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		<title>Inflation and Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Likes being in debt. However, it is important to understand the relationship between debt and inflation. Inflation has a profound impact on the cost-effectiveness of borrowing money. In fact, there are cases where it came be cheaper to borrow money and pay interest than to pay off a loan. This obviously runs counter to what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Likes being in debt. However, it is important to understand the relationship between debt and inflation. Inflation has a profound impact on the cost-effectiveness of borrowing money. In fact, there are cases where it came be cheaper to borrow money and pay interest than to pay off a loan. This obviously runs counter to what a lot of people promoting the debt-free movement will tell you. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important to understand the numbers for yourself.</p>
<p>Right now mortgages are at historically low rates. It&#8217;s unlikely you&#8217;ll ever see rates this low again within your lifetime. You can get a home mortgage for around 4.5%. That is an interest rate that is locked in for the 30 year life of your loan. On the other hand inflation has traditionally been around 6%. What is inflation? Inflation refers to the gradual erosion of your purchasing power. At 6% per year it means that something that cost one dollar 365 days ago will cost you $1.06 today. Obviously inflation does not occur as a smooth increase. Instead he jumps up and down but historically the rate averages out to 6%.</p>
<p>So that means that a house that costs $100,000 today will cost $106,000 in one year. 30 years from now the same house should cost $280,000. The interest over 30 years on a $100,000 home will be around $80,000. So in 30 years you will paid $180,000 for home that is worth $280,000. Now don&#8217;t get too excited here. That $280,000 will only by as much as $100,000 would 30 years ago.</p>
<p>Of course the house will still be worth $280,000 even if you paid for in cash up front. Let&#8217;s say you did that. You buy a home for $100,000 and pay the entire price upfront in cash. Let&#8217;s say your neighbor does the exact same thing. He buys a $100,000 home next door but instead of putting the cash up front he takes out a 30 year fixed rate mortgage at 4.5%. He then puts his $100,000 into an index fund. An index fund simply follows the stock market. It is basically a mutual fund that will perform the same as the S&#038;P 500 index.</p>
<p>Over the next 30 years your neighbor will pay $80,000 more for his home in interest. You don&#8217;t have to pay that interest because you pay for your home in cash. At the end of 30 years you both have homes that are worth $280,000. Your neighbor has paid an additional $80,000 in interest, but he has also let the $100,000 growth for the last 30 years.</p>
<p>Traditionally the stock market has performed at 11% over long periods of time. For the sake of example let&#8217;s look at the years from 1980 to 2010. The average rate of return was 12.93%. That means that every dollar invested in 1980 $28.31 so your neighbors $100,000 is now worth $2.8 million. You both started at the same place and with the same amount of cash. However at the end of 30 years your neighbor&#8217;s decision to pay an extra $80,000 in interest doesn&#8217;t look like such a bad idea.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been following this so far you may wonder what is happening here. The answer is very simple. Right now interest rates are extremely low. They are unusually low because the government is driving the interest rates down to keep the economy going. This is a temporary situation and will not last forever you however you can take advantage of the situation by using historical averages of inflation and the stock market to allow yourself to come out ahead. In the long run you will be paying for what the government is doing through taxes and possibly a higher rate of inflation. However, you will be paying for this regardless of whether or not you take out a loan yourself.</p>
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		<title>Ways to Raise Cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debtguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post were going to look at some different ways to raise cash and borrow money if you find yourself in need of funds. Not all of these methods are recommended but were going to look at some of the pros and cons of each one. Family Loan If you find yourself in need [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>In this post were going to look at some different ways to raise cash and <a href="http://debt-consolidation.strategy-blogs.com/2007/03/can-you-borrow-against-an-ira.html">borrow money</a> if you find yourself in need of funds. Not all of these methods are recommended but were going to look at some of the pros and cons of each one.</p>
<h3>Family Loan</h3>
<p>If you find yourself in need of some extra cash the <a href="http://debt-consolidation.strategy-blogs.com/2011/01/loans-from-family.html">family loan</a> might be worth considering. On the pro side of things a family member is less likely to foreclose on your house and you may be eligible loan rather quickly without the paperwork involved in going and getting a loan from a bank. On the con side of things it could potentially strain your relationship with family members. If you think there&#8217;s a chance you won&#8217;t feel the pay the money back is probably better not to borrow from your family. The exception would be if you have a family member that would miss the money and it wouldn&#8217;t ruin your relationship if you for some reason weren&#8217;t able to pay it back or at least were able to pay it back right away. What you want to avoid is a situation where you cause a family member hardship because of your poor financial planning and an inability to repay the loan Erie it</p>
