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Powerpoint regarding the prevention and elimination excessive consumer debt.TRANSCRIPT
© 04/12/23 National Financial Education Centerat Debt Reduction Services
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Outline of Session
Managing Money (the “B” Word)Managing Money (the “B” Word)
Understanding DebtUnderstanding Debt
Dealing with Current DebtDealing with Current Debt
Avoiding & MinimizingFuture Debt
Avoiding & MinimizingFuture Debt
Signs of Financial Trouble
NoSavings
Signs of Financial Trouble
NoSavings Minimum
Payments
Signs of Financial Trouble
NoSavings Minimum
Payments
Payday Loans
Signs of Financial Trouble
Minimum Payments
Payday LoansOvertime
Signs of Financial Trouble
Statement? What
Statement?
Payday LoansOvertime
Signs of Financial Trouble
DeclinedCardStatement?
What Statement?
Overtime
Signs of Financial Trouble
DeclinedCard
Borrow from
FamilyStatement?
What Statement?
Signs of Financial Trouble
DeclinedCard
Borrow from
Family
20%+ to
Loans
Signs of Financial Trouble
Borrow from
Family
20%+ to
Loans
Delay Doctor Visits
Signs of Financial Trouble
“What if” Insomnia
20%+ to
Loans
Delay Doctor Visits
First Steps to Debt-proof Living?
First Steps to Debt-proof Living?
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First Steps to Debt-proof Living?
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Spending PlanSpending Plan
First Steps to Debt-proof Living?
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Spending PlanSpending Plan
Spending HabitsSpending Habits
Self-Affirmation
Please Repeat After Me:Please Repeat After Me:
Self-Affirmation
I Live by a Budget!I Live by a Budget!
Please Repeat After Me:Please Repeat After Me:
Self-Affirmation
I Live by a I Live by a Budget!Budget!
Please Repeat After Me:Please Repeat After Me:
Self-Affirmation
I Live by a I Live by a Budget!Budget!
Please Repeat After Me:Please Repeat After Me:
We’re ALL Spenders
ConvenientConvenient “I don’t have
time to shop around!”
We’re ALL Spenders
Entitled
EntitledConvenientConvenient
“I deserve this!”
We’re ALL Spenders
Compensatory
Compensatory
Entitled
EntitledConvenientConvenient
“This Is Who I Am!”
We’re ALL Spenders
HabitualHabitual
Compensatory
Compensatory
Entitled
EntitledConvenientConvenient
“Shopping Is Fun!”
We’re ALL Spenders
Impulse
Impulse
HabitualHabitual
Compensatory
Compensatory
Entitled
EntitledConvenientConvenient
Got to Have It NOW!
We’re ALL Spenders
Impulse
Impulse
HabitualHabitual
Compensatory
Compensatory
Entitled
EntitledConvenientConvenient
SalesSales
“But it’s 75% off!
We’re ALL Spenders
Impulse
Impulse
HabitualHabitual
Compensatory
Compensatory
Entitled
EntitledConvenientConvenient
DISCIPLINED
DISCIPLINED
SalesSales
I’m in control of my money
Managing Debt
Regardless of the reason…
……Debt Happens!Debt Happens!
Managing Debt
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Job Loss or Income Reduction
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Job Loss or Income Reduction
2. Medical Bills
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Job Loss or Income Reduction
2. Medical Bills3. Divorce
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Job Loss or Income Reduction
2. Medical Bills3. Divorce4. Death of a Spouse
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Job Loss or Income Reduction
2. Medical Bills3. Divorce4. Death of a Spouse5. Car Repair
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Job Loss or Income Reduction
2. Medical Bills3. Divorce4. Death of a Spouse5. Car Repair6. Law suit
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Job Loss or Income Reduction
2. Medical Bills3. Divorce4. Death of a Spouse5. Car Repair6. Law suit7. Gambling/Addiction
Major Event-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
Major Mentality-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Impatient: We Overspend
Major Mentality-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Impatient: We Overspend2. Overconfident: We Use
Credit Cards Unwisely
Major Mentality-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Impatient: We Overspend2. Overconfident: We Use
Credit Cards Unwisely3. Negligent: We Don’t
Manage Our Money
Major Mentality-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
1. Impatient: We Overspend2. Overconfident: We Use
Credit Cards Unwisely3. Negligent: We Don’t
Manage Our Money4. Complacent: We Have No
Emergency Savings
Major Mentality-Causes of Debt:
Managing Debt
Married? Work on $$$ Together!
