Wealth Building - Danger! Don't Try Re-building Your Wealth Till You Read These 4-Steps First! Many of my friends and colleagues have taken a serious hit since the financial and property market meltdown in 2008. Indeed, much of what people worked for all their lives has vanished as their asset values fell off a cliff. Some have even lost their businesses and others are grappling with serious negative equity and massive debt attached...more
The Doctor's Guide to Wealth Building Techniques If you are as concerned about changes to the health care field as I am, I bet that you have at least started wondering what kind of wealth building techniques you can use to protect your financial future. After all, it's a pretty sure bet that a lot of the costs associated with health care reform are going to fall squarely on the shoulders of doctors, especially primary care...more
Getting rich isn't all about hard work. In fact hard work has got little to do with getting rich. It's not that I don't advocate hard work, I do. I love working hard but I especially like to see myself and others working smart. I know that getting rich and achieving success is not exclusively the domain of blood, sweat and tears. I've seen friends, work colleagues and family work themselves to the bone for little or no reward. The Cult of Hard Work, Self-Sacrifice and The Golden GooseThere is a cult of self-sacrifice evident in our culture that warrants you to be extra busy, working super hard, and putting in crazy hours. When it comes to personal wealth building and attaining success, you're the golden goose. However, you can only push the golden goose so hard before he/she stops laying those golden eggs. Without exception every golden goose will eventually run out of energy, capacity or enthusiasm. Therefore, learning how to utilise Other Peoples Time, Money and Skills (i.e. leveraging) is a pre-requisite to becoming rich, building wealth and achieving success. Other Peoples Money & Leverage In general terms, getting access to Other People's Money...more
Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance in the UK UK mortgage payment protection insurance has been on the receiving end of some negative publicity recently due to some consumers having been mis-sold this cover. However, despite this, if you buy from a reputable source, it is a very worthwhile product to have in your corner if you should find...more
What is private mortgage insurance? If you've been preparing to buy a house, you are probably already aware of the many costs involved including real estate commissions, loan origination fees, and of course, a big down payment. However, depending on your particular loan, you may be required to spend some extra money and obtain private...more
Wealth Building - Better to be Wealthy than Rich!? If you are a millionaire, are you by default wealthy? Ahmm, not necessarily so. A millionaire by definition is someone whose net worth (asset value minus debt) exceeds a millionaire dollars/euros etc. However, if a person did have 1 million in assets but these assets were not generating income then that person by my definition is rich but not wealthy.Why Making Money Won't Make You Rich You can make a lot of money and still be broke. I know many people who have made millions of dollars in the course of their life but are now neither rich nor wealthy. Why is this? Well, not all people are blessed with naturally good money management and investment skills. Some people can be more interested in living a certain lifestyle now rather than planning and building an asset base that will enable them to live the lifestyle they want for the remainder of their lives. It's not how much money you make that matters, but how much money you keep.How Rich is Rich?We often say so-and-so is rich because he or she has a high-income corporate job, buys brand new luxurious cars, dresses in fancy clothes and so on. Although these are...more
How to Avert a Misselling Of Mortgage Payment Insurance? Do not give into sales talks or insurance agents persuasive comments which make you feel that it is a mandatory policy that you should have if you want a mortgage loan. Clearly...more
Wealth Building - Other People's Money (OPM): What the Rich and Wealthy Have Known for Years Getting rich isn't all about hard work. In fact hard work has got little to do with getting rich. It's not that I don't advocate...more
Planning Helps Your Wealth Building One of the most important things you need in life is to learn how to secure your financial well-being. Now that we have seen the need to invest, we should get to it. You don't have to be a genius to do...more
High Ratio Mortgage Insurance In Canada Mortgage Loan Insurance Is Required By Lenders in Canada with less than 20% down payment When you want to buy a house getting a mortgage loan thru a Toronto Mortgage Broker is the way that most people...more
So, you finally got your mortgage approved and the lender says to you, how about some insurance? Since the lender was so wonderful with your loan, you listen carefully and decide right there and then to take a so called mortgage disability insurance...more
Finding Attractive Mortgage Term Insurance Deals Of all the different flavors of insurance available to the common man today, mortgage term life insurance is one of the most important ones, possibly next in importance to only life insurance....more
