What is Your Challenge
January is almost over.Why do most New Years Resolutions fail?By now, many New Years resolutions would be thrown out,forgotten, shrugged off. There is always next year.Why do they fail? Perhaps, because these resolutions arerenewed, recycled, reworded every New Year, without a serious intent of ... more...

6 Proven Wealth Building Strategies
Building wealth is as simple as saving a little bit here and a little bit there. You need not have great riches in order to accumulate wealth, but you need to have the drive, determination, and discipline to successfully increase your wealth. Lets look at 6 proven wealth building strategies you can ... more...

How To Get Rid Of Debt Problems Step 2 -- How To Prepare A Financial Statement
Here is how to prepare a financial statement, for the purpose of negotiating reduced payments with your creditors.Secured/Unsecured debts. Before we get into the substance of this, let's ensure we are clear about the significance of secured debts.If the debt is secured, there is a risk that the ... more...

Part 1: FAQs From Media Interviews With Real Estate Author
Do you feel there is going to be a real estate bubble?Nash: No. Are some coastal and resort markets over-heated, yes. I dont feel that markets will collapse. But investors and property owners should be ready for longer market times, diminishing over-full-price and multiple offers in over-heated ... more...

Re-discovering the Fundamentals of Financial Planning
To lose weight in the 80s, we went on low-calorie diets. In the 90s, we switched to low-fat diets, and now, in the 21st Century, we are completely convinced that its all about the low-carb diet. What ever happened to just eating healthy?In a culture where everyone is looking for shortcuts, its not ... more...

Who Benefits Most From Online Dating?
Would you like a hint?The group of people benefiting most from online dating probably has nothing in common with recently turned golf professional Michelle Wie - other then their shared love of golf. While many would consider Michelle Wie to be a beautiful person, she is just a bit young for the ... more...

Get Rich Slowly
Is it hard to get rich? If youre young, not really.Its fun to play with financial calculators and see what might happen.If you have just graduated from college and are about 22 years old and if you put $100 a month in an IRA that grows at 10% a year, you will have around $865,000 at age 65. 10% ... more...

Family Money Management: The Importance of Agreement
Are you having problems with debt? Are you afraid to answer the phone because it may be an angry creditor calling? Do you have problems getting from one paycheck to the next? The simple answer is that you need to budget. But for that budget to work, both you and your spouse need to be in total ... more...

Life's True ROI
The question every small business owner should ask ... look at the total debt load and ROI, whether the industry as a whole is in a slump, whether there are too many partner or legal problems, whether future demand will materialize and so on and so forth. While these questions are certainly ... more...

The Top 10 Reasons to Invest in Mutual Funds
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 ... more...