<p>If you do borrow money from family is suggested that you treat it as a formal loan. Make sure you write up the paperwork etc. This is for a few different reasons. One you want make sure you both are thinking the same thing about when the loan will need to be repaid etc. Erie it the other reason is if for some reason you have to default on the loan the IRS will treat it differently depending on whether or not there is documentation. If it&#8217;s a bona fide loan and can be proved with the paperwork the family member that loaned you money can take as a loss. If there isn&#8217;t paperwork the IRS may just consider it to be a gift instead of alone and they will not be overtaken the type of production.</p>
<h3>Home Equity Line of Credit</h3>
<p>If you have some equity in your home a home equity line of credit is one of the cheapest ways to borrow money. Since it will be back by the value of your house it usually has the lowest interest rate of pretty much any type of loan. The downside of course is that home equity loan is backed by your house so if you default they can take your home.</p>
<p>As with any loan you want to be careful not to get in over your head. Still the home equity line of credit is a great way to make use of value that you already own. It typically carries the lowest interest rate and can often be set up in a way that you can borrow the money when you need it without having to take out additional paperwork. This is where the line of credit comes in. The line of credit allows you to borrow as you need and pay back is you need only pay interest on the money that you have outstanding.</p>
<h3>Credit Cards</h3>
<p>Generally <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/Credit_card">credit cards</a> are one of the worst ways you can possibly borrow money. Well maybe not the worst way but one of the worst ways. However under certain circumstances you may be able to get a reasonable interest rate on money borrowed from her credit card at least for a short period of time.</p>
<p>Also if you pay off your balance at the end of the month there is generally no finance charge. This means that you can borrow money for about 30 days without having to pay interest on it. Most of the time this is a great strategy if you don&#8217;t have the money to pay off the credit card. It&#8217;s very easy to get into a situation where you now have very high interest debt that you had intended to pay off but do not have the funds to do so.</p>
<h3>Refinance</h3>
<p>Another way to get a hold of some cash is to <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/Cash_out_refinance">refinance</a> your house and take cash out. If you all $150,000 on your house and it is worth $300,000, you can likely get a loan for to earn $240,000 and take $90,000 out. This allows you to tap the resources tied up in the assets of your house. Since it&#8217;s an actual mortgage the interest rate is probably as low as you&#8217;ll find on any type of loan.</p>
<p>Recent rules have changed and this may be more difficult to do than it has been in the past. In particular banks want to make sure that your house is worth at least the amount of money they&#8217;re loaning you on. Generally you want to keep at least 20% equity because without that you&#8217;ll have to pay mortgage insurance.</p>
<p>One of the best uses of cash out refinancing is to improve the value of your house. For example if you want to remodel your kitchen, making addition, or make other improvements that will make your house more valuable this can be a good strategy. It allows you to get the lowest interest rate possible while still paying for your home improvements without taking out a higher interest rate loan from somewhere else.</p>
<h3>Borrow Against 401k</h3>
<p>Certain types of retirement accounts will allow you to borrow money against your investments. In some cases you&#8217;ll need to move your investments from the mutual funds into a cash only interest-bearing account. The downside of this is that if the market goes up dramatically you will miss out on those gains for your retirement. On the other hand interest rate is generally very low and in some cases the interest may go directly to your retirement account. In other words you are actually paying someone else interested coming back to you when you retire.</p>
<p>This can be a good strategy if you have a lot of money tied up in retirement and don&#8217;t want to forgo retirement savings in order to keep cash around for potential purchases.</p>
<h3>Borrow from IRA</h3>
<p>Unlike 401(k)s there is no way to borrow directly against or from the funds. However you can roll your IRA account from one broker to another. This gives you a 60 day period in which you can use the money for whatever you like as long as you have it back in a new brokerage account by the deadline. If you don&#8217;t have it back in another account you will be subject to tax on the IRA funds in addition to a 10% penalty.</p>
<p>This is generally a very bad idea. However in a few circumstances it might allow you to take advantage of an investment opportunity that you would not be able to otherwise. However this should be a very last resort. A lot of people take money out of an <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/IRA">IRA account</a> and never put it back and then owe very large tax bills.</p>
<h3>Payday Loans</h3>
<p>Payday loans rank right up there with credit cards in terms of bad ways to borrow money. Payday loans charging exorbitant interest rate. They are dealing with clientele that are generally not very financially savvy, have a high likelihood of defaulting, and have very few other options. If you go take out a payday loan you&#8217;re going to pay a very high interest rate in order to subsidize all the people who take out loans and don&#8217;t pay them back.</p>
<p>In some cases payday loans will charge more interest than a credit card company and in some cases your liability should you default is much greater than what you would have with a credit card company.</p>
