Short Term Investment Strategies You Should Know About

Many people are in search of short term investment strategies to help grow their money a shield it against inflation. There are several options to choose from when it comes to this type of investment.

Some formulas are lower risk than others largely the goal with any type of investment whether it is the long or short term is to protect the capital and receive the largest gains with the least amount of risks.

It is just a simple truth to finance, making money requires risk, the more risk the more potential. Of course risk should always be peppered with a bit of common sense. If this is something you are setting to do on your own, than you should absolutely consider gathering as much information as possible. Review as many strategies as possible to get a broader view of the possibilities. Knowledge is certainly power especially when it comes to investment.

Investment Vehicles

There are some investment vehicles that are much safer than others when it comes to the short term. A lot of shorter term investment strategies revolve around bonds or other treasury notes. Short term bonds combined with other investment vehicles will give you opportunities to collect higher yields within a low risk environment.

Investing in government debt is a favored investment strategy because the risk is so low. In almost every instance of this kind of investment the returns will be decent and the risk is very close to zero. Now with this strategy it is important to understand that the yields are not going to be through the roof but they will be decent and your principal will be well protected.

Other investment strategies include diversifying in equities of course this will come with much greater risks. The capital investment will be at risk with any stocks, indexes or other equity vehicles. Of course with greater risks there will come higher yields. Some folks are much more ready to lose their principal if it means they may be on the winning side of things and gain higher yields.

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Wine Investing - What Makes Investing in Wine a Good Choice?

There are many good things to say about investing in wine, especially when compared to other investment products typically available to investors. For one thing it can give fantastic yields of up to 30% a year, and has also out performed the stock market for three decades.

Wine is good as both a short term investment (one year) and long term investment (5 years) and is hedged by the fact that it is always in demand with an ever diminishing supply.

Wine is less volatile than the stock market, and is backed by a real non speculative market to be sold onto which helps keep the prices from massive fluctuations.

Wine is a tangible asset that you own, which can give you grater security to that of money invested into a fund, which may end up being used as working capital.

Unlike other investments wine has a low barrier to entry and is suitable for investors from a wide range of financial status.

Unlike stocks and shares you don't need to be an expert to make money with investing in wine, if you choose the right merchant they should be able to give you all the advice you need to get the right portfolio up and running.

No capital gains tax in the UK, in England wine is considered as a wasting asset and is except from paying capital gains tax on the profits of your investment.

Freedom to sell when ever you like, it is fairly easy to sell on and cash in your wine investment which gives you a level of liquidity that may be lacking from other investment opportunities

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Advice About Gold Investment!

In recent years there has been a boom in the price of gold and this has led many people to develop an active interest in investing in gold & other precious metals.

Despite what many pundits claim, no one can predict future price movements of any commodity or stock, so in this article I want to lay out some guidelines that will increase your chances of your gold investment being profitable.

The first- most obvious point is that to make money on any investment you need to "buy right". That is actually buy what you expected and pay a reasonable price for it.

The cheapest ways to buy gold, in sequence, are: bars (Ingots), Krugerrands & American Gold Eagles.

If you live in the UK, the gold eagle will probably be replaced in this list by the gold sovereign. Sovereigns also have the advantage of being exempt from C.G.T. (Capital Gains Tax) in the UK.

Once you leave this small group of coins prices rise rapidly and your opportunity for pure gold investment profit falls.

Having said that, some of the coins not mentioned, often provide greater potential for numismatic gains- but that is a different story.

The next point is, you have to be conscious that one day you plan on selling this investment. Therefore you need to be aware of what your exit strategy will be.

Who will you sell to? In what quantity? Do you want to sell small quantities over a period of time?

From these three choices, gold ingots can, at first glance, be usually purchased for the lowest percentage premium over the gold "spot" price.

It is not widely appreciated that the price for a single one ounce bar is usually exactly the same as for a single one ounce Krugerrand- and in quantity Krugerrands often work out cheaper. The reason is that there is a vibrant market that "knows" what a Krugerrand is -whereas some one ounce ingots especially those from lesser know smelters, seem to carry a slight cloud of suspicion (it's as if you have to "prove the ingot is good").

However, if you plan on investing more money in gold, the larger bars, such as one kilo sell for a lower percentage premium than Krugerrands. But, again, they are not as easy to resell. You will need to visit a bullion dealer to get a good purchase price for gold bars. Would a restriction like this affect you?

Another issue with the larger bars is that you can't simply sell a portion of it when you want to!

The American Gold Eagle:

This has many of the same advantages as the Krugerrand. It is a widely recognized and traded coin. It sells (normally) for marginally more than Krugerrands- but depending on where in the Country you are, you may be able to get the same price as a Krugerrand. It is a superior looking coin and would get my "thumbs up", as the bullion coin of choice.

The final piece of Gold investment advice could be considered common sense- but it bears repeating:
Buy when prices are low!

Whatever you invest in, be it stocks, bonds or gold buy when the price is low rather than high!

The recent boom in the gold price has in part been driven by people hearing about the price rises in the media and trying to jump on the bandwagon.

If you are just finding your feet in the gold investment world, it may be wise to watch, learn and wait till prices pull back before investing.

Until next time,

Happy Gold Investing,

Paul

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A Lesson on Time Management

For Silicon Valley engineers Time Management Training, like CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) class and Human Resources Development training, often conflicts with their busy workload. It may last several hours (or even days) and can take away valuable time needed on crucial projects. Traditionally, time management training encompasses some of the following:

* Seminars given by recognized industry experts geared for corporate groups.
* Analyzes of the habits of highly effective people.
* Time management strategies aimed at groups.
* Promises of increased production and efficiency (20% or more).
* Targets motivation, morale and job satisfaction; reduced employee job turnover.
* Designed to eliminate piles of paper and work desk clutter.
* Effective time management (planning, organizing, goals, priorities)

Most training programs are good tools for the workplace and answer management's needs. Budgets are readily available and the programs identify overall employee problems. However, they are developed for general audiences; let's say corporate workers. Few of these programs target both the professional and personal growth of the Silicon Valley engineer.

Time management training for employees targets groups of people. Engineers are often included with HR, finance, and administrative personnel and time management training is geared more for the static environment of "office personnel" rather than the dynamic world of engineering-deadline riddled projects. The engineer's personal life, if it is addressed at all, is usually given a token amount of time.

Time management training courses cost hundreds to thousands of dollars per employee and are usually paid by the company. Training can last more than a day and the engineer may have prior work commitments. Many engineers will be forced to bring their lap tops to class to track crucial projects and answer e-mail. Given these factors the time management training is not always ideal for the engineer.

What would be helpful is a training program designed specifically for the Silicon Valley engineer to complete when time permits (usually after work, and involving the family). An e-book laser targeted for the specific needs of the engineer, taking into account both the engineer's professional and personal goals (family life) would be an ideal vehicle for this purpose.

