In today’s economy, with so many uncertainties, it’s more important than ever to set a realistic budget allowing you to cover all your monthly expenses. Once you know your expenses you can start cutting back on unnecessary things and putting money away for a car. Stick with your budget, and never lose focus… Read more
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Budgeting for a New Home: 4 Things to Consider
Your home is probably the most expensive and important investment you’ll ever make. It’s easy to get caught up in floor plans, wood finishes, and school systems while forgetting about the more mundane details of home buying. However, preparing a budget and managing your finances are extremely important tasks for any future homeowner. Here… Read more
What You Need to Know When Buying a Car
Buying a car means a significant investment of your time and your financial resources. Your time investment involves doing the necessary research to ensure you get the best possible car in your budget range. Your financial resource investment involves handing over your hard-earned dollars for what you hope is a quality vehicle. Know… Read more
How to make money from the property market
While there is plenty to be said in favour of the old adage ‘look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves’, and plenty of evidence to show that small-scale savings and investments eventually reap big-scale rewards, anyone looking to improve their financial situation would do well to look at… Read more
Is It Nearly Christmas Already? The Smart Guide to Buying Gifts
If you have already seen Christmas gifts in the shops then you will be well aware that the festive season is – almost unbelievably – about to come round again. Who knows, you might even have seen some stray Christmas decorations and lights up somewhere or heard the festive sounds of Slade and Wham by… Read more
Used Car Buying Tips that Can Save You a Bundle
Buying a slightly used car can already save you money in comparison to the brand new model. You’ll save significantly in sticker price and depreciation costs, potentially with very few miles on the clock. Yet to make sure you’re getting the best deal on a used car, you’ll want to keep the following tips… Read more
Buying commercial real estate: the check list
Buying commercial real estate can be a great way to diversify your investments, and if you own your own business, to stop paying rent and build equity instead. Here is a check list of things to do before you take the plunge. Why do you want to invest Depending on why you want to… Read more
Would you buy a 5 bedrooms, $100 house?
I spend more time than I should on Zillow and dreaming about building a real estate empire… With Detroit’s bankruptcy, I started thinking about whether things could get better one day for Detroit, or was it doomed to go into deeper and deeper recessions year after year. I remember first checking properties in Flint after… Read more
Real Estate: How I sold my rental property… again!
It has been a tense week last week, mainly because of the sale of my studio flat in the suburbs of Paris. I had found a buyer back in June, and the legal contract took months (his lawyer’s fault) to write, so we eventually signed a sale at the beginning of August. You can think… Read more
How I became a landlady
I have always had this financial independence idea in the back of my head, ever since I started working and realizing that a normal, 9 to 5 job is not the thing for me. And when thinking about how to produce passive income, real estate was always on the top of my head. This is… Read more