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		<title>Loans from Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who find themselves in financial distress often try to get some type of loan or home equity line of credit in order to keep their head above water. Probably the majority of people who are looking for loans in order to cover a shortfall in their earnings are not managing their finances wisely. However [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>People who find themselves in financial distress often try to get some type of loan or home equity line of credit in order to keep their head above water. Probably the majority of people who are looking for loans in order to cover a shortfall in their earnings are not managing their finances wisely. However there are small number of people who simply hit a lot of economic trouble in losing their jobs, or having trouble finding new employment. For people who manage their finances wisely getting a loan can help keep them from getting into a situation where penalties and fees become very expensive.</p>
<p>There are many companies offering cash advances or <a href="http://debt-consolidation.strategy-blogs.com/2011/01/no-fax-payday-loans-not-a-good-deal.html">payday loans</a>.However these companies target individuals with a very high default rate in stained business only by charging very high fees and interest to people who do make the payments. In general the lowest interest rates will come from loans that are the most difficult to get. Getting a loan from your family may be the most difficult one to get. They are going to loan you money in less they know you personally and your related to them. However family loans can be significantly better terms than what you could get from my bank and are almost always better terms than what you could get from a payday loan company.</p>
<p>If you have family that have money they are going to be more concerned about giving you a loan that is not detrimental than they are about actually getting paid back. They won&#8217;t want to hurt your long-term financial viability by simply giving easy money. That&#8217;s why family is likely to want to see your exact financial situation and make sure that they know that the money is helping you rather than hurting him.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m borrowing money from family unique to make sure you have proper documentation. This is an just to make sure you know what the terms are so you can make your payments. It also benefits the person you are borrowing money from. If for some reason you do default on your loan proper documentation will allow them to write off the mouth of the loan. Without proper documentation the IRS will simply classify it as a gift to you and the lender will not be able to take any tax advantage.</p>
<p>Of course the goal is not to default on the loan. Borrowing from family make sure that you&#8217;re not going to take advantage of a loved one. Don&#8217;t borrow money that you can pay back or that you don&#8217;t have a very reasonable basis to believe he will be on the payback. you don&#8217;t want to cause financial hardship to your family because of your poor planning or inability to pay.</p>
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		<title>No Fax Payday Loans &#8211; Not a Good Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debtguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Payday loans are one of the worst ways to borrow money. No fax payday loans are just as bad if not worse. The easier it is to borrow money from these types of companies the higher their fees and interest rates. No fax payday loans are designed to be very easy to get. There&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Payday loans are one of the worst ways to borrow money. No fax payday loans are just as bad if not worse. The easier it is to borrow money from these types of companies the higher their fees and interest rates. No fax payday loans are designed to be very easy to get. There&#8217;s a very low barrier to entry for no fax payday loans. This low barrier of entry is going to necessarily create a very high default rate. When you borrow money through a system that has a very high default rate, you will be paying for all those people who do not pay back their loans. That means that your interest and fees are going to have to cover the principle borrowed by people who will not make their payments.</p>
<p>Consider for a moment what it would be like if you could find a no fax payday loan they didn&#8217;t even require your name or signature. It sounds pretty convenient doesn&#8217;t it? Everyone would love to get a loan like that. You simply walk in and tell how much money you need and they give it to you. Does that sound like a dream? Does that sound like the ideal type of payday loan? How many people do you think would actually pay?  Obviously the default rate would be very high. Many people would grow money and never come back to pay it back. Why should they? They got the loan without even having to give their name. They are personally on the hook for paying them back in the payday loan company has no recourse because they don&#8217;t even know who they blown the money to. The only way the payday loan company could stay in business is to charge even higher fees and interest rates. That way the people who did pay the money back would cover the expenses for the people who didn&#8217;t. The same thing applies to no fax payday loans. The easier it is to get the loan the higher the default rate. Tired of the default rate the more expensive it is for the people who actually pay the loans back. If you&#8217;re looking for some type of loan you really want to look for a loan that is difficult to get. You want to look for a loan where there is a very low default rate because you don&#8217;t want to be on the hook for people who don&#8217;t make their payments. You don&#8217;t want your interest rate to reflect the cost of loans made to low quality candidates.</p>
