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Archive for February, 2012

I have been trying to get out of debt for years, I have recently remarried, I am 55 years old and my wife is 51. We have a $400 house payment and a $400 truck payment. We filled our taxes this year with a total income of $50,000. My wife had about $30,000 in credit card debt 5 years ago. She now owes about $3,000. We have in savings ( three different joint savings account and 1 IRA) about $9,000.
My truck is a company truck that I get paid an extra $4.00 an hour to use and it pays of in August 2010. We bought the house 3 years ago on a 5 year note.With my truck payed of this year, her credit card debt will be gone by Christmas.
Also my Wife works part time as she is still in college to be an Elementary School Teacher. My hours vary day to day as I am a land surveyor. I make 75% of the household income. I thought about a second job but nobody wants to hire a man who cannot be there at the time he is needed. I work some days sunrise to sunset and others only 6-8 hours. I work a Saturday or two each month, it depends on the surveys we have in and how soon they are needed. Except for 1 or 2 Sundays a year, I don’t work on Sunday. And I never know for sure what days I will be off, usually Saturday and Sunday, but sometimes it could be a weekday and work the weekend.
Also the reason for 3 savings accounts is that I move the majority of the money around to which ever one has the highest interest. Right now 1 pays 1.5% interest, that’s where 80% of the money is. the second pays 1.05% interest and that’s where15% is. and the third is required by my bank (Randolph Brooks S&L) to have a checking account, it has the remaining 5%.
I bring home about $3,000 a month. With the bills payed I try to put $300 to $600 a month in the savings. I cannot at this time add to my IRA whenever I want. After it matures I plan to move it to the S&L where I can.
We eat out once or twice a month. Usually at a place that it cost us about the same as buying and preparing the food ourselves. I’ve always been told that I am very frugal.
I occasionally have to dip into the savings to repair my truck or the home (it is a 900 square ft. mobile home built in 1979). It reminds me of the money pit on a tiny scale. I do 90% of the work on it myself as I come from a long line of carpenters (on my mothers side of the family).

In order to melt ice, you need only apply rock salt to the iced over areas. Once you do this, no other effort is required on your part, as this miracle product will go right to work melting through even thick layers of ice. You can even make the process of application easier by making use of tools such as hand held or push spreaders. These will allow you to complete your task in minutes.

In addition to ice, it can be used to melt snow as well. Both ice and snow can cause slips and falls that result in serious injury. Walking slowly and deliberately will help, but there is no way to guarantee that doing so will completely prevent a fall. The best course of action is to simply eliminate that which is causing the risk so that everyone will be as safe as possible.

Today, rock salt can be used on many different surfaces including concrete, rock, stone, wood, and more. Once it has completed the task of melting the snow or ice, it will simply dissolve. There is no need to sweep it up or wash the surface. It may be hard to imagine how something so simple can be so powerful, but once you start to use it, you will see just how effective it truly is.

I can see what you Dave means here but I think that once again, you must look at your particular situation. Due to serious health issues over the past four years (cancer, a ruptured brain aneurysm and a stroke), our debt had sky-rocketed and had unbelievable interest rates and are underwater with our mortgage by over $48,000.00.

Ironically, the same month we signed up to do FPU through a small group at our church, I was placed on a paid administrative leave from teaching due to residual effects from my aneurysm and stroke.

During the two months which I did receive full pay and the five remaining months when I received 80% of my salary, we followed the plan as best as we could and managed to eliminate more than $10,000.00 in debt. There still remains, however, about $25,000.00.

I made the higher income so the loss of my income has been a serious blow. Fortunately, my husband is able to supplement things somewhat by doing free-lance work in addition to his regular job. I was also just had my long term disability application approved by my employer’s insurance company as well as through the teacher retirement association. Even so, there is still a huge slash in our income and I am now unable to work. No one is standing in line to hire people with brain injuries and someone who is unmeasurable.

