How to Decide Whether to Invest or Pay off Debt

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Make a list that includes all of your liabilities.. Create a list of everything that you bought with borrowed money.. Combine the two lists.

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Make a list that includes all of your liabilities.

Step 1

Make a list that includes all of your liabilities.

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Create a list of everything that you bought with borrowed money.

Step 2

Create a list of everything that you bought with borrowed money.

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Combine the two lists.

Step 3

Combine the two lists.

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Separate your good debt from your bad debt.

Step 4

Separate your good debt from your bad debt.

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Eliminate all of your bad debt before you invest.

Step 5

Eliminate all of your bad debt before you invest.

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Consider investing once you only have good debt.

Step 6

Consider investing once you only have good debt.

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Consider the risks of investing.

Step 7

Consider the risks of investing.

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Avoid incurring more bad debt once you've started investing.

Step 8

Avoid incurring more bad debt once you've started investing.

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Look at the big picture.

Step 9

Look at the big picture.

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