<p>Payday loans no fax payday loans are aimed at people who are poor at managing their finances. They&#8217;re designed to take an image a people who need money now and are willing to pay the exorbitant interest rates in order to not have to wait a few weeks for their paycheck to come in. In fact interest rates charged by payday loan companies can often be hundreds of percent. The rates are well above what would trigger Usery laws in most states. The payday loan companies get by with this by creating different types of fees and charges that aren&#8217;t necessarily classified as interest.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a no fax payday loan or any type of payday loan that should be a pretty good indication that you need financial counseling.   Borrowing money to repay loans involve storing large quantities of your income away simply because of poor planning or an inability to budget.</p>
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		<title>Government Debt Consolidation Loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debtguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the talk of bailouts, I know a number of people are looking for government debt consolidation loans. These don&#8217;t really exist. The government is bailing out the number of people but not very many individuals. There isn&#8217;t really any type of government debt consolidation loans. Actually there is an exception to that. There [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>With all the talk of bailouts, I know a number of people are looking for government debt consolidation loans. These don&#8217;t really exist. The government is bailing out the number of people but not very many individuals. There isn&#8217;t really any type of government debt consolidation loans. Actually there is an exception to that. There is one type of government debt consolidation loan. It only applies to debt incurred going to school. The government debt consolidation loan program allows you to consolidate educational loans. This can be extremely advantageous if you have a lot of debt from going to school. The program will allow you to take a number of different educational loans and roll them into one single loan area and chances are you won&#8217;t be making payments to the government. The government will actually back your loan and help you get a very low interest rate through a lender. The lender likes this because your loan is now backed by the full goodwill and faith of the US government. So while the government sticks around they are going to get their money. On the other hand they may be less sure about whether or not you will continue to make payments.</p>
<p>This surety allows them to give you the lowest rate possible. This can be extremely advantageous. If you have a number of smaller loans all with different interest rates combining them to a single loan at a much lower interest rate will save you a lot of money each month. Also if that term on some of the other loans is short but consolidated loan may be for a longer time span which means you&#8217;ll pay less each month. Of course a longer time frame means you&#8217;ll probably end up paying more over time, but for some people that type of flexibility is helpful.</p>
<p>The ideal way to handle government debt consolidation loans for educational debt is to get the lowest rate you possibly can and then pay back the maximum you can possibly afford each month. A made-up maximum you can possibly afford. You still need to set aside money for emergencies and other unexpected expenses. Still if you can pay off loans quickly you&#8217;ll get out of debt more quickly. If you have other loans that are at a higher interest rate though, those may be a higher priority. Paying off the highest interest rate first allows you to pay the least in interest–and for some loans the interest may be far greater than in principle by the time you finish paying it off.</p>
<p>If you have a home mortgage at 6% and educational loans of 4% you&#8217;d be much better off paying down the mortgage quickly and just paying the minimum on the educational loans. On the other hand if your educational loans are at the highest interest rate you may want to pay them down first. The government debt consolidation loan can help lower the interest rate so you can have that option.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider is whether your loans are secured or not. In a secured loan the bank can come after whatever assets you have used to secure the credit. So for example with a mortgage they can repossess her house. With an automobile they can usually repossession car. What you don&#8217;t want to do is get into a situation where you pay down <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/Unsecured_debt">unsecured debt</a> quickly and get into a situation where you don&#8217;t have money to pay down your <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/Secured_debt">secured debt</a>. For example if you have a credit card that is unsecured debt, you don&#8217;t want to pay it off and jeopardize making your mortgage payment. If the credit card company can&#8217;t take anything from you, you need to factor that in your to your decision of who to pay first. They still may be the best loan to pay off quickly, but you may want to make sure you have adequate emergency funds to handle making your mortgage payment if times get tight.</p>
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		<title>Borrow from IRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS rules say you cannot borrow from your IRA. But can you? Are there loopholes? There is a way to borrow from your IRA. It isn&#8217;t that the IRS wants you to borrow from your IRA. They have made it clear that this is against the rules. However, the rules that allow you to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>The IRS rules say you cannot borrow from your <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/IRA">IRA</a>. But can you? Are there loopholes? There is a way to borrow from your IRA. It isn&#8217;t that the IRS wants you to borrow from your IRA. They have made it clear that this is against the rules. However, the rules that allow you to move your IRA from one investment company to another dude give you the ability to create a short-term loan.</p>