Many Silicon Valley engineers are forced to seek out training on their own and typically Google "time management" on the internet for information. Since they don't have the time to make a thorough search they often sign up for expensive and time consuming courses. A good time management training program should address these issues:

* A program that speaks to the engineer, not a corporate group
* A program that gives results within 90 days
* A streamlined, laser pointed e-book (less than 50 pages) that can be easily read and understood
* A program targeted for an engineer's professional and personal growth
* An inexpensive program that offers a step-by-step bulleted point plan

Doyle Matthews is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer and civilian radio engineer who has had over sixty-five visas stamped in a shoebox full of passports (including diplomatic). He has written four novels, two of which are in publication http://doylematthewsnovels.com Nowadays, he spends his time between Los Angeles and Bangkok. The two "City of Angels" provide provocative material to populate his "idea" files for future stories and articles.

Mr. Matthews' current passion is to help stressed out overworked Silicon Valley engineers, who are beset by deadlines to find the time to grow as individuals and get a life. http://doylematthewsnovels.com/engineers-guide

How to Put a 'GREAT VALUE' Tag on Yourself and Watch the World Come After You With Their MONEY!

If you are still lacking Financial Prosperity, then it is time to put a 'GREAT VALUE' tag on yourself and watch the world beat a new path to your doorstep with their money in their hands! This short article tells you how. Please read on!

If you are still wallowing in poverty or financial dire straits, then it is time to unleash or top-up your inherent VALUE to the world. One sure way to change your financial status is to improve yourself and your competences in as many ways as you can. By improving yourself, you improve your circumstances.

When you become better, you increase your capacity to add value to other peoples' lives. And when you better the lives of others, your own life certainly gets better. That is the Law of Competence. The key is to acquire useful knowledge.

We say that knowledge is power. We also know that money is power. Therefore by simple logic, knowledge is money. However, knowledge is money only when such knowledge is useful, applicable, valuable and convertible into money. Therefore, not all knowledge equates to money. It is only knowledge that is useful, valuable, applicable or convertible into money that is power.

The level of financial reward attached to any knowledge depends on its usefulness or perceived value in a particular environment. The more useful and convertible your knowledge is, the more money it can generate for you or whoever applies it. As an employee, professional, expert or consultant, you are paid, not for what you know, but for what you do or could do with what you know. Useful knowledge is money.

When your knowledge is properly organized, packaged and directed towards the solution of societal problems, the satisfaction of human needs and wants, or the provision of in-demand products and services, it automatically converts into Money because it creates Value. And as you already know, "one sure way to get what you want is to help enough other people get what they want". Bill Gates, one of the richest men on planet earth, did just that by giving the world his Microsoft WINDOWS computer operating system software, which runs in over 60% of all computers in the world.

When you acquire useful knowledge, and put it to work for the provision of services or the satisfaction of the needs and wants of many others, you activate the inflow of riches into your life. Therefore, your best ever financial investment in life is to acquire useful knowledge that empowers you to create and add Value (wealth) to our world.

You can make yourself very valuable and highly sought-after by developing your capacity to provide something of great value that many people want and are ready to pay for. Your ability to create value, whether with head or hand, is your greatest asset for financial freedom.

Indeed, Knowledge is Money! But remember that it is not just what you know, but what you do with what you know, that makes all the difference, and puts you firmly on the golden ladder to wealth and prosperity. Propel yourself unto greater financial heights by using what you know to get what you want.

© Jay Onwukwe

Jay is Author: The WEALTH SECRETS You Must Know Before 40.

Purchasing Property With No Money Down: My Personal Experience

Have you ever seen those infomercials about buying houses with "No Money Down?" They are really well done. They have all kinds of people offering great testimonials about how they have gotten rich, buying rental properties, with absolutely no money out of their pocket. You see this guy, standing on a street corner, talking to someone, and he says, "I own that one," pointing to a beautiful colonial. "I also own that one next to it, and the one two doors down, and I'll be closing on the one directly across the street from it, next week." He then assures us that he has purchased 17 homes in the last eight or ten months, with zero money down on the properties. Plus, in many cases he's also paid no closing costs.

And, let's not forget, this same guy is grossing tens of thousands of dollars monthly, and his net worth is nearly one million dollars. So, he says.

Now, all of this looks wonderful, so when the person selling the course that will teach you how to do this, at a nifty price of just $297.00, speaks, you are glued to his every word. "Real estate is the safest and fastest way to make money, today," the expert will tell you.

So, can this really be done? Can you purchase houses with no money down? Can you become a landlord in as little as one month's time and start raking in the cash from those rent payments? The answer is an absolute "Yes." It can be done, and I am proof positive, because I've done it. The question you should be asking yourself is not can I buy real estate with no money down, but should I?

You see, this is a question that the guy selling the No Money Down course, with all of his people and their great testimonials hopes you never ask. His advertising and marketing strategy would collapse, if he gave anyone a chance to ask this question, because he would be forced to lie if he answered it.

Rarely is the whole truth anywhere to be found in infomercials, especially when the advertising is about No Money Down real estate programs. The infomercial makes the idea and the program look so easy that any child could handle it. It makes it seem like every American should be doing it, and we'd all be millionaires. But every American is not doing it, and many of the ones who are doing it not only are not getting rich, they are actually going broke. The infomercial won't tell you this. That's why I'm here.

The Truth

Now, let's get started with the truth about buying real estate with no money down and the truth about being a landlord. The first thing you need to know is that they are both very bad ideas. Let me illustrate by using my own experience in these areas. I started buying rental property nearly 10 years ago. The first property I bought was a deal orchestrated by some real estate con artist, who told me I needed just $2,000 to take ownership of this home and, in the process, help out a woman who was about to be foreclosed upon.

In two years, she would clean up her credit, refinance the loan on the house, and I would make $10,000. Sounded good to someone who was quick to buy into anything that returned big dollars in a short time.

This worked for the first year, as the woman paid on time, and I pocketed an extra $100 monthly. Later, though, things began to collapse, as the house began to need repairs, all of which the woman couldn't afford, so I had to pay for them. I put nearly $5,000 into the house in a four-year period. When I was finally able to sell it, I didn't quite make back what I had put into it.

Meanwhile, I was eager to overcome this problem by adding many more. A slick mortgage broker got hooked up with an even slicker real estate prospector, and the two of them convinced me that they had a way I could buy houses rapidly, with absolutely no money out of my pocket. Although my experience will probably be enough to enlighten you to the pitfalls of this model and of being a landlord, let me say that I can't emphasize enough how dangerous buying property with no money down is.

