Posts Tagged ‘purchase’

Week 2: How To Live In Debt To No One

Calvin Coolidge once said, “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.”  I like to think what he meant by this is that when you live within your means, you can hold your head high because you are beholden to no one. 

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Budgeting 101 – Part 4 of 5

Lumpy expenses, as I call them, are expenses that we know (or should know) are coming down the track and will have to be incurred but only happen once in a lifetime or only once every couple, few, 5, 10 or 15 years (or so). Lumpy expenses can cause significant stress if you have not prepared for them. 

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The Cost of Keeping Up With the Jones

We often see families putting themselves in difficult financial situations because they make purchase decisions based on emotions rather than considering the total cost.  Sometimes, we have to take a step back and ask ourselves a few questions: what are these material things going to add to my overall quality of life?  How are we going to pay for these purchases and what is the overall cost?

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Financial Math – The 5% House Down-Payment

The reality is that owning a home can be the root of a myriad of problems, one of which is tied to the 5% down-payment. With mortgage insurance, you can buy a house with only a 5% down-payment.  Mortgage insurance is actually required whenever your down-payment is 20% or less of the purchase price.

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