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One paycheck covers the mortgage, the groceries, the kids' co-pays, and the car insurance. The debt sits in the gap between what you bring home and what the household needs. Thirty-five thousand dollars is the slow accumulation of every month a tire blew out, a furnace broke, a tooth needed a crown — paid on the only card with available credit, at whatever rate it carried.

Avalanche is the right method for a single-income household. The reason is not motivation; it is cash flow. Avalanche finishes the highest-rate balance fastest, which restores the most monthly breathing room earliest. On a constrained budget, the recovered $200-400/month buys back a small safety net — the buffer that keeps the next surprise expense from starting a new card balance.

On $35,000 at a blended 12% (one $20k personal loan, one $10k credit card, one $5k auto loan tail), paying $640/month finishes in 71 months and costs about $13,800 in interest. Adding $200/month extra cuts that to 51 months and $9,600 in interest — and the highest-rate balance closes around month 18, freeing up $250/month of minimums to refill into the rest of the payoff.

Pre-loaded with a typical single-income mix: $20k personal loan, $10k credit card, $5k auto loan. Your numbers stay on your device — no bank login. The math runs locally with the same amortization rules every lender uses — see the methodology. Adjust for your actual debts.

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