tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866351701112175561.post845498275686301085..comments2023-09-30T06:38:17.800-06:00Comments on I Owe so Much: The slavery of minimum paymentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866351701112175561.post-66353388372791830312008-07-14T14:00:00.000-06:002008-07-14T14:00:00.000-06:00Thanks for the links. The calculators there are gr...Thanks for the links. The calculators there are great. <BR/><BR/>Using my loan calculator i've found out that a little increase in the monthly payment can shorten a loan term a lot! However, the trick is to make sure you can do that montly payment. Either spending less or earning more. <BR/><BR/>I downloaded one of the spreadsheets there to play around with it.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456653185770895979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866351701112175561.post-7741532756223085882008-07-13T01:32:00.000-06:002008-07-13T01:32:00.000-06:00Try this one:Bankrate.comThis page lists some inte...Try this one:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bankrate.com/brm/calculators/credit-cards.asp" REL="nofollow">Bankrate.com</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/cc_home.asp" REL="nofollow">This page</A> lists some interesting sounding articles.<BR/><BR/>By the way, you were right: It's 4 years. But if you could increase the payment just $25 per month to $325, you would only have to make payments for 37 months. Big difference.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.vertex42.com/Calculators/credit-card-payoff-calculator.html" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is another calculator that you can download to use with Excel.<BR/><BR/>I hope that helps.La Gringahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603699579838114841noreply@blogger.com