Territory 02 · Debt & credit
Borrow on your terms — and clear the expensive debt first.
Every liability in one view, sorted by what it really costs. Kill high-rate balances first, keep cheap and productive debt working, and build the credit history that makes future borrowing cheaper.
19.9% — the rate on a revolving card balance — the most expensive money in most households, and the first to clear.
Lessons
- Good debt, bad debt, and the number that separates them
- Avalanche vs. snowball: the payoff order that wins
- Building a usable credit score
- The minimum-payment trap
Reads
- The real cost of carrying a balance
- What your credit score is actually measuring
- When borrowing is the smart move
Charts
- Debt by cost of carry
- Payoff order & timeline
- Credit utilization