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7 Simple Steps to Get Out of Debt

By Dave Ramsey
The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  September 13, 2005
Woman handing change to another woman

Pay Off All Your Debt Using the Debt Snowball

List all your debts (except the house) in order of smallest payoff balance to largest. Then pay the minimum payment to stay current on all the debts except the smallest. Every dollar you can find from anywhere in your budget goes toward the smallest debt until it is paid. Once the smallest is paid, the payment from that debt is added to the next smallest debt. When debt number two is paid off, you attack three, and so on.

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