In six months time, I had purchased eight houses - many with loans from the same wholesale lender. These lenders should have been concerned with all of the debt I was building, but they kept approving loans, based on my good credit and rents covering the mortgage payments. One of the biggest problems, which I was not experienced enough to detect, was that most of the rents were just $50 to $100 above the mortgage payment.

"Don't worry," the investor/ hustler would say. "You'll make all your money on volume. We'll get you into 30 or 40 houses, and you'll be pocketing $4,000 to $5,000 every month."

As you might imagine, my mind raced. I was making the huge deposits at that very moment. My bank account was fattening up at breakneck speed.

The Illusion

This is what people who buy houses, using the No Money Down plan envision happening. After all, if you can buy one house with no money down, why not five or ten or fifty? For some reason - the vision of the dollar sign, most likely - I failed to seriously consider the maintenance of these houses, the possibility of missed rent payments, and the chance that renters might actually stop paying, altogether, forcing me to evict them - a time-consuming and extremely costly undertaking.

As you may have already guessed, all of these things happened to me, after I had amassed 26 rental properties. In fact, oftentimes, all of these problems happened in the same month. Now, for awhile (when I had about 10 houses), if one person failed to pay rent, I could cover it with the nine other payments. But when two, three and sometimes even five tenants didn't pay in the same month, it was devastating to my business. I had to go to my business account and pay up to $3,000 at a time in mortgage payments, with no income to cover it. Plus, I had to pay a property management company to get my tenants to pay or to evict them.

Soon, this became the norm, not the exception. There were constant problems at my houses. Unhappy tenants led to poor upkeep of the property and even more maintenance problems. About one year, after I had amassed 26 houses, I was having problems with roughly 10-15 houses and/or tenants each week. I was evicting at least two tenants each month, and approximately four to seven tenants were either behind on rent or not paying at all. Promises were made, payment plans arranged and few, if any, ever followed through.

It didn't take long for me to realize that this was no way to make money in real estate. Consequently, I got rid of these houses as fast as I possibly could. There were plenty of buyers, willing to take over my headaches, because they had the ability to make it work, they believed.

In 10 years of being a landlord, I lost thousands of dollars and likely took some years away from my life with all the stress I had endured. So, whatever you do, avoid the No Money Down Trap. There are much better, still inexpensive ways to make money in real estate.

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6 Ways to Save Money on Educational Printing Projects

With public schools and universities watching their budgets fall year after year, finding ways to save money is becoming a top priority in many districts. Everything from teacher's salaries to classroom supplies is being tossed under the axe, and the cost of educational printing is no exception.

Despite the popularity of digital materials, printing projects are far from extinct. Everything from the forms you distribute to your students to the programs you pass out at your basketball games and the yearbooks that go around each June comes hot off the press. Here are 6 ways to scale back the cost of your educational printing projects without giving up the quality you deserve:

1. Do the design yourself. The cost of designing a particular project often far exceeds the cost to actually print it. You can save thousands just by looking around for a software (or a company willing to sub-license the software) that will let you generate your own designs so all your printers have to do is put those designs to paper.

2. Order in bulk. While digital printing is slowly but surely closing the gap between the cost of individual projects and the cost of a bulk order, many print shops will still offer you a discount for ordering 1,000 copies of a project rather than one. It never hurts to ask, or to think ahead to what you can store away for next year!

3. Build a relationship with a certain print shop. Insurance isn't the only thing you can save money on by becoming a repeat customer. Educational printing is an ongoing process, and it's really, really nice to have someone sitting at the helm who's going to know exactly what you want before you have 3,000 copies of it sitting on your desk rather than after.

4. Shop at the right time. There are peak hours for everything, including educational printing. Print shops are filled with orders for programs, graduation invitations and announcements and poster projects in August and September, December and April and May. Order a project during the "downtime" (preferably well before you need it) and you may be able to negotiate a lower price.

5. Shop around. Every print shop is different, and every shop prices their projects a little differently. You certainly don't want to settle for a second rate printing facility just because it's cheap, but there are plenty of places who will do a great job that won't charge you an arm and a leg in the process.

6. Don't be afraid to negotiate. Corporations spend hours negotiating the prices of their business printing projects. Don't let the cost of producing your project blow your budget because you're afraid to do the same.

Anthony Finazzo is the CEO of East Ridge Printing, a commercial print shop in Rochester, NY that specializes in giving schools quality educational printing projects for a quality price. To learn more, or to request a quote, visit Tony on the web at http://www.eastridgeprint.com.

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A Money Sorter For the Home

Counting the large stack of money or coins laying around your home or in your cookie jar can be a time consuming task. However, when you end up purchasing a money sorter, you will realize that you do not have to face that daunting task alone. Your time is precious and there are many devices that can do the work for you.

If you are going to get a money sorter you need to check the pricing. By doing this you will discover that it is very important to analyze the volume of money you are looking to sort. There is a vast array of bill sorters and coin sorters on the market. Knowing your volume is crucial in deciding what unit will be most efficient for you. You will soon realize that you go through much more money than you once thought. A money sorter really makes it easier to keep track of the amounts of money coming and going through your house hold. A bill sorter or coin sorter can help you make the most of your budget and can help you save.

Many of the machines that are available will even provide you with denomination amounts that you presently have. Many coin sorters will sort right into bank ready rolls. Many bill sorters will sort to your specific groupings. Again there is a vast array of coin sorters. Picking the right one for your needs is crucial in getting the right money sorter for your home.

Another reason to use these devices is because They help reduce the amount of pocket change you spend. Many people spend small amounts of money on frivolous items not realizing how fast these small amounts of money can build into significant amounts. Many families that buy money sorters find themselves saving enough money,over time, to go on vacation, do home improvements, or just simply save.

Money sorters are also becoming much easier to use. The best manufacturers realize that being operator friendly is of most importance. You are looking to make your life easier not more complicated. Picking a machine that is user friendly is going to be very important in determining your satisfaction.

Having piles of coins or bills laying around your home can be a task that you might not want to undertake. However, if you use a money sorter you will be shocked at how fast this clutter can become a significant benefit to your family.

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Social Media As an Investment

In its abrupt history, Amusing Media, as alleged Fresh Media, has commonly been beheld as a abode to accommodated fresh friends, reconnect with old accompany and collaborate in an online amusing environment. In short, amusing networks were "a air-conditioned abode to adhere out" but captivated little account above that. There has been no curtailment of allotment in Silicon Valley for firms ablution fresh media platforms. With the actualization of sites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, there is no catechism that there is amount in the all-inclusive amounts of advice on bodies that these platforms accept been able to collect; however, there has been no bright monetization action above bringing in announcement revenue. Arguments accept been risen as to the accurate amount of these firms; some would accompaniment that their valuations are aggrandized and artificial, while added affirmation that the amount of their databases abandoned are abundant to absolve multi-billion dollar amount tags.

