Debt Consolidation Budgets
Debt consolidation budgets help persons recover from excess debt.
You have to follow certain guidelines in preparing a debt consolidation budget.
First, consider what percentage of your housing loan will occupy your take home pay.
You may allocate 30% on housing, which may include repairs, power, phone, and water utilities.
You have to set aside 20% for food, 10% for medical, 5% for clothing, and 15% for entertainment that may include smoking, dining with friends, movies, and cable.
You should be extra cautious with allocating your funds.
The most important part of your plan is, of course, savings and investments.
Now you are ready to start preparing a new debt consolidation budget.
Most debt consolidation budgets fail, because people start off without first tracking their expenses.
Very often people begin with making impossible debt consolidation budgets to stick to, and in the end they start complaining that their budget doesn't work.
It is always advisable to keep a realistic approach when projecting your figures.
It would not be realistic to limit the fuel expense to $100 when you have to pay at least $300 on fueling your car alone.
Tracking expenses is the first and most important step in debt consolidation budgets.
The next step in preparing a new debt consolidation budget is to balance your budget.
You have to add up all your expenses and subtract them from your take-home pay.
Deduct your emergency savings fund goal you have already set.
If the balance is positive, that is good news for you.
If not, you have to narrow down your saving funds goal to a longer period.
Also, try to reduce satisfying your "wants" in the budget as much as possible.
You have to follow certain guidelines in preparing a debt consolidation budget.
First, consider what percentage of your housing loan will occupy your take home pay.
You may allocate 30% on housing, which may include repairs, power, phone, and water utilities.
You have to set aside 20% for food, 10% for medical, 5% for clothing, and 15% for entertainment that may include smoking, dining with friends, movies, and cable.
You should be extra cautious with allocating your funds.
The most important part of your plan is, of course, savings and investments.
Now you are ready to start preparing a new debt consolidation budget.
Most debt consolidation budgets fail, because people start off without first tracking their expenses.
Very often people begin with making impossible debt consolidation budgets to stick to, and in the end they start complaining that their budget doesn't work.
It is always advisable to keep a realistic approach when projecting your figures.
It would not be realistic to limit the fuel expense to $100 when you have to pay at least $300 on fueling your car alone.
Tracking expenses is the first and most important step in debt consolidation budgets.
The next step in preparing a new debt consolidation budget is to balance your budget.
You have to add up all your expenses and subtract them from your take-home pay.
Deduct your emergency savings fund goal you have already set.
If the balance is positive, that is good news for you.
If not, you have to narrow down your saving funds goal to a longer period.
Also, try to reduce satisfying your "wants" in the budget as much as possible.
