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Saturday, 28 February 2009 |
By Cynthia Conradt
 Rental real estate offers both the potential for capital appreciation and current income for real estate investors. Are you looking for a great rental real estate market to invest into? If so, consider evaluating Indianapolis.
As the economy continues to struggle, many investors are turning to real estate investing for capital preservation, current income and capital appreciation. With these concepts in mind, why is Indianapolis a great rental market to invest into?
A Buyers Market
It is definitely still a Buyers market in Indianapolis right now. What does that mean? It means that you can often find great rental properties to invest in at well below market values. This ultimately means that you are increasing your opportunities for greater annual rental income as well as for long term capital appreciation as the housing market rebounds.
Most real estate professionals in the area see these market conditions continuing through the end of the year. So, buying opportunities are a plenty right now! Dont delay and take advantage of the current financial opportunity offered to investors currently.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 February 2009 )
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 |
By Cynthia Conradt
 Are you ready to increase your personal wealth? With so many available investment options to consider, many investors struggle with which options are most suitable for their financial goals and objectives. One of the best methods for building wealth is capitalizing on financial opportunities. As the housing market within the US continues to struggle or decline, tremendous investment opportunities exist. In fact, one option steeply rising in popularity is investing into rentals.
Here are several wealth building principals for owning rentals:
Below Market Rentals- This is one of the best opportunities to search for. When homes are currently renting below market value within an area, it is a tremendous investment opportunity. Once a below market rental is acquired, rents can be raised to current market value, therefore creating an immediate profit through an ongoing rental income stream. A real estate professional will be able to partner with you to locate such opportunities.
Developing Neighborhoods- As housing areas develop and change, new real estate investing opportunities are created. If you know an area well, you can spot future real estate opportunities. If a neighbourhood |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 February 2009 )
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Friday, 13 February 2009 |
By Cynthia Conradt
 Seeking new methods for wealth building or current income? Many individuals are attracted to real estate as an additional household income source or for replacing their current incomes completely. If you are one of these individuals, consider buying rental properties. During any economy, investors are seeking sound financial investment opportunities. But in a struggling economy, investors are seeking both stable investments. Rental properties provide investors a variety of advantages, many of which are outlined below.
1. Rental Yield-Rental income from investment properties can be calculated either as gross income or net income. Investors often prefer net income, which takes into account any expenses associated with the property; taxes, maintenance, marketing costs. When purchasing a rental property, it is important to take both the gross rental opportunity and the net income into account before making an investment decision.
2.Capital Appreciation- In addition to creating a current income stream, rental properties also present the opportunity for short term and long term capital appreciation. As the propertys value increases, so does your personal net worth. This appreciation can be realized when you sell the property or the |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 February 2009 )
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 |
By Mike McCoy
 Are you ready to turn your dreams into reality? Are you ready to make a firm commitment to yourself? Are you ready to rise above your current state of affairs? Cash Gifting can take you there.
Most people know that Cash Gifting is one of the most popular business opportunities on the Internet today. For years now, gifting programs have been gaining noteriety as being the fast track to significant wealth generation. Many generate thousands of dollars within their first week of Cash Gifting. As with any other legitamate business opportunity, Cash Gifting is dependent upon the amount of effort put into it as well as knowledge of the variety of techniques of Internet marketing.
In order to be successful in Cash Gifting or any other serious program, you need to have, or be willing to develop, the traits of an entrepreneur. Many people want to begin reaping the wonderful benefits of Cash Gifting but are hesitant to begin the process because, even though Cash Gifting is one of the easiest concepts to promote, |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 February 2009 )
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Monday, 02 February 2009 |
By Debra L. Morrison
 I want to begin by identifying the differences between the male & female brain and then capitalizing on them to build wealth thru better family communication. This is so critical because as a financial advisor I've seen a host of couples come to my office with disparate incomes, disparate spending habits, disparate risk tolerances, disparate inherited wealth and disparate everything, but I've never been in a situation where these differences can't be forged, and any kinds of strife be conquered in terms of building greater wealth. I've often found that working with men and women, it's a terrific 1+1 makes 3 opportunity in that men's brains are hard wired in a very different way than are women's.
We'll talk about some behavior patterns and importance of good communication & goal setting so we can get down to very, very interesting and life fulfilling conversations that can enhance our wealth untold amounts. So we first need to understand the differences in the male brain & the female brain.
The brain is divided into two hemispheres the left & the right. Women's brains |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 February 2009 )
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Saturday, 31 January 2009 |
By Debra L. Morrison
 The man will be fairly competitive in a situation & want their investments to win short term, and the woman will be actually supportive, wanting to draw the whole thing together, looking at the over arching plan and how their investment fit together. That may be a cause of her dismay, because she may look at the compilation of financial investments and be very confused about how it all fits together and in fact, they may not fit together and she's right to question that. So with a proper respect for these differences, both of them can come to the table, and draw up a plan of attack and shore up what needs to be spun out of the portfolio and what can be retained.
And that is really critical to understand because there is what I think as a fine art of talking about money in
particular. So, if we've established that there are different conversational styles that stem from differences in how men and women are hard wired, when you introduce a topic like money--a subject that has massive import for |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 31 January 2009 )
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
By Debra L. Morrison
 While not as prevalent with today's feminist women in their 40s and 30s and 20s, older women were socialized to expect the men to take care of them. Wait for your Prince Charming, it is not your world it is his, defer to him, etc.
This certainly did impose a ton of pressure on men, who may not have prepared to make singular money decisions that would impact the lifetime well being of 2 people! I empathize with men who confide in me that they're no more prepared to deal with the money than their wives, but she is expecting them to do it, they don't have time to seek out the best advice and they are doing the best that they can.