The Fresh Amount of Amusing Media and The Amusing Media Firm

More afresh amusing media has spawned a fresh amount proposition, which is the business account of the all-inclusive user-bases these amusing networks accept created. Regardless of which ancillary of the appraisal fence you sit on, it can be said that amusing media holds all-inclusive account for businesses attractive for a fresh way to adeptness out to barter and appoint in two-way communications. This has never been done afore from a acceptable marketing, announcement or accessible relations perspective, and has accustomed acceleration to a fresh business model: The Amusing Media Firm. This brings alternating the altercation of whether or not The Amusing Media Close is a acceptable investment. Is The Amusing Media Close a fad that will die out in the advancing years, or is this a long-term, acceptable industry that will one-day drive obsolescence to the acceptable methods of advertising, accessible relations and marketing?

Given the accompaniment of the accepted economy, Venture Basic and angel allotment sources accept been befitting their portfolio dollars abutting to their chest, reserving advance alone to businesses with a appropriate operating history, solid acquirement streams and absolute advance potential. Does the Amusing Media Close abatement into this category? My acknowledgment is yes. The basal band is: amusing media is not activity anywhere. Amusing media has become a basic of the lives of adolescent generations, and the fastest growing adopters of fresh media are bodies over the age of 30. Since the acceptance of the business abeyant that amusing networks holds, ample Fortune 500 firms are devoting a acceptable allocation of their business budgets to amusing networks and fresh media campaigns. For instance, Pepsi has adherent $20 Million of their business account for a amusing media affairs alleged Pepsi refresh, and abounding ample firms are alpha to chase suit. Needless to say, the earning abeyant for The Fresh Media Close is substantial.

Is it sustainable?

As mentioned earlier, fresh media is not activity anywhere. For the best allotment it has become a accepted allotment of the Internet acquaintance agnate to email. The sites that are advised the gorillas in amusing media may churn; however, there will consistently be article fresh to which these Internet-based communities will migrate. For example, the amusing media clearing to-date has gone from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter, and the abutting above about-face and/or accession to this massive online amusing apple is acceptable aloof about the corner. The abiding sustainability of The Amusing Media Close is abundantly abased aloft these companies' adeptness to analyze and pre-empt the abutting big shift, and to advance able methods of leveraging both the old and fresh platforms for the account of active revenue, profitability, sales aggregate and character to their clients.

Why Outsource to The Amusing Media Firm?

One catechism that may appear is: why would ample companies appoint a amusing media bureau back they accept the budgetary assets to do it in-house? The acknowledgment to this is the simple actuality that it is cheaper to outsource a fresh media attack to a close that has a accomplished aggregation already in abode that is carefully accustomed with abyssal the circuitous apple of fresh media. In the aforementioned address that ample companies appoint announcement agencies to architecture acceptable media campaigns, this access can and will be taken for fresh media. By hiring The Fresh Media Close companies can annihilate both the authoritative accountability that comes with hiring a aggregation of fresh employees, as able-bodied as the acquirements ambit that will accordingly be present back aggravating to accommodate those advisers into their accumulated culture. It is added amount effective, in both budgetary and authoritative respects, to outsource these campaigns to able teams that are absolutely accomplished at leveraging the abeyant of avant-garde media, abyssal the codes of conduct of these online communities and blockage advanced of the ambit back it comes to anecdotic the base the most recent fresh media trends.

Closing Remarks

In summary, I do accept that advance in The Amusing Media Close holds abundant abeyant for abounding funds; however, it is acute that back vetting these agencies, Venture Capitalists and Angels charge to ensure that the aggregation contains the actual cadre and administration aggregation to absolutely accomplishment this beginning industry. The canal is abounding of one-man shops and alleged amusing media experts that are no added than victims of the recession who appear to be accomplished at Facebook or Twitter. It is acute that the architects of fresh media campaigns are accustomed with the intricate capacity of fresh media, and the all-inclusive arrangement of assets that abide online to for a business to booty abounding advantage of the amusing media world. Utilization of the bottom accepted amusing media outlets such as Digg, BrightKite, hi5, Xanga and endless others could be the aberration amid a all-encompassing able-bodied attack that shows absolute results, and an abortive and alternate attack at fresh media that wastes business dollars.

Due to the adolescence of this industry, there are few companies out there that absolutely apperceive how to alleviate the amount of fresh media for business. The one's that do will bound acceleration to the top, and if acceptable due activity is done, these companies are accomplished for investment. A cardinal beverage of basic is acceptable the addition bare to booty these companies from a acceptable cash-flow business to the abutting industry behemothic with A-list clientele.

Developing Good Money Management Skills

Tһere were so mаny families that werө affeсted Ьy the reсent financial criѕis in this countгy. This financial crisis hаs motivated people to taĸe а much сloser look at how they spend, save, and what type οf investments they hаve.

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Because οf the levels οf interest rising, thөre һas been more businesѕes and educational advocated that havө began teacһing financial litөracy to children and adults alike.

Monөy Management Profiles

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Spenders
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Savers
This person saveѕ their money on a regulаr basis. Thіs isn't а bad stгategy if it is coupled ωith а mөthod thаt сreates multiple streaмs οf income thаt is residual. The savіngs iѕ good beсause іt takes care of those unexpected expenses and the emergent fіnancial crіsis.

Investors
This person puts their money wheгe it cаn create residual incοme over а lifetime. This person doөs save and will spend but savөs foг purposes and spends to inveѕt in sοmething with a large return. Sοme invөstors рlace their money іn the ѕtock market, whiсh is a riskier type οf investment and doesn't alwayѕ present а rөsidual income рotential. Creаting residual income is the best investment that anyone can makө. Thіs tyрe of investment establishes a morө secure financial outlook.

Family Money Patterns

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Raise Credit Score and Improve Your Life With Credit Counseling

The very first step toward raising your credit score would be to find out precisely what is owed and to whom. Latest copies of credit history reports must be attained from all the main agencies. In current years, far more folks than ever have discovered themselves deeply in consumer debt with no remedy in sight. For quite a few of those individuals, filing bankruptcy seems the only answer. Within the vast majority of instances, nonetheless, this isn't the situation. With some careful preparing, skilled guide and patience, men and women raise their credit score with a little planning.

The very first step toward fixing credit ratings is always to uncover precisely what is owed and to whom. Present copies of credit reports ought to be acquired from every one of the main credit bureaus. Totally free copies of these reports are obtainable if credit history has been refused recently, normally inside forty to seventy days.

Typically credit bureaus will update files and notify the individual. If this has happened, request a copy in the updated report. Credit bureaus commonly furnish totally free updated copies. Be persistent until the imprecise information is taken out. It may possibly have a excellent bearing on future creditworthiness.

