Posts tagged: Credit Card Payments

Feb 24 2011

American Payday Loans

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The financial assistance from cash advance us provides the money up to $ 1,500 in your bank account! Though, this amount can be varies depending on the laws provided by the state you stay in. Related to the fees, it depends on the state legislature and the particular cash advance lender within the network. It can be that easy if you meet the general requirements, such as currently employed or receive regular income, earn at minimum $1,000 per month, over 18 years of age, a citizen of the United States, and have a bank account.

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Jul 09 2010

New Credit Advice: Don’t Pay off Those Credit Cards!



Credit needed for real estate mortgage financing differs from credit needed for consumer loans. If you need help getting a home mortgage, these credit tips will help you.

Contrary to what many credit advisors say, paying off credit cards each month is not always the best action to take. When making credit card payments, don’t pay the balance in full each month — let a little roll over. Carry a balance on your credit card every other month –as little as a dollar. Paying balances in full does not increase your credit score; paying balances in full may in fact lower your credit score. Accounts with zero balances do not compute significantly in your total score. For instance, a credit card with a perfect payment history and no balance will not raise your credit score as much as a credit card with a low balance. Any balance keeps the card active so it computes in your credit score.

You most likely have been advised to cut up your credit cards and close your accounts. Following this advice degrades many credit scores.

Canceling Credit Cards

Canceling credit cards can lower your credit score. Keep your longest-term credit card account open to show long-term credit history. If this account has prior late notations, negotiate with the creditor to drop negative reporting on your credit history file. Slowly close out newer accounts after they are paid off. Keep your best accounts open — those paid on time or reporting “pays as agreed” and with the longest history.

Credit card companies may raise your rate if you cancel a card before it is paid off; it is best to keep accounts with outstanding balances open until you pay them off.

Perfect Balance of Credit

1. Mortgage over one year old with all payments on time

2. Visa Card or Master Card with less than 10% of available credit as balance due

3. Discover or American Express Card with less than 10% of available credit as balance due

4. Auto loan either paid off or paid down with low payments compared to monthly income.

Debt-to-Income Ratio

Credit scores do not reflect income — credit bureaus do not have income reported to them. However, real estate lenders look at the consumer debt-to-income ratio — the amount of monthly debts in relation to the amount of earnings. Consumer debt is more highly regarded/scores higher if total debt is under 20% of net income, or total monthly payments on all debts is less than 35% of monthly gross income.

Qualifying Ratios

Lenders want the total debt ratio (the percentage of total monthly payments, including the new mortgage, to income) to be less than 33% for a typical conventional mortgage. This means the new mortgage payment, credit card payments, and all other monthly debt payments should not equal more than about one-third of the monthly income.

Lenders want the mortgage debt ratio (the percentage of the new mortgage payment to income) to be less than 28%.

Non-prime loans have lower standards; some lenders allow debt-to-income ratios as high as 55%. Borrowers with less than perfect credit qualify more easily for a non-prime loan compared to an “A-paper” loan.

Once you total your monthly expenses and determine your debt ratio, you can estimate how much you can afford for a house payment. For example, if your income is around $3,000 per month, you can afford a home with payments around $1,000 per month (including taxes and insurance) with a conventional loan, if your other debt does not total more than 5% of your income.

For investors, these equations change. Lenders expect 10%-25% down on investment property and allow about 75% of the rental income to offset the debt ratio.

Understanding your credit helps you manage your credit so you can obtain real estate financing, either for the house of your dreams or for your financial future.

(c) Copyright 2005 Jeanette J. Fisher. All rights reserved.

Jun 16 2010

How to Manage a Fixed Expense Budget When Your Income Varies



Having a budget is the foundation of managing your money. Making budget is easy when you have a dependable income that’s the same every month. But what do you do when your income varies from one month to the next? This is the case for many contractors and freelancers. Your expenses remain the same, but your income doesn’t. You still need a budget and you can make one. You have to go about it differently.

Total your expenses

When you’re making a variable-income budget, start by totalling your income as you would if your income was fixed. Add up the things you spend money on every month. This includes rent/mortgage, utilities, car note, car insurance, health insurance, life insurance, phone bill, loan payments, credit card payments, and taxes. You should even calculate how much you’ll spend on variable expenses like gas and food.