Don’t argue!Agree on Common
Goals!
Managing Debt
Prioritize your DebtsHome & Auto Repossession &
ForeclosureWork in “good faith”Contact HUD counselor
Managing Debt
Contact Your Creditors BEFORE they send you to collections.•Modified Payment Plan.
Self Help Is Sometimes Best
• Change credit cards due dates to coincide with paydays
• Use online banking
service and pay bills online.
Self Help Is Sometimes Best
Consider major Consider major changes changes
BEFORE they BEFORE they are forced are forced upon you.upon you.
Tips for Attacking the Debt
More $ You Send•Sooner You Pay Off•Less You Pay
Tips for Attacking the Debt
Finding “FREE Money”20% unaccounted for
Tips for Attacking the Debt
• 10% of controllable expenses. Possibly $50-$100.
• Send off EVERY month!• “Snowball” into otherpayments until you’reDEBT FREE!!!
PowerCashPowerCashEarly Payoff and/or Big SavingsEarly Payoff and/or Big Savings
For a credit card balance of $15,000 at 14% here’s the difference:
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
What Difference Can $50 Make?
For a credit card balance of $15,000 at 14% here’s the difference:
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
What Difference Can $50 Make?
20 Years & $10,000 in Interest!!!
For a credit card balance of $15,000 at 14% here’s the difference:
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
What Difference Can $50 Make?
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$481/moPaid off in 3 yrs
$123K+ in Savings
For a credit card balance of $15,000 at 14% here’s the difference:
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
What Difference Can $50 Make?
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$481/moPaid off in 3 yrs
$170K+ in Bonds
For a credit card balance of $15,000 at 14% here’s the difference:
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
What Difference Can $50 Make?
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$481/moPaid off in 3 yrs
$230K+ in Stocks
For a credit card balance of $15,000 at 14% here’s the difference:
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
What Difference Can $50 Make?
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
$15,000
$30,000
$75,000
$120,000
$165,000
$210,000
$255,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Minimum PowerCash & SavingsPowerCash & Bonds PowerCash & Stocks
Over 17 Years…
Over 17 Years…
You CONTRIBUTE $98K
You CONTRIBUTE $98K
Your Money GENERATES
Your Money GENERATES
$25,000-$135,000+ Additional !!!
$25,000-$135,000+ Additional !!!
Different Repayment Methods for Different Individuals, by…
Tips for Attacking the Debt
1. Importance of Debt
Different Repayment Methods for Different Individuals, by…
Tips for Attacking the Debt
1. Importance of Debt
2. Interest Rate (highest first)
Different Repayment Methods for Different Individuals, by…
Tips for Attacking the Debt
1. Importance of Debt
2. Interest Rate (highest first)
3. Size of Debt (smallest first)
Different Repayment Methods for Different Individuals, by…
Tips for Attacking the Debt
Debt Repayment Plan
Creditor Current Balance APR
Years to Payoff
Minimum Monthly Payment
Total Payout
1. Enter information2. Prioritize: Property, APR, or Balance
Gas $500 19.9% 3¼ yrs $25 $670
Visa $5,000 15.9% 19¾ yrs $125 $10,220
Store $1,500 24.9% 6¾ yrs $75 $2,440
Car $15,000 9.9% 5 yrs $318 $19,080
TOTALS $22,000 19¾ yrs $543 $32,410
1. Enter information2. Prioritize: PropertyProperty, APR, or Balance
Debt Repayment Plan
Creditor Current Balance APR
Years to Payoff
Minimum Monthly Payment
Total Payout
Gas $500 19.9% 3¼ yrs $25 $670
Car $15,000 9.9% 5 yrs $318 $19,080
Store $1,500 24.9% 6¾ yrs $75 $2,440
Visa $5,000 15.9% 19¾ yrs $125 $10,220
TOTALS $22,000 19¾ yrs $543 $32,485
