WHICH BILLS YOU SHOULD PAY FIRST
If you can’t afford to pay all your bills, you need to decide which bills you will pay. Choosing which bills to pay can make an enormous difference in your life, particularly if you would like to retain possession of things like your home and your car.
Here’s a list of the order in which you should normally pay your bills when there isn’t enough money to pay them all:
FAMILY NECESSITIES
The most important use for your limited supply of money is to provide the essentials for your family. By essentials, I mean food, housing, and medicine. If you don’t provide your family with these things, nothing else will matter. I recommend that you get into the habit of buying these things with your monthly income, not with credit, since using credit this month for the basic necessities means you will have twice the expenses next month.
SECURED DEBTS
The two most important secured debts most people have are their home mortgage and their car loan. Your house is collateral that secures your mortgage and your car is collateral securing your car loan.
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