<p>You can withdraw money from your IRA and close it out. Once you do this you have 60 days to put it into a nether IRA account. During those 60 days you basically have a 60 day loan of the funds from your IRA. If you don&#8217;t get it back into an individual retirement account within the 60 day period you will owe taxes and an additional 10% penalty.</p>
<p>This is a risky strategy. When you <a href="http://debt-consolidation.strategy-blogs.com/2007/03/can-you-borrow-against-an-ira.html">borrow from your IRA</a> you are running the risk of what could be significant expense in the form of taxes and penalties. A new IRA will generally take a few days to set up so you can&#8217;t wait until day 59 to start getting the new account ready. If you want to borrow money out of your IRA in this manner make sure you know exactly how long it will take to get a new account set up and give yourself some time as a cushion just to be on the safe side.</p>
<p>There is not a way to borrow against your IRA. In other words you can&#8217;t use the value of your IRA as collateral for a loan. This means you also can&#8217;t enable margin on an IRA brokerage account. Margin is basically the ability to borrow against your existing investments which is not allowed in IRA accounts. While you might be able to find an individual willing to loan you money by putting your IRA up as a pledge, this type of arrangement would technically void your IRA account. Which means taxes and a 10% penalty would be due immediately.</p>
<p>With regards to the 60 day loan by borrowing money from your IRA, the IRS is starting to be very careful about enforcing the 60 day rule. In the past they would often let things slide if someone established the IRA on day 61. That doesn&#8217;t seem to be the case anymore. The IRS realizes that people are closing and opening IRA accounts in order to get around the no borrowing rule. They haven&#8217;t closed the loophole. You can still borrow from your IRA for 60 days. But they are being much more careful to make sure everyone follows the rules.</p>
<p>The IRS still seems to give some leeway if the purpose of the IRA transfer was not to create a 60 day loan. But they are starting to look more closely at the reason behind the transaction before allowing any type of grace.</p>
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		<title>Roth IRA vs Regular IRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two primary types of IRAs. Regular IRAs allow you to put in money and not pay tax on it upfront. Roth IRAs allow you to pay tax on the money upfront but not pay tax on any increase. Both strategies can be very useful in retirement planning. Roth IRAs allow you to take [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>There are two primary types of IRAs. Regular IRAs allow you to put in money and not pay tax on it upfront. Roth IRAs allow you to pay tax on the money upfront but not pay tax on any increase. Both strategies can be very useful in retirement planning.</p>
<p>Roth IRAs allow you to take advantage of the fact that taxes were much likely be higher in the future. Particularly for someone early in their career, their significant advantage in not having to pay taxes on any increase from the investment. The increase on your initial investment could be many times greater than the initial investment itself. A Roth IRA protects all the money you may earn in the future from taxes but requires that taxes be paid on the initial amount up front.</p>
<p>Traditional IRAs work in the opposite manner. When you put $1000 into a traditional IRA your salary for the year is reduced by $1000 for tax purposes. This saves you money on taxes today. However when you eventually take money out of the IRA you must pay taxes on the initial amount as well as any increase.</p>
<p>Traditional IRAs can be very useful for people who are at the peak of their earning potential and plan to make significantly less money during retirement. Since money put into a regular IRA will reduce taxable income. It can move money from a high tax rate to one that is significantly lower in the future.</p>
<p>Another advantage of a traditional IRA is that it saves tax money now. Roth IRAs rely on the government to keep its word regarding future taxation. All Roth IRAs will probably function as expected in the future, the government has changed his mind before so this does carry a certain amount of risk.</p>
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		<title>Borrow on margin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One method that is often overlooked when people need cash is borrowing on margin. If you have investment accounts where money is placed into the stock market and mutual funds, you can often borrow against those assets using something called margin. Margin was created to allow you to invest more money than you have by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>One method that is often overlooked when people need cash is <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/Borrow">borrowing</a> on margin. If you have investment accounts where money is placed into the stock market and mutual funds, you can often borrow against those assets using something called margin. Margin was created to allow you to invest more money than you have by putting up other investments as collateral. Most brokerage accounts make it easy to borrow money like this.</p>
<p>Margin was created to allow you to invest more money into stocks. But it is possible to cash the money out and use it for other things. It is a somewhat risky strategy. Your brokerage may &#8220;call your margin&#8221; and asked that the money be repaid. If you are unable to pay they may sell your stocks in order to recover their loan.</p>
