpected expenses or losses.

It can get complicated and completely overwhelming to figure out the best solution to pay off debt, however, it can be done.

It is a good idea to stay in control of your debt to avoid excessive interest rates, late fees, and falling behind on payments. It’s a financial burden that is best to tackle right away.

Confront your debt.

Assessing how much debt all together will help to ensure what your best repayment plan can be. This means combining everything you owe to mortgages, car loans, credit card loans, and student loans.

It may seem daunting at first to put it together, but this helps to ensure you know everything about your debt to get ahead of it. There are apps that may consolidate all your debt or simply putting in a spreadsheet is a crucial first step.

Learn the details

After you combined all your total debt, it’s essential to learn about those payments specifically the due date…

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Andrew Cartwright
Andrew Cartwright

Written by Andrew Cartwright

Entrepreneur, Author, Coach, Researcher, Visionary Leader & Investor. 👀@ A&E, CBS, NBC, ABC. www.andrewcartwright.com Expert Real Estate, Business & Technology

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