Have you ever found yourself wondering where all the money has gone and its not the end of the month? There are things we can do to help ourselves eliminate being in this situation. Listed below are the steps you may follow, along with a brief discussion of each:
Entries from July 2005
Designing a Budget Around Your Take-Home Income
July 26th, 2005 · No Comments
Tags: Financial Investing
Mortgage Free In 15 Years!
July 26th, 2005 · No Comments
Imagine paying your mortgage off in 15 years! Think of all the great things you could do with that extra money. What would you do? Retire early? Buy an R.V.? Travel around the world? If you could eliminate your mortgage in half the time, then your options would be wide open.
Tags: Financial Investing
The Tortoise and the Hare-The Modern Version
July 25th, 2005 · No Comments
No doubt you are familiar with Aesop’s fable The Tortoise and the Hare. In case you aren’t, let me sum it up for you: The Hare challenges the Tortoise to a race, which the Tortoise accepts. The race begins and the Hare lazes around (because he knows he can outrun the Tortoise any day) while […]
Tags: Financial Investing
An Emergency Fund: Your First Line Of Defense
July 25th, 2005 · No Comments
Downsizing, rightsizing, forced retirement, layoffs, firings, outsourcing, and being made redundant.All could mean the same thing to you: financial catastrophe.
Tags: Financial Investing
One of the Wisest Investments You’ll Ever Make
July 25th, 2005 · No Comments
If you think this is about stocks, bonds, real estate, gold, jewels, etc., you’re wrong! All of these can be good investments, but your children are the wisest investment you’ll ever make.
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Money - The Ultimate Team Sport
July 25th, 2005 · No Comments
Money - The Ultimate Team Sport by Chemain Evans Imagine if you will that you are NASCAR driver. (Now don’t overextend this metaphor-just go with the flow!)
Tags: Financial Investing
Why Do We Always Fight About Money?
July 25th, 2005 · No Comments
Two of the keys to financial success, especially in a couple’s relationship, are knowledge and communication. This article focuses on the aspect of communication.
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Top 10 Tools to Reach Your Goals Quickly
July 23rd, 2005 · 1 Comment
We all have dreams and goals. Some of them are simply “wishes”, like winning the lottery or sailing to Tahiti. But we also have goals that are vital to our futures and the well-being of our families. And yet many of us make little or no progress toward achieving our most important goals. We wait […]
Tags: Motivation
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace Univsersity
July 22nd, 2005 · No Comments
We all at one time or another encounter a turning point in our lives. My turning point was my attendance at a Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University seminar. It was as though someone had wiped the fog from my bathroom mirror. My focus became very clear that day. To begin with.
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What is a Motivated Seller?
July 22nd, 2005 · 3 Comments
There are two key conditions that must exist in order to the fixer-upper investor to the purchase of a property. One is the condition of the property; if it needs work to bring it up to market conditions then you’re likely to get a good deal. However, if the second condition does not exist […]
Tags: Real Estate Investing
Top 10 Reasons to Invest in Fixer-Uppers
July 22nd, 2005 · No Comments
Why would any sane person want to buy ugly, beat-up, neglected houses as an investment? The answer may surprise you. Ugly and neglected houses are like diamonds in the rough waiting for someone like you or me to cut (fix) and polish (paint) them into profitable gems. The answer may surprise you. Ugly and […]
Tags: Real Estate Investing
The Top 10 Reasons to Invest in Mutual Funds
July 21st, 2005 · No Comments
Everyone who follows the financial news has heard of mutual funds and knows the stock market has generally risen (with various ups-and-downs) for over 200 years. In fact, by most measures, the stock market has made more money for more people, and done it more reliably, than any other investment over the past 100 […]
Tags: Financial Investing