N Nohea PetersenDebt Freedom Program
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Your Debt‑to‑Income + Home Readiness Check

Enter your numbers below. You will see your DTI today, how it compares to the 43% threshold most lenders use, and your estimated mortgage-ready date with a structured plan.

Step 1: Your numbers

Estimates are fine. You can refine everything later inside the program.

Include your household's combined gross monthly income.
Credit card minimums, car loans, student loans, personal loans. Do not include rent or utilities.
Your best guess at everything you owe, not counting a mortgage.

What you will see

  • 1
    Your DTI todayMeasured against the 43% line most lenders use.
  • 2
    Your gap to mortgage-readyHow your target home changes the picture, and what you could afford right now.
  • 3
    Your estimated mortgage-ready dateA realistic timeline with a structured paydown plan behind it.
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Your Debt Payoff Roadmap

Enter each debt and your honest monthly budget — get a month-by-month plan to debt-free, and see whether avalanche, snowball, or velocity banking wins for your situation.

Step 1: What can you really afford each month?

Be honest here. A plan built on a fantasy budget gets abandoned the first hard month.

Step 2: Your debts

NameBalance ($)APR (%)Min. payment ($)
Velocity banking option — do you have (or could you open) a line of credit? A credit card, personal line, or HELOC all work. Add it below and your roadmap will also simulate the velocity banking strategy Nohea coaches.

Optional. Fill in Step 1 too — velocity banking runs on your real cash flow (paycheck parked on the line, expenses out, and the difference attacks your debt daily).

What is velocity banking?

Instead of chipping away one payment at a time, you use a line of credit as a tool: draw a lump-sum “chunk” to knock out a debt, park your paycheck on the line so your money fights interest every day of the month, pay expenses from the line, and let your leftover cash flow clear it — then repeat. Every chunk frees up a monthly payment, which makes the next cycle faster.

Your recommended plan

Payoff order

    Month-by-month schedule
    MonthPaymentsInterestRemaining total

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    These figures are educational estimates based on the balances, rates, and payments you entered, with interest compounded monthly. Velocity banking projections additionally assume your line’s APR stays fixed, your paycheck is parked against the line all month, and disciplined spending from the line — real line rates are variable and results depend on consistency. They are not financial advice or a payoff guarantee — actual creditor terms vary.

    Find out how close you are to mortgage-ready

    Lenders look for a debt-to-income ratio of 43% or better. Run your numbers in two minutes and see where you stand today.

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