<p>Obviously if your stocks retain their value the brokerage is unlikely to call their loan. But if the value of your stocks significantly declines, the brokerage is more likely to demand payment. If the market is declining they want to get their money back before you have nothing of value to repay them with.</p>
<p>Still borrowing on margin is a strategy to consider &#8212; particularly if you need a short-term loan and are certain you can arrange other financing in the very near future. For example, borrowing a margin may allow you to take advantage of a profitable business opportunity on a very short timeframe. Borrowing on margin doesn&#8217;t typically require the extensive credit checks and paperwork of other types of financing. And since it is backed by stocks that can be quickly liquidated it generally carries a low interest rate.</p>
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		<title>Debt Consolidation Dangers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debtguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When used correctly that consolidation can be a wonderful thing. It allows you to take high interest loans and replace them with low-interest loans. This means more of your money will be going toward principal and less of it toward interest. Sounds like a good thing all around right? It is if you continue to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>When used correctly that consolidation can be a wonderful thing. It allows you to take high interest loans and replace them with low-interest loans. This means more of your money will be going toward principal and less of it toward interest. Sounds like a good thing all around right? It is if you continue to make the same payments you made under the higher interest loans.</p>
<p>What gets people into trouble is when they use that consolidation as a way to increase their spending. Your goal should be to lower the amount you are spending focusing more of that money on the principle and less on the interest. If you take payments that totaled $1000 per month, and replace them with a single loan that costs $500 per month it puts you in a better financial situation. However if you use that extra $500 per month to increase your standard of living or spend money on items that may have maintenance costs, you can work yourself into a worse situation than what you started with.</p>
<p>The wise thing to do with the extra $500 per month is to put some into an emergency savings account and the rest toward paying off your debt. The emergency savings account will help keep you from needing to go into debt again for unexpected expenses. The extra money being paid toward the principal of your loan we&#8217;ll help you get out of debt more quickly.</p>
<p>Debt consolidation loans are great for people who are willing to change their behaviors that lead to the data in the first place.   Debt consolidation loans are very dangerous when they allow people to continue a pattern of behavior that needs to be changed.</p>
<p>In the US it is easy not to take that seriously. Bankruptcy gives people an easy way out if they are unable to pay their bills. For all their problems <a href="http://www.debtfreedude.com/wi/Debtors_prison">debtors prisons</a> did one thing right. They made people take their debt obligations seriously. I&#8217;m not against bankruptcy laws. But I am against people doing things without considering the consequences.</p>
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		<title>Buying a House for Debt Consolidation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that buying a house was a simple way to consolidate debt as long as you weren&#8217;t too far underwater. Banks were often willing to loan of 125% of the appraised value of a piece of property. So if a piece of property appraised for $100,000 they would loan me $125,000 to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>It used to be that buying a house was a simple way to consolidate debt as long as you weren&#8217;t too far underwater. Banks were often willing to loan of 125% of the appraised value of a piece of property.  So if a piece of property appraised for $100,000 they would loan me $125,000 to buy it. If you were able to purchase the house for $50,000 that would put $75,000 in your pocket at closing.</p>
<p>Obviously this wasn&#8217;t very effective if you were so far in debt to the bank will loan you money in the first place. But during the housing boom house prices were expected to continue going up. Many banks assume that they could always sell the property for at least what they have loan.. That assumption turned out to be false as many banks are finding out.</p>
<p>Banks are now being more careful and there are many new rules they must follow.  for instance if the selling price is lower than the appraised value they must use the selling price as the value of the house for determining the loan. This means that they normally can&#8217;t loan new extra money based on equity in order to fix up the house or take out cash. Conventional mortgages will generally only loan you 80% of the lower of the selling price or appraised value.</p>
<p>These new rules go a long ways toward protecting the bank. If you need to cash out equity on your house this can still be done but you must wait six months after you purchase the property area once the six-month period has gone by you can refinance using the appraised value of the house instead of the selling price.</p>
<p>This can be a very easy way to roll high interest credit card debt into a low interest mortgage. Obviously you need to be careful not to over extend yourself. But with credit card interest rates going up in mortgage rates at the lowest point in years there may be some opportunities to switch to lower interest levels.</p>
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