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How to Turn Your Liabilities into Assets Arizona

Most people... find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

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STERLING HOME MORTGAGE
520-568-0188
21313 N SALLY DR
MARICOPA, AZ

Cowans Financial Services
480-306-7824
25 S Arizona Pl Ste 310
Chandler, AZ

ARM Capital Advisors
480 483 6637
5335 E Shea Blvd., Suite 2074
Scottsdale, AZ

Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc
480-217-2572
1761 E. McNair Drive Suite 101
Tempe, AZ

Tracy Financial Services
602-703-9598
2126 W. Vineyard Rd
Phoenix, AZ

Foundations Financial
602-343-2920
1701 E Thomas Rd
Phoenix, AZ

Dukes Income Tax Service
928-328-1904
1041 S. Avenue C
Yuma , AZ

ARIZONA AUTO INSURANCE
(480) 659-0229
2455 S Mulberry St
Mesa, AZ

Zito Financial, Inc
480-663-3116
14300 North Northsight Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ

Smith Barney / Financial Consultant
(480) 368-6500
6710 N Scottsdale Suite 250
Scottsdale, AZ

2. How to Turn Your Liabilities into Assets

“Most people... find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.”
-James Arthur Baldwin

In difficult economies, you need clarity.

Clarity requires assessing both the big picture and the details.

When you are under financial stress, fear kicks in.

To overcome fear, return to simple fundamentals – assets v liabilities; cash coming in and cash going out.

Here are some Insights and Solutions for turning your home into an Asset to generate Cash Flow:

1. Make a detailed list of your assets. Assets that put money in your pocket v. liabilities are those things that take money out of your pocket.

Critical Point: Homes are not Assets

2. Your home is not an asset unless it puts money in your pocket. Your home is a liability or a series of expenses or outflows of cash until you can generate offsetting inflows of cash. Your home is, at best, an investment. Your investment turns into an asset if it puts money into your pocket upon selling or leasing it.

Turn Your Home into a Money-Making Machine: Generate Cash Flow

3. Turn your home into an asset or vehicle to put money in your pocket by looking into the following:
a. Evaluate what your strengths and skills are.
b. Look into putting events on in your house. You can be paid to create focus groups or be paid for being part of a focus group
c. You can be trained for multilevel marketing and sell from your home.
d. You can you can use your skills to consult to other companies and work from your home.
e. You can create e-books based upon your specific expertise and sell them on the internet for extra cash.
f. Bake cookies; sell cakes and pies.
g. You can look up other home-based businesses that match your immediate skills.

Negotiate to Survive Foreclosure and to Recover: Protect your Assets

4. The name of the game is market, sell, and collect. You can save yourself, your home and your life by learning to negotiate from strength.
5. Many people are afraid to protect themselves.
6. Start with taking responsibility for what has occurred; forget whose fault it is.
7. Learn a negotiation skill a day.
8. Negotiation starts with knowledge.
9. Read and learn how to negotiate. Typically, banks do not want to take your home or to write off your credit cards or your auto loans.
10. Another key to negotiation is to know what you can and cannot do. What are your options? The person with more options wins most negotiations.
11. Make a 6 month cash flow projection as to your worst-case scenario. How much can you bring in each month and how much do you have to pay out each month?

Design a Priority Payment Plan:

12. Prioritize your payments. Design a plan that shows what you can pay and when. If you have any funds coming in, make small payments to those that are critical for you to survive. Psychologically this is good for you and shows your creditors that you have good intentions.
Bank Negotiation Points:
13. Find out what effective interest rate you are paying. Find out how you can reduce your effective interest rate, i.e., is your actual cost of borrowing money. The bank’s borrowing cost of money is very low. They are in trouble too. They are very motivated to have performing assets (those they are getting some payment toward) on their books.
14. It is much more costly for banks to deal with foreclosing on your home or your non performing credit cards and auto loans.
15. If banks recognize that you understand their costs of doing business, including the cost of tying up their employees’ time, you start to create more of a level playing field in your negotiation with the bank(s).
16. If you have very little income, then you should lay out a plan for the banks as to when you can pay. Ask for a non payment or grace period if you cannot make any immediate payments. Tell the banks it is better that you are maintaining your house. An occupied house is easier to sell and keeps up the value for them as well as you.

Know When to Get Out and Cut Your Losses:

17. If it is clear that you cannot maintain your home then get out. If you can’t sell your home, try to lease your home. Make every effort to stay within your community, especially if you have relationships and children.
18. You can always find a way to rebuild your assets in your life if you are resourceful and resilient.

Protection:

19. Do not sign anything without a legal review. You cannot save on protection. Fine print destroys assets.

http://www.askdestiny.com assists you in money-making wealth building and protecting your assets.

3. AskDestiny®.com

www.askdestiny.com assists you in money-making wealth building and protecting your assets.

4. Featured Local Company

Cowans Financial Services

Helping families and business owners achieve their financial planning goals through a long-term relationship with a CFP

480-306-7824
25 S Arizona Pl Ste 310
Chandler, AZ
http://www.CowansFinancial.com

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How to Turn Your Liabilities into Assets Arizona

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