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March
14
Invest In Real Estate With No Money Down Are you thinking of investing in real estate? But you do not have enough cash to do so Here is a tip you can use as long as the property seller is willing to negotiate with you To be fair, not every seller will be interested (or even understand) the concept outlined Your best bet is to find a property that the owner has great interest in selling, whether because of moving, divorce or frustration with tenants Actually, if ...
March
14
Use the Power of Autosuggestion in the Stock Market Self-Confidence is an essential starting point for any business venture This is true even more if the business is trading in the stock market because psychology plays such a major role Keep reading, this might change your life! About 10 years ago, I received a copy of the book "Think and Grow Rich!" written by Napoleon Hill Today, I credit most of my success in business (including trading) to this book At first applying some of the principles ...
March
14
Credit Repair After Bankruptcy: Your Options When it comes to credit repair after bankruptcy you have essentially three options: 1) Hire a credit repair company 2) Buy credit repair software 3) Do it yourself (free!) Before we go further, for the purpose of this article "credit repair" means the removal of any inaccurate or obsolete negative information from your credit report - not the removal of accurate non-obsolete negative information from your credit report Okay, now that we've defined "credit repair", let's look at each of the three credit repair options ...
March
13

Interest Only Mortgages

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Interest Only Mortgages By definition, a mortgage is a temporary, conditional pledge of property to a creditor as security for performance of an obligation or repayment of a debt Simplified, that means you borrow money from a financial institution and they essentially buy your house and you pay it back How can this happen if you're just paying interest? More accurately, interest-only mortgages are a temporary reprieve for paying off a traditional mortgage You may actually be prolonging the inevitable and eventually making it even more costly to ...
March
13
Do You Know How To Find The Best Car Loan? People will spend months or even years planning to buy a car They will work hard to build good credit They will search for just the right make and model They will scope out the various dealers and sales staff sometimes even comparing service departments too Then they will sign on the dotted line for the first loan the sales person offers What is wrong with this picture? It is important to remember that if you have ...
March
13

Credit Cards and You

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Credit Cards and You Australians owe $32 billion in credit card debt, according to Reserve Bank figures, and some experts predict this will balloon to almost $50 billion by 2009 Thats a staggering figure and as it would it appear it's definately on the rise with Baycorp Advantage, a credit information provider, saying that credit card applications were up 11 per cent on last year with 875,000 applications for credit cards in October, November and December This is the concern, only seven years ago, the fees incurred on cards ...
March
13
3 Steps to Personal Financial Success - Part III: Save Some Money Obviously, you cannot be a financial success if you don't have any money or are not living the lifestyle that you envisioned Question: Do you know what your net worth is? Many people don't and are afraid to even try to determine what it is It may just be the one thing to get you taking action towards saving your moneyHow Much to Save?Most say save 10% of ...
March
12
Bad Habits Keep You From Your Financial Goals Bad habits can ruin any well thought out financial plans Habits such as your morning coffee, buying lunch at work each day, and of course smoking and drinking, can drain your bank account They are not as noticeable as someone backing a truck up and loading all your money in and driving away However, the results are the sameA woman shared her story with me Her bad habit was smoking cigarettes She smoked less than ...
March
10

The Folly of PEG Ratio

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The Folly of PEG Ratio Price Earning Growth (PEG) Ratio is the ratio of a company's P/E with its growth rate A lot of analysts have concurred that a stock is fairly valued when its PEG ratio equal one This means that if a stock has a P/E of 10 with a growth rate of 10%, then the stock is trading at fair value How many of you have seen this kind of statement? I have seen it plenty of times ...
March
10
Working Capital Cash Flow Solutions: Should I Borrow From A Bank? Recently, my newspaper reported that a local bank “earned a four star excellence rating for the sixty-fourth consecutive quarter” That’s sixteen years of four star excellence! The article went on to say that the “rating is based on a complex formula that includes …capital safety levels, quality of loan portfolio, and the ability to meet obligations…” The press release was designed to showcase the value of this bank and ...
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