Credit bureaus have to investigate disputes rapidly, generally within thirty days. If this time passes and no correspondence or other communication is received, the credit bureau should be contacted again, both by telephone and in writing.

It is critical if any inaccurate data is shown on any with the reports, this facts really should be disputed with online credit repair specialist. This action may well be started by phone yet it really is better to accomplish this in writing for records.

Right after erroneous facts has been taken off, repeat the course of action with each credit agency that carries the incorrect information. This is necessary considering that the credit bureaus operate separately and changing records with 1 will have no bearing within the files at a different institution.

Here are some with the most disputed credit rating report items:

1. Outdated details, normally over seven years old

2. Inaccurate personal info

3. Credit information that belongs to someone else (This really is pretty common.)

If a big range of credit score inquiries appear inside your file, request that the credit history institution assimilate a number of requests on the same source. This will support future credit scores considering that an abnormal range of questions is seen as derogatory.

Usually it is important to maintain credit history info as current as possible by obtaining copies of credit records at least once yearly after solving problems. This will also act as an alert to any credit history fraud that may possibly be occurring.

Following acquiring a credit history file and starting the dispute procedure, evaluate your fiscal situation.

Should you uncover that you are not capable to create at least the bare minimum payment on overdue accounts, immediately make contact with creditors. Most creditors will understand your willingness to pay and will attempt to guide build plans for payment.

Do not create promises which may not be kept. A modest payment is more suitable to a large payment.

The next step is always to seek the advice of a credit-counseling agency. These companies are invaluable in solving economic issues. They are staffed with trained people experienced inside the credit ratings field.

Do not confuse these institutions while using shady "credit restoration" firms who claim that, they will wipe your credit history slate clean in a few day. Do not be fooled. Only a credit repair company with an attorney will know the legal method to do this.

A counselor at a credit ratings organization or law firm will take all your data concerning your economic scenario, evaluate it and determine the very best strategy to utilize in solving your problem.

You will be asked to abide by particular rules although receiving providers. These guidelines might include closing charge accounts and canceling credit cards or paying your expenses through the bureau.

It truly is to your advantage to abide by the guidelines to raise your credit score, as these specialists are perfectly safe. Here are some methods for maintaining excellent credit history immediately after the credit ratings raise your credit score:

1. Live within your means.

2. Tend not to return to the bad financial habits that resulted in credit rating difficulties the first time.

3. Produce a spending plan.

4. Know where all your dollars is going.

5. Modest purchases can add up and create it difficult to meet critical obligations.

6. Keep records of all income spent for a single month. This detailed record will show where spending cuts have to be produced. It will also alert you to any spending complications.

One last note once your raise your credit score, plan for monetary emergencies by depositing a fixed level of revenue to a special "emergency" account. Do this as if paying a different monthly bill.

This money will insure that emergencies such as illness or loss of job will not catch you completely unprepared. Try to accumulate sufficient from the fund to pay debts for at the very least 6 months.

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The Most Important Question Before Investment - How to Buy Gold

A animated chicken metal that is absolutely accretion its amount day by day is none added than Gold. Frankly speaking it is absolutely abominable to attending the aftermost few years' statistics of gold bazaar area amount and appeal for gold is continuously accretion while assembly of gold is abbreviating in the aforementioned proportion. Afterwards attractive this and alike afterwards alive this it is actual accessible to booty a astute move to accomplish approaching secure. Advance into gold is the best advantage to add assertive best accomplishment into your portfolio.

For all banal lovers it is added acute sometimes to invest, as it is ambiguous back bazaar will be up and back it will be down. Advance to gold bazaar is abundant more good as it has been affirm for a continued appellation that gold bazaar will rise. Afterwards chief to invest, abutting big catechism appear is that how to shop for Gold? Afore affairs this best big-ticket actual abounding factors should be bright into investors apperception because gold advance is not a baby investment. First best important point to be bright is that consistently shop for gold from a able-bodied authorize and accounted aggregation that has all complete records.

Next point that should be kept into apperception is that gold you are purchasing is accurate or not. For this you charge to analysis its abstention from an accurate and reliable source. Best affair one can do is affairs of gold in the anatomy of gold confined and gold coins. Reason abaft this acquirement is that there is atomic achievability of birthmark in these gold forms.

Investors can be of two types. They may be abbreviate appellation or may be continued term. Whatever is the blazon of broker important affair to accept is to acquirement gold from an complete accepted source. Rates of gold are not assertive they may alter time to time. So, afore advance one should aggregate all adapted advice about gold amount and abide active about all most recent advice about market. Usually, bill and confined can be purchased according to the investors appeal and appropriately they can alter into appearance and admeasurement and additionally in width.

Even bodies are accepting analytical day by day for compassionate the actual action affairs gold. Expert eyes is additionally actual important in case of advance and accounted gold dealers consistently provides this to its all barter so that they get appetizing allotment with about aught risk. Thus, affairs gold is an adapted and actual way of advance to get best profit.

Investing in Gold

There is no secret that the economic world is in shambles today and people are looking for any good investment idea they can find to build a proper nest egg. The traditional methods of 401K plans, blue chip stocks, and savings accounts have failed for many of those savvy retirement investors. However, there is one method that is as close to a guarantee of future solvency as it gets. That method is the purchase of gold for later resale.

Gold and precious metal investing is on the rise and many investors are seeking information on the different options which may be available to them. Here are some of the vehicles you can use for buying gold as an investment.

Gold is one of the most popular precious metals for investment today. Historically, gold has remained a measure of wealth as well as the medium of exchange for many years. It is more than just a commodity; it is unofficially a currency used all over the world. Central banks around the world use gold to backup their respective currencies.

Gold can be used as an investment for two main reasons. Firstly, investors buy gold in order to benefit from rising gold prices. Secondly, investing in gold can be used as a hedging strategy against financial downturns or crisis.

You can choose :

Gold Coins

Gold bullion coins are a very popular way to buy gold. Buyers who are looking to make an investment they can actually take possession of and hold should choose gold coins. They are priced according to their weight, type, and rarity. If you choose this option you will need to consider the storage and security of these items since you will have the physical gold on premises. If storing securely is not an option you can pay for offsite storage. Many sellers offer this option for a minimal fee that is based on the value of your gold.

Gold Certificates

Gold certificates are another option of buying gold bullion without taking possession of the actual product. The seller will issue you a certificate of ownership representing the amount of gold purchased.

Gold Bars

Gold bullion bars are the most traditional method for buying gold and can be purchased through many banks, commodity brokers, and gold bullion sellers. These bars come in various weights with the most common being the 10 oz gold bullion bar. The purity of these bars is standardized between.995 and.999% purity. The largest of gold bars are the preferred investment vehicle for countries who purchase gold in large quantities.

