It's finally time to renovate your kitchen. After years of saving money and drawing up plans, you're ready to knock a hole in the wall, rip out the old cupboards and build the kitchen of your dreams. But before you call up a contractor, consider...
Most people need to be reminded of the basic Wealth Building skills. Here are some of the most common causes for people having a poor relationship with their finances. If you follow these steps you will systematically get your finances on track. Review...
Most experts will agree that if we could only choose one attribute of wealthy successful individuals it would be this: 1. Wealthy people have a plan! There is almost a clichéd story of a Harvard University study that tracked their MBA students...
Parents of young children may fantasise about being "empty nesters" one day. No more homework projects, heavy metal music and lifts to the other side of the universe. However parents, whose children have left home, greet this new era with a...
There are literally millions of sites on the internet telling you how you can become rich but there is surprisingly little information on the things we do that make us poor. Building wealth is not just about smart investing and clever business ventures...
We are almost half way through the year and it would be an interesting exercise to go back and examine our New Year's resolutions that were declared with such conviction. Changes are they are still stuck to your notice board obscure by the other flyers...
Twenty years ago, most financial services companies and professionals stuck to their knitting. Brokers sold stocks. Real estate agents sold homes. And Banks accepted deposits and issued loans. But the rise in the early 1980s of the one-stop financial...
Family and Business Trusts The notion of a trust was initiated as far back as the Middle Ages. Noblemen would entrust their assets, and subjects, to a confidant while away on an extended trip or fighting a war. The confidant (or trustee) would have full...
Many people think that they can simply tell their parent, wife or friend that they will inherit their possessions if they die. However if one dies without a will or intestate, there are set rules that a court will apply to the estate. Dying intestate...
What happens to our money and possessions when we die? The Egyptians thought they could take theirs with them. Today we like to leave our money to family, friends or worthy organisations. To make sure that happens, we have to write a clear legal will...
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