Advantage:Advantage: ProtectionProtection
1. Enter information2. Prioritize: PropertyProperty, APR, or Balance
Debt Repayment Plan
Creditor Current Balance APR
Years to Payoff
Minimum Monthly Payment
Total Payout
Gas $500 19.9% 3¼ yrs $25 $670
Car $15,000 9.9% 5 yrs $318 $19,080
Store $1,500 24.9% 6¾ yrs $75 $2,440
Visa $5,000 15.9% 19¾ yrs $125 $10,220
TOTALS $22,000 19¾ yrs $543 $32,485
Creditor Current Balance APR
Years to Payoff
Minimum Monthly Payment
Total Payout
Store $1,500 24.9% $75
Gas $500 19.9% $25
1. Enter information2. Prioritize: PropertyProperty, APR, or Balance
Debt Repayment Plan
Visa $5,000 15.9% $125
Car $15,000 9.9% $318
+$50 +$50 PowerCashPowerCash
1.1 Yr
1¼ Yr
2.6 Yrs
3.8 Yrs
$125
Creditor Current Balance APR
Years to Payoff
Minimum Monthly Payment
Total Payout
Store $1,500 24.9% $75
Gas $500 19.9% $25
Advantage:Advantage: Save Time & $$$Save Time & $$$
1. Enter information2. Prioritize: PropertyProperty, APR, or Balance
Debt Repayment Plan
Visa $5,000 15.9% $125
Car $15,000 9.9% $318
You’ll Spend This Much Less:$5,070
1.1 Yr
1¼ Yr
2.6 Yrs
3.8 Yrs
$125
Creditor Current Balance APR
Years to Payoff
Minimum Monthly Payment
Total Payout
Visa $5,000 15.9% $125
Gas $500 19.9% $25
1. Enter information2. Prioritize: PropertyProperty, APR, or Balance
Debt Repayment Plan
Store $1,500 24.9% $75
Car $15,000 9.9% $318
+$50 +$50 PowerCashPowerCash
½ Yr
1¼ Yr
2.6 Yrs
3.8 Yrs
$75
Creditor Current Balance APR
Years to Payoff
Minimum Monthly Payment
Total Payout
Visa $5,000 15.9% $125
Gas $500 19.9% $25
Advantage:Advantage: See It Sooner - Stick to ItSee It Sooner - Stick to It
1. Enter information2. Prioritize: PropertyProperty, APR, or Balance
Debt Repayment Plan
Store $1,500 24.9% $75
Car $15,000 9.9% $318
$5,046 LESS than Minimums & Just $24 MORE than APR
½ Yr
1¼ Yr
2.6 Yrs
3.8 Yrs
$75
What if I need “outside” help?
Several options: Look for…
•Reputation•Established (not “fly by night”)•Better Business Bureau history•Audited and accredited•Written contracts & agreements•Discloses all fees
Isn’t Credit Counseling Damaging?
Disclaimer: I am a credit counselor
Isn’t Credit Counseling Damaging?
Disclaimer: I am a credit counselor
Clearing Up Misconceptions:• Repay debt “$-4-$”• DON’T Settle Amounts• NOT a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy• TEMPORARY Credit Notation • Prohibits credit cards for NOW• No direct FICO impact
Financial Danger Zone
Quick & Easy=ExpensiveQuick & Easy=Expensive
Financial Danger Zone
Quick & Easy=ExpensiveQuick & Easy=Expensive
TITLETITLE
RENTRENTTOTO
OWNOWN
PAYDAYPAYDAY
Financial Danger Zone
Other Damaging OptionsOther Damaging Options
Financial Danger Zone
Other Damaging OptionsOther Damaging Options
BANK-BANK-RUPTCYRUPTCY
IGNORING IGNORING DEBTDEBT
DEBT DEBT SETTLE-SETTLE-
MENTMENT
Scams & Rip-Offs
Credit Increase
•Calls•Asks for Card # or Soc Sec
•Ask for Card’s Security #
Scams & Rip-Offs
Collections & Cards
•Shift Debt to Credit Card
Credit Increase
•Calls•Asks for Card # or Soc Sec
•Ask for Card’s Security #
Scams & Rip-Offs
Collections & Cards
Craig’s List
•Low Low Price
•eBay Motors
•PrePay & Lose $$$
•Shift Debt to Credit Card
•Calls•Asks for Card # or Soc Sec
•Ask for Card’s Security #
Credit Increase
Scams & Rip-Offs
Credit Increase
Collections & Cards
Craig’s List
Other
•Low Low Price
•eBay Motors
•PrePay & Lose $$$
•Shift Debt to Credit Card
•Too Good to Be True?
• IT IS!!!
•Calls•Asks for Card # or Soc Sec
•Ask for Card’s Security #
Staying Out of Debt
•Budget, budget, budget, budget, budget, budget, budget, budget, budget, budget …
Staying Out of Debt
•Spend LESS and Earn MORE
Staying Out of Debt
•Save for a rainy day
Staying Out of Debt
•Trusted outside help
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