ETF (Exchange-Traded Funds)

ETFs were developed in 2003 as a way to invest and trade the commodity without having the hassle of storing the actual product. Gold EFTs are traded on the major stock exchanges throughout the world and offer the investor and easy way to gain the precious metal in a more traditional trading atmosphere. It is important to know the various fees involved in this method of buying and selling gold as the certificates tend to decline over time due to broker and other associated fees.

Mining Companies

One final and non-direct way of investing in gold and precious metals is through the purchase of stock in mining companies. As gold rises the company's profits will also rise and those profits are passed onto the shareholder. This is often the least used method of gold investors as there are many factors to consider when choosing a good company.

Self Improvement - How to Achieve Millionaire Mindset

Most of the bodies are absent to become millionaire in a abbreviate period. And additionally some of them are absolutely alive adamantine to accomplish that goal. Obviously, these bodies will accept that the abstruse of accepting advanced is accepting started. This is how you are starting your dreams is important. Behind every acknowledged millionaire, there is one adamantine alive at the story. This will reveals the important to accept a cocky advance millionaire apperception set. If you are honest yourself, this will absolutely change your life.

Most of the times, if you are attractive into the apple you will accommodated a drifter that is self. Some of the bodies would not accept any abstraction about who they are. Most of them are aggravating to do what they apperceive from other. A actual few bodies are aggravating to acquisition themselves. Anyhow, it is a more acceptable abstraction to apperceive about ourselves afore forwarding in our life. To accomplish this, you charge to sit bottomward yourself and acquisition out what you absolutely want. If you acquisition what you appetite again you will apperceive how get those wants. If you are clumsy to acquisition that acceptance from the outside. Every two acknowledged bodies are equal.

The ultimate purpose of the activity is how you are living, and what you accept accomplished in your life. Some of the acknowledged bodies are able to ascendancy their time, and they do what they appetite to do in every moment of life. They are consistently attractive for the opportunities constantly. Activity is a ladder of success, area you charge to ascend footfall by step. Back it comes to appraisement yourself out of ten, you charge to accord eight for yourself, you charge to assets those two for advance yourselves and acquirements about fresh topics.

And additionally sometimes, it is a acceptable abstraction to chase advisers books, course, account and tips. However, there are so abounding advisers about the country are accouterment admired books about cocky improvement. This could be in the anatomy of cocky advance books, cocky advance Course, Cocky advance DVDs, and additionally some advantageous tips and ideas. However, in these internet technology days, it is one of the easiest things to become a millionaire. Back it comes to behavior, it will comedy a cogent role to change your apperception set. Behavior never lies. You charge to anticipate back you are complex in article that you anticipate you are amorous about. Do what you got to do; this will advance your likeliness appear your work.

And finally, there are some able-bodied accustomed and able-bodied accomplished advisers are accouterment their admired suggestions, tips, books and advance to their admired customers. This will absolutely advance your mindset appear cocky convalescent millionaire. For advice and details, amuse appointment their admired web site.

Average People Should Have A Good Management Investment

You can pay a penny on the dollar for acceptable advance administration or pay lots added for asset administration like some affluent association do. Does the closing agreement acceptable advance returns? No way. Whether they alarm themselves advance administration companies or asset administration firms, you lay your money bottomward and you booty your chances. Why pay more?

Investment administration or asset administration takes assorted forms for the alone investor. Hedge funds ability allegation 2% annual additional 20% of profits, and are out of bound for the boilerplate investor. You can't accurately advance there unless you are affluent by accustomed standards. That's accomplished with me because I'm not absorbed in advantageous big bucks for advance administration that offers no guarantees. The acceptable account is that there are some actual acceptable advance companies out there that assignment bargain in my opinion. If you are like best bodies and abridgement the acquaintance and abilities all-important to administer an advance portfolio, accept up.

Good advance abilities booty years to advance and few bodies anytime advance them after accident ample money during the acquirements process. Skip the affliction and put the professionals to assignment for you on a budget. Alternate funds are the advance administration another of best for 10s of millions of Americans. Why? That's what they are advised to do... administer money for alone investors who are not necessarily affluent or financially sophisticated. Now, let's allocution about acceptable advance administration for pennies on the dollar.

Not all alternate funds, abnormally banal funds, are created according back it comes bottomward to the amount of investing. A $10,000 advance in the amiss armamentarium could amount you $500 off the top in sales accuse additional annual costs of $200 a year, accretion with the amount of your investment. On the added hand, a agnate armamentarium with a added favorable amount anatomy is acceptable accessible with no sales accuse and annual costs of beneath than ½%, absolute amount of investing. The alone anticipated advance achievement aberration amid the two is the amount of investing. Every penny you pay in sales accuse and armamentarium costs comes appropriate out of your pocket, and acts to abate your net accumulation or advance return.

The actual everyman amount of advance can be begin in NO-LOAD INDEX FUNDS. There are no endless (sales charges) actuality and low annual expenses, because the advance administration aggregation artlessly invests in the bassinet of balance that are included in an index. For example, if you appetite to own a baby allotment of a ample portfolio of above stocks, an S&P 500 INDEX armamentarium will accept you invested in the 500 best admired U.S. stocks for beneath than a penny on the dollar, beneath than ¼% a year if you aces the appropriate one. The two better armamentarium companies in the country, Vanguard and Fidelity, action no-load funds. One of them offers a nice array of basis funds at actual low amount to investors.

I've followed alternate armamentarium companies back the aboriginal 1970s; and watched as the absolutely acceptable advance administration companies amid them grew to be some of the actual largest. In my assessment they accomplished the top by alms acceptable performance, acceptable service, and a low amount of investing.

Teaching Our Kids money Management

Why it is important to make our children know about the value of money...?

This includes imparting lessons in money management and teaching kids to save money. It is never too early to begin imparting these lessons to your children. You can do it as soon as your children learn how to count. This is when you can first introduce them to money and explain to them how much each dollar bill and coin is worth. When they are old enough to understand, you can then teach them how much each dollar and coin is worth in relation to other dollars and coins.

Once you have given them a basic introduction to money and how currency works, then you can start providing lessons about how you pay with them. Whenever you go to the store with your children is a great opportunity to do just this. You can also start teaching kids to save money at this point by showing them how you would rather buy something that is cheaper than buy the more expensive item which works about the same. You could also explain how you are not going to buy an item because you do not have any use for it, thereby saving money that way.

Another way you can teach your children about money management is by giving them an allowance for chores that they do around the house. You could also provide rules and spending limits for the allowance. That could be the only money that they will get to spend on items that they want, and you will only buy them stuff that they need. You could also perhaps limit the amount of money that they can get a week. If they use up their allowance, then that's it. They used up their allowance, and you will not give them anymore money even if they really want to buy something. That way, the kids are learning the value of a dollar and you are teaching kids to save money because they will learn what happens if they do not save it.