The good news is over the past 10 months by taking what we learned through FPU, we managed to not be delinquent on any of our bills whatsoever and even have our $1,000.00 emergency fund in savings plus some extra which will cover my salary loss for the next four to five months. Also, my health insurance was through my husband’s employer rather than through my own and I have just been told that due to my situation, the life insurance I had through my employer may be eligible to continue free of cost to me until I reach age 70 due to the nature of my disability.

However, and this is a big however. Even with all of the economizing which we have done, we were still facing a shortfall of about $1,200.00 a month due to unsecured debt.

Yes, we could have tried to negotiate lower interest rates on our own but we’d tried to do that in the past after my last illness and it was to no avail back then, even though we’d been current on payments up until that point.

While I agree this should not be the first choice, I think there are times when this is a viable option. Due to cancer and a ruptured brain aneuryms and stroke, I am now on disability. Prior to my long-term disability being approved, we had a 60% loss of monthly income. Ouch!

It’s better now but still pretty sizable and when you add an upside down mortgage to that, it isn’t pretty.

I’m a former teacher and my union offered a benefit with a non-profit company who set up a DMP for us. We’d managed to make our very high interest payments earlier but knew we’d be unable too do so very soon.

In our situation, the DMP monthly fees are refunded to us after one year of completion in the program. With my health issues, the small administrative fee I pay has certainly been worth it. With my brain injury, the last thing I need is angry callers!

Now I must add that prior to going on the DMP, we’d managed to pay down $9,000 in debt in about nine months so we’d already made some good changes. It was just with the reduction in income and my inability to work, we would not be able to keep up the pace for more than a few months more. We still have a shortfall, even with the DMP but with careful management and God providing overtime and free lance opportunities for my husband, we’ve been able to get by. We decided to concentrate on our largest payment which is our vehicles which will be free and clear in just a few months and then we will at least have some breathing space.

In our case, I believe the DMP was a very good move. In fact, nowadays, negotiating a lower rate can be very difficult unless you do so through a DMP.

As far as the credit report goes, I have a monthly subscription and it has not had a negative impact on my score. Granted, I’d been current on all my bills at the time so that has helped. They are still reporting that I am paying as agreed and simply say I am enrolled in a payment program. The score has stayed the same since I began this four months ago.

when I knew we could keep our head above water for a couple more months due to back pay I am receiving on my disability claim, I contacted this company. It will still be a challenge but we are going to be able to manage the new payment. We are still working the debt snowball and will continue to do so even under our DMP. My counselor is familiar with Dave Ramsey and was very glad to hear we had done FPU.

If you are looking at a DMP, I think you need to do your homework on the company you choose before employing them. I also think you need to be in a situation such as mine where the possibility of a permanent loss of income due to employment is very real.

Also, I think you need to monitor things. For years I have paid a small monthly fee to one of the credit bureaus which enables me to pull up both my credit score and how they are reporting all accounts as often as I like at no additional charge. I also have made it a habit for the past couple of years to check all of my credit card accounts online every day for a number of years.

Yes, sure enough, last night I confirmed that when my DMP said the companies accepted the agreement, it was true. I didn’t simply take their word for it. That’s not smart! I verified things with my creditors myself, just to be safe.

I think it is is like anything else. Although someone else is making the payment on your behalf, you are still responsible for ensuring it is done. Don’t just take their word for it. That’s silly! Continue to verify things with your creditors as well on a monthly basis. It is easier to fix something right when it happens as opposed to three to five years down the road.

BTW, we did pay off three debts under the snowball plan and another one will be paid off next month. I am applying that to my car payment and will have my car paid off in February. Then, you guessed it.

When you choose to purchase gas and electricity for small businesses from the same company you stand to save money and have convenience. You will be able to pay one less bill, and be able to deal with the same company should any problems arise. Working with a company you trust is vital, as this business relationship will certainly prove beneficial.

