Wednesday, February 15, 2012

My repayment plan

Some time in 2011, my wife and I formulated a plan to hopefully pay off our outstanding debts. The table below displays my debt load as of 14 Feb 12.


Loan Balance Interest Scheduled payoff Current payment
Car A $3,661 4.69% 15 Oct 13 $194
Car B 10,417 3.14 9 Jan 2016 236
Student loan A 25,631 2.88 14 Jun 25 200
Student loan B 6,217 5.00 25 Dec 16 135
1st mortgage 91,018 6.25 1 Jul 34 774
2nd mortgage 18,203 8.38 29 Apr 17 316
Credit card 7,622 6.00 15 Feb 15 306

Currently about 52% of my net income is used to repay loans. That's way too much!

We are now in a position to begin accelerated payments on principal. After almost 12 years as a stay-at-home mom, my wife has re-entered the public workplace. Her income will be used to pay down principal, one lender at a time.

Our first target is the lesser of the two car loans. As we pay off a loan, we plan to roll the previous monthly payment into the next loan. The next table shows our repayment priority.

Priority Loan
1 Car A
2 Student loan B
3 Credit card
4 Car B
5 2nd mortgage
6 Student loan A
7 1st mortgage

If all goes well, we should be 100% debt-free by June 2017. My plan is to submit a post after each payment on principal.

Comments and encouragement are welcome.

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