Teaching kids to save money early on has far-reaching effects into their future. Before they even have to deal with financial issues independently, they will already know what the wise decisions are to make in regards to spending their money. They will know the value of money and they will know not to waste it on frivolous items. Kids should also know how saving money can secure their family's future.

The 10 Keys to Get Out of Financial Crisis

Financial Crisis is characterised by a problematic financial position where all you seem to be doing is going from one financial problem to the next. Finances are tough. You are barely surviving from payday to payday. There is a strong sense of scarcity; there never seems to be enough and there doesn't seem to be any way out.

When we are in this stage, it is often all doom and gloom. It is extremely difficult to motivate them at first because this is when all their fears and doubts will rise to the surface. Any cut backs that are asked of them appear as huge sacrifices and many resist.

The remedial action for this stage is to break old patterns and, unfortunately, this is the hardest to do. Crisis management is the most difficult stage in personal finance, but the effort that you exert now is more than worth it. There is however certain tips you can take to ease the pressure. The strategies for managing this stage and moving forward are:

1. Establish a debt-free plan
2. Work with a sound budget
3. Start saving
4. Manage your credit cards
5. Identify negative patterns and correct
6. Economise
7. Have a flexible, realistic plan to work with
8. Reduce your spending
9. Reduce your debt
10. Other sources of income
    

We have to learn how to open up to receive more money into our lives. It is a gradual process. That is why most people who win large amounts in the lotteries are often bankrupt within a few short years. The best story I have heard about lottery winners was regarding a man who having won a massive sum just put it in the bank and did not touch it for a year. This man never went bankrupt. He just sat with the money until he got used to it. He gave himself time to decide what to do with it and allowed himself to get accustomed to having the money in his life.

Managing your finances is about building strong foundations. Wasting your money on gambling or lotteries in the anticipation of that big windfall is like trying to put a roof on your house before the foundations are well and truly built. Learn how to master your finances and when the money eventually comes in, you will know how to manage it.

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Defensive Management Wastes Time and Money

Or as Monty Python screamed, "Meeting, Bloody Meetings!"

The asinine butt-covering (I don't alike appetite to anticipate about area that angel comes from) convenance of arresting administration is on the rise. On one duke it makes faculty that the convenance would be added accustomed as managers are awkward into budget, time and added ability constraints. Managers that accomplish mistakes are generally punished.

On the other, arresting administration devours time and money. Too abounding bootless meetings, micro-managing, abbreviating behavior and procedures are all targeted as a above contributors to the college costs of accomplishing business.

But how boundless is it?

A contempo informal, non-scientific concern on a administration altercation accumulation asked the question:

"Does your aggregation convenance arresting administration in which bodies are generally blockage and rechecking decisions, dabbling decisions, accepting added affair to accomplish abiding anybody is in acceding afore proceeding with a project?"

Many managers responded with an emphatic, yes! "Defensive administration is accomplished everywhere, everyday. And the costs, not to acknowledgment the abridgement of any allusive innovations are artlessly enormous," says one balked chief manager. "We're killing our ambitious spirit one arid affair at a time."

Many managers and admiral -- alike admiral -- would accede that the blackmail of actuality accursed decidedly adds to the butt-covering activity on. In awful chip companies accountability to added managers is a cogent agency in the convenance of arresting management.

One administrator offered, "I'd assumption that 50% of my blockage out with this actuality and that unit, is at atomic partly afflicted by the charge to authenticate cold affidavit of article that we've analysed and assured that it was article account accomplishing to move the business forward."

"It is not aloof the abhorrence of actuality captivated answerable for a mistake," says one supervisor, "but generally the abhorrence of actuality apparent as a lesser-quality leader."

"This cover-your-a- arrangement becomes the standard," says a carnality admiral of marketing, "and the geometric progression of accidental blockage out whether anybody is in acceding becomes self-promulgating."

The burden to over-analyze comes from B2B barter as well. A client wants to apperceive that s/he is accepting the best for less, that will assignment 100% of the time and that s/he is not activity to attending bad.

"Defensive management," says a assembly manager, "is so built-in that best of us don't alike apprehend we are accomplishing it."

Does your aggregation ability animate and accolade bodies accomplishing arresting management?

Money Management Strategies For Building Greater Net Worth and Wealth Creation For Everyone

Smart money management strategies for the average person to build money habits of the wealthy.

If there is any one, straightforward way to get better at managing your finances, it would definitely be learning from the wealthy people. Why? Simply because of their habits.

The primary reason why the wealthy are successful at having money has nothing to do with luck. If that was the case, every lottery/jackpot winner would be a millionaire. However, evidence again and again shows that those same lottery/jackpot winners always go down all the way back to their previous levels of being financially broke. To the uninitiated, this seems inexplicable, since it is assumed anyone would instantly be rich just by having a million dollars.

Why then would the jackpot winners lose it all? Simply because of their habits. Everybody knows humans are creatures of habit, but what they do not realise is that our results, especially financial results, are determined to a great degree by our money habits. It is how you MANAGE your finances, not how you SPEND. Therein lies the fundamental difference in the level of successes enjoyed by the rich and the poor.

The secondary reason why the rich get richer is simply because, since they already know how to manage that much money, they can always start learning how to manage even more. Ever noticed some millionaire losing all his business in a bad year, trying again and getting back up even better? That is simply because he never lost his good money management habits.

Now, the question is, what can you learn from them about budgeting habits? Incredibly simple, but profound. It is to assign mental purpose to your money. Once a portion of your money has been assigned a purpose by you, guess what happens? It usually serves that exact purpose. Incredulous? Try it!

So now you have learnt to assign mental purpose to specific amounts of money, how do you go about getting richer? Simply keep on practising the above exercise. Why? Practice makes 'PERMANENT', not perfect. This is because of the same principle laid out above: our habits.

How to Invest Money in Gold

There are a number of ways to invest in gold and make money when its price rises. Some are more suitable to the average investor than others. You don't need to own the stuff physically to make money in gold. If you are interested in investing in gold, here are some investment options for you.

The least attractive of the investment options, in my opinion, is to buy gold in a physical form. For example, coins. You pay a premium when you buy gold in this way, plus you get clipped when you sell. If you want to liquidate quickly and easily and get what your investment is really worth this is not your best alternative.

If you want to speculate with high financial leverage futures contracts are an option. This is not so much investing in gold; it's speculation. If prices move in your direction you can make a lot of money quickly. If prices go against you loses can be quick and big as well.

Gold stocks are an attractive way for average investors to invest in gold. You can buy and sell shares quickly and easily for as little as $10 a trade or less. When the price of this precious metal goes up, gold stocks follow suit. Why? Because profits for the mining companies soar. In fact, gold stocks often gain considerably more on a percentage basis than the increase in the price of the commodity itself.