It makes me empathic with both genders. I definitely want the woman to be involved and to speak her mind about her own ignorance as well as own their pockets of knowledge and I want the man to say the same thing. Then they can make mutual decisions rather than having the traditional man continue to run the |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 January 2009 )
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
By Debra L. Morrison
 As a financial planner, I have to understand both how the man thinks and how the woman thinks in order to respond to both of them effectively. There's a cerebral division of labor of sorts, for example. Men tend to do all cognitive processing in one region of the frontal lobe, while women's processing tends to be that the brain fires all over, in other words that the neurons go back and forth allowing for more communication between the left and the right side.
We women haven't received a lot of favorable money messages in our families or from our socialization over the years. I'm really hoping we can foster better communication by understanding these gender differences. It makes perfect sense to bring the whole discussion back to how the brain was created.
One of the ways this affects women is that they take longer to make a decision, trying to unite many goals. The woman does need time, and a man is often impatient with her need for detail but his impatience is ultimately not helpful.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 January 2009 )
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Friday, 23 January 2009 |
By Debra L. Morrison
 Men actually traded 77% of their portfolio each and every year versus women trading 53% of their portfolio annually. Single men traded 67% more than single women. All that excess trading resulted in men's returns coming in .94% less than that of women, (almost a full percent less than women) and the single men's returns are almost 1.5--actually 1.44% less than single women's.
This kind of precipitous action that the male brain prompts men to take is quite expensive, especially when you consider compounding, whereas women will be much more intent on finding some substantive evidence as to why they should make those investments and they will generally hang on to their investments longer so as a rule. If we can harness the power of the male and female brains so that 1 + 1 =3, we'll make FAR more money, and live happier, healthier lives. What's the alternative, you ask?
Premature death notwithstanding, 51% of American marriages end in divorce and according to the Journal of Sociology's Marriage and Divorces Impact on Wealth Study, both parties suffer a net worth drop |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 January 2009 )
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Friday, 16 January 2009 |
By Mike McCoy
 Surfing the Internet there are countless ads, promotions, promises and schemes that shout "Get Rich Quick!" I've always ignored these, they sound like a scam.
One day, I received a post card with a web address that promised I'd generate thousands of dollars a day by following a few simple steps. O.K., I admit that I was looking for a way to increase my income and be able to work from home. I went to the website, listened to the information, then called and spoke to the site owner. I was highly skeptical so we talked off and on for about three months! All this time she was generating cash from her Cash Gifting website, and I was sitting on the fence.
I decided to take a leap of faith and joined her Cash Gifting program. I got lucky. She has been a wonderful mentor and has walked me through every detail. I was given my own website and was taught how to customize it to me if I wanted too. I was |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 16 January 2009 )
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Monday, 22 December 2008 |
By Mike McCoy
 Everyone wants to erase debt, but not everyone can. Yes, this sounds pessimistic, but it is a very real statement. Unfortunately, in order to have the great things we want to have in life, we must work to get them. This does not just apply to money, but money does drive our materialistic needs. These needs are what leave us on the treadmill of life, running and running still to be left in the same spot that we started.
Working overtime and pledging allegiance to a company that pays your bills can create great wealth for you and your family. But what if you could do it all on your own terms? No more being a slave to the time clock and your bosses every order. Sounds like a dream to me.
You don't have to dream anymore. With some careful saving and financial responsibility, you can erase debt. You can actually be on the track to investing through some serious planning that could leave you untied to a boring job that |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 December 2008 )
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Friday, 12 December 2008 |
By Mike McCoy
 Many people don't really know what Cash Gifting is. Cash Gifting is giving someone a gift of cash without expecting repayment, or receiving goods or services of any kind. It is a present.
Why do it? We have all donated to charities, churches, school fundraisers, and the volunteer fire department. Cash Gifting offers you the opportunity to give a person the gift of prosperity and at the same time you are richly rewarded as well.
Cash Gifting gives you the ability to generate income quickly. There are no products to sell and no investments to make. You become your own boss and work as much or as little as you desire.
No experience is needed to do Cash Gifting. You can do it whether you are working full time, part time or not at all. You choose the amount of time to spend doing this. People simply support each other in a team concept and lives are changed. It's an easy online opportunity that will help you generate cash directly to your door.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 December 2008 )
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
By Scott Lindsay
 As of this writing you can place $5,000 annually in a Roth IRA. This type of retirement account has the ability to provide tax-free money at retirement because the funds were taxed up front.
Why do I bring this up in an article dedicated to moneymaking?
The reason is simple. If you have a 9-5 job it is likely that you do not have a retirement plan. Some businesses offer it, but many others do not. If you can make $800-1,000 each month in a moneymaking business you can set up your own retirement fund and put away the maximum allowed under existing laws for Roth IRAs and still have extra money left to manage other financial needs.
It is estimated that if a twenty-something individual puts away the maximum amount allowed in this type of account they could see nearly 1.5 million dollars at retirement.
With ongoing questions about Social Security and other international pension plans the use of an IRA puts you in control of how you manage your retirement financially.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 November 2008 )
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
By Scott Lindsay
 What should you do if your money making idea isn't doing as well as you hoped?
Well, there are a few directions you can take when you discover you may be working harder than you want on an idea that provides less return than you need. Pardon my use of the following football analogies.
1. The Idea Punt
This is when you simply toss your hands up in frustration and declare that the idea just isn't going to work. You end the idea before you go into debt just trying to make it work. This often happens when people buy into some of the more infamous work at home opportunities found on the web. It can also be the point at which you call it a day when your own moneymaking idea leaves you feeling as if you want to bang your head against the wall.
2. The Idea on the Critically Injured List
This is when you honestly believe the idea is worth saving and you revert to a more nurturing role in making the idea stronger and |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 November 2008 )
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