A quote for both gas and electricity for small businesses is yours for the asking. You can view pricing online and make decisions based on this information. You can also speak to a company representative who can guide you through the various service options that are now available. There are different pricing plans, and finding the one that is best for your business is important. Should you have questions, take the time to get them answered. You need to be fully informed in order to make decisions.

British Gas Business offers online quotes as well as guidance for business owners who have questions in regard to their business needs. They offer fixed rate and fixed term pricing for those who wish to be in full control over their energy expenses. Standard pricing is also available. Though this company is often thought of in regard to the energy they provide to homes, they also place a strong focus on the needs of the modern business owner.

It looks awesome and also the texture is lovely and will resemble a nice and cosy place. If you want to get this feeling of privacy and more than that, of a nice home for all its inhabitants the best thing to do it to select nice looking furniture. Probably one of the best choices around is the cane furniture which has proved to be a very resistant thing over the years.

If we are to analyse some of the strong point of this choice we must look into some several things. Firstly we need to focus on important matter of usefulness. If a piece of furniture proves to be useless it will turn out that we gave the money in vain. It can either not fit into our previous arrangement or it can simply be too restrictive with what we want. So we have to think twice before buying a thing like this.

Secondly we need to keep in mind the aesthetic part of furniture design. We have to know that we need our house to be beautiful for our own sake. This means that we will fill it with quality and good looking things and not with cheap artefacts that are totally horrible. In the end it will be a haven for us and a great place for our guests.

As leader or Manager in an enterprise needed the ability to be able to optimize the productivity, by focusing fix all problems that arise in the workplace through mechanisms of coaching & counseling. The Manager’s role is the key to success here is to make employees manage the problems of using the resources of their own.

Data results coaching & counseling can also be used as a data source in order of succession planning. From this data we can find out the strengths and weaknesses of employees, which can be recorded to be used as consideration in planning promotions. Development of employee skills and behavior may also be known to flee through another sangria counseling results sent to HRD.

With the three skills of managers in coaching & counseling which includes listening skills (when it found a problem), defining skill problems (in order to find the true cause) and skill facilitating discovery solutions, managers are expected to be the facilitator. The Task Manager is to help optimize resources for his subjects to solve problems or achieve the target. How to do these things and what competencies you need can be found in this training.

Debt management companies are springing up everywhere. These companies help “manage” your debt by taking one monthly payment from you and distributing the money among your creditors, with whom they’ve often worked out lower payments and lower interest. This is not a loan as with debt consolidation. Sometimes people get the two confused. However, because Americans are up to their eyeballs in debt, the debt management business has become one of the fastest-growing industries today.

Companies like Consumer Credit Counseling Service can help you get better interest rates and lower payments, but at a price. When you use one of these companies and then try to get a Conventional, FHA, or VA loan, you will be treated the same as if you had filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Mortgage underwriting guidelines for traditional mortgages will consider your credit trashed, so don’t do it. Real debt help is found only in changing your behavior.

In short, debt management companies are out. Hard work is in. Change your financial behavior and change your life—for good. True debt management is about one thing: you controlling your money.

Real Debt Management

The good news is that there’s not some magical, mystical formula to good debt management. The solution is common sense and having a plan for your Total Money Makeover. Grandma’s simple way of handling money. Good debt management is 80% behavior and 20% head knowledge. It isn’t rocket science as some debt management companies try to make you believe.

Is it easy? No. In fact, it’s really hard most of the time. But it’s worth it. It’s amazing to see people change their lives through simple determination and having a plan that works every time. Once you have a real debt management plan in place, its only a matter of time.

We have people every week email or call us about how they have paid off $10k, $20k, sometimes even $100,000 in debt. Now, you may be thinking, “Yeah, right. They must be making six figures to do that.” NO! These are just people who are serious about getting out of debt. Many of them are making $30,000 to $50,000 when they decided to be debt free. It’s all a matter of attitude. We call it “gazelle intensity.”