If you don't want to pick your own gold stocks you can invest in a portfolio of them two different popular ways. The first way is by buying and selling ETFs (exchange traded funds). They trade just like any other stock.

For most inexperienced investors I suggest the other option: gold funds (mutual funds) that invest in mining stocks. When you invest money in a fund you own a small part of a large portfolio of securities, in this case precious metals stocks. You can invest money or liquidate shares on any business day.

Gold funds are a sensible way for most people to invest money to make money in gold. I do not recommend betting the farm that the price of this precious metal will go up; but having a small portion of your investment assets in gold funds makes sense for most investors.

Historically, what happens in times of financial and economic turmoil? Stocks in general take a beating and precious metals prices go up. What's the most popular precious metal in the world? You know the answer to that question.

As a final note, most investors should invest money in general diversified stock funds, bond funds and money market funds as well. If you decide to cut your investment in any of your funds you can simply switch money to another fund in the same family or investment company. By investing your money in mutual funds you can keep your investment assets under one roof and have the flexibility to make changes when you see fit.

How to Build and Manage a Safe Investment

A safe investment can be defined as an investment that yields good returns in a low risk. Almost everyone invests money to secure themselves financially through investments such as real estate property, stocks and bonds.

Before you invest your money, you must understand thoroughly the intricacies of making an investment. Here are the three main factors that determine the difference between a safe and an un-safe investment:

Diversified portfolio: A diversified portfolio is at lesser risk than an un-diversified one, because your investments are spread out. So, even if one market is not doing well, your other investment may still make you money. A diversified investment portfolio works by acting as a shock absorber when the market falls. You must not keep all your eggs in one basket if you want to invest safely your money.

Risk: The amount of risk you take while making an investment is dubbed as your risk appetite. It is said that higher the risk, greater are your chances of getting a higher return.

Time span: This refers to the duration of time for which you make an investment. The safety of your investment is dependent upon several variables such as fluctuation of the market, liabilities and more. You must keep in mind your personal needs for making the investment. You can have a short, medium or long-term investment depending on the above-mentioned factors.

Most investors use below given formula to calculate how to make a safe investment:

100 - Age of the investor

For instance, if the age of the investor is 40, he should invest 60% (100-40) of his total investment amount in equities and the rest 40% in government securities.

All investment options carry certain inherent risk factors. Thus, a study of all investment options is crucial to safely invest your hard earned money.

Financial tools

Deposits: Deposits are a safe investment option, but they offer very small returns. Deposits include government bonds and fixed deposits.

Mutual Growth: In a mutual fund, professional people manage your money. The risk is low as your investment is diversified.

Bonds: Buying a bond is similar to lending money to an organization. You earn interest on that amount.

Equities: An equity is a long-term safe investment option that offers considerably higher returns than other safe investment options.

Non-financial tools

Gold: When the stock markets go down, the price of gold goes up.

Real Estate: The real estate market is a profitable, but unpredictable investment option.

You can also consult an analyst or a wealth manager to help you make a safe investment. Thus, weighing all the pros and cons of investing in specific sector.

There are many more aspects on building a safe investment, and managing it throughout market fluctuations and differing scenarios, both global and personal (aging, marital status, number of kids), and for that you will need to spend some additional time in educating yourself and making sure you take the right decisions.

Private Money Deal Structuring For Real Estate Investments

There are many choices when it comes to structuring your private money deal. In fact, there are almost "too many" choices and it can be confusing, especially if you are just beginning to raise private investor capital for your real estate investments. Therefore, what I'd like to do here is break down for you the different ways in which you can bring private money into your investment property deals.

First of all, the structure of the deal depends on a few factors, such as:

* Type of investment property (house, apartment, mini-storage, mixed use) - the reason this is important is because each deal has different financial performance characteristics

* Time frame of investment - how long will the deal take from funding to completion? is it a quick flip or a long term hold?

* Private investor objectives - what does the private investor want? are they looking for steady returns or will they defer for bigger upside?

* Tax impact of deal - what is the tax impact to you and your private investors? do accelerated depreciation, 1031's or other factors come into the picture with the property?

Now that we know some of the drivers of real estate investment deal structure, let's look at some of the ways you can structure the private money investment:

1. Limited Liability Company (LLC) - you could bring your private investor in as a member of the LLC or as a private lender to the LLC. Members have ownership interest and lenders are creditors (just like a mortgage company). Investors that are LLC members share in the profits and cash flows. LLC's work well for many real estate investment projects, from houses to apartment buildings. You can set up different classes of members in your LLC, with some getting preferential distributions of cash or proceeds from asset sales.

2. Limited Partnership (LP) - You could bring your private investors in as unit owners in a limited partnership. LLC's have replaced LPs in many cases, but there are still some instances where LPs make more sense (when liability issues with the general partner come into play). Many people have heard of LPs before and there are also publicly traded limited partnerships as well, so there is a general investor awareness. Since they have been used for longer than LLC's, LPs can have more traction with attorney's and CPA's who are working on the deal with you.

3. C-corporation - the big c-corp - you would bring your investors in as shareholders (or lenders to the company). You can have different classes of shareholders (common stock, preferred stock, class A or class B preferred stock). Private investors would receive their returns in the form of dividends from distributed profits or when they sell their shares for a bigger amount than their cost basis. Double taxation is an issue with C-corps, as earnings are taxed at the company level before distribution to shareholders, who then must pay taxes on dividends received. Dividends are generally taxed at lower rates than other forms of income.

4. S-corporation- set up the same as an C-corp in form, but no double taxation. You can only have one class of stock and you are limited in the number of shareholders you may have at 100.

When you match up the deal factors with the investment legal entity structure, you can stack the deck to getting private money more in your favor. If your deal structure is out of alignment - for instance using a C-corp to flip a property in 6 months (you'd be subject to double taxation and you'd have to buy back or facilitate the sale of the investor's stock to return their capital) - you can expect to have a tougher time putting the capital together.

Carefully study deal structures and work with qualified professionals (attorney, CPA, securities lawyer) to set everything up the right way. Good professionals do come with some billable hours, but they are worth their weight in gold when they protect you and your investors and make the deal easier to complete.

This writing is for informational and educational purposes only The contents of this post and of this website do not constitute legal or tax advice. Before conducting any transaction, please consult proper legal and tax counsel.

Adam Davis is a real estate investor, author, speaker and founder of Ultimate Private Money. He teaches real estate investors how to raise capital from private investors. Adam has completed hundreds of real estate deals- from single family house flips, lease options to apartment buildings, land contracts and hard money loans - all with none of his own money. All told, he has raised millions of dollars from private individuals to finance real estate deals. For a FREE audio program on how to get private money go to: http://www.UltimatePrivateMoney.com.

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