Average your income

If you had a variable income last year, too, use your last tax return to come up with an average monthly income. Just divide your gross income by 12 to come up with an average monthly income. If you don’t have a year’s worth of income, average the months you have. For example, if you’ve been freelancing or contracting for 7 months, add up the last 7 months of income and divide it by 7. This will give you an average income to base your budget on.

Does your average monthly income exceed your expenses?

Your average monthly income needs to meet or exceed your expenses. If not, you’re going to run into a cash flow problem. Adjust your expenses to fall below your average monthly income. Some examples of places you can cut back are: gas, food, utilities (save on electricity), and entertainment. For more ways to cut your expenses, go through each category and decide whether it’s a need or a want. Wants can be cut out.

Your budget in practice

You’ll need to have at least three accounts – one checking account and two savings accounts.

The checking account will hold your monthly income that you use to cover bills and other expenses.

One savings account will hold your income then be used to “pay” yourself at the end of the month.

The other savings account will be for savings. You will only deposit money into this account. You will never withdraw money from it unless it’s to invest it in a higher interest rate account.

Start your budget at the beginning of the month. Your checking account needs to have enough in it to cover your expenses for the month.

As you get paid throughout the month, put the money into Savings Account #1. You shouldn’t have to touch your savings account during the month. If you do, then you didn’t budget enough for your expenses or you’re overspending (or you ended up getting paid less than average, see below). At the end of the month, around the 28th, transfer $2500 (or what you need to cover your expenses) into your checking account.

Less than average months vs. higher than average months

When your income varies, some months will be less than average and some will be higher than average. Once you’ve been using this variable-income budgeting method for a few months, you won’t notice the ups and downs of your budget as much. The surplus months will build up your savings account to help offset the “famine” months.

However, if you experience a “famine” month in the first 1-2 months of using this variable-income budgeting method, you might have trouble meeting all your financial obligations. In this case, you have a few options. Cut back on some of your expenses (the best option). Pull from your emergency fund (which ideally has 6-12 months of living expenses). Pull from your savings (only when options 1 & 2 don’t work).

Don’t let a famine month discourage you. Like I said earlier, once you have a couple of months where your income is at or above your average income, your savings will build up and the bumps will smooth out. Give it six months and you’ll be happy you did.

Jun 01 2010

Budgeting Worksheets – How to Create a Monthly Budget Using Budgeting Worksheets



When most people hear about creating a monthly budget they run the other way in fear. They just don’t know where to start. It certainly wasn’t something that most of us where taught in school. However, it would have been more useful than some history lessons.

Creating a monthly budget is really quite simply when you use the right worksheets. However, it does require a consistent effort on your part to both create and to live within your budget.

Follow the how-to directions below to start creating your monthly budget today.

First, track your spending and expenses for the next 30 days. You can begin by recording all your purchases on a weekly expense report worksheet that you fill out each day. Save your receipts from each purchase and then record a description of the purchase, the amount, its category, and how you made the purchase; whether by cash, check, or credit card.

At the end of the week, transfer all your purchases to your monthly expense record worksheet. On this worksheet, you will have a comprehensive view of all expenses for the month and how much you spent in each category such as food, household, and medical just to name a few. You will also record your monthly expenses such as utilities, car payment, credit card payments, and investments.

After you have track your spending for a month, you now have the information you need to create a monthly budget. Now you know exactly how and what you spend your money on. If you did not have a surplus of money at the end of the month, you can now see area where you can trim your spending in order to operate you budget with a surplus next month.

Next, you will want to fill out a monthly financial report worksheet where you record you income and come up with your net spendable income after taxes and any charitable giving. Then you want to take your totals from your monthly expense record worksheet and fill in all amounts in the categories such as household, food, medical, transportation, and recreation just to name a few. When you total up your expenses and subtract them from you net spendable income you will see if you have a surplus or not.

Finally, take the information you have learned and create a budget for next month using a monthly budget worksheet. On this worksheet, you will fill in your income along with your fixed expenses, fixed variables, occasional expenses, and installments such as credit card payments. After you total up your income and all expenses you will be able to see if you have an excess at the end of the month or if you are short. If you are short, now is the time to cut back on some occasional expenses as well as some fixed variable expenses in order to operate a working monthly budget.

May 09 2010

Managing Money and It’s Importance



Although taking care of your money sounds quite easy, the truth is that it can be quite difficult. There is no reason to feel ashamed because of this and you are certainly not the only one who might be having problems managing their money and bad debt. The truth is that many people are dealing with this and have been dealing with this for some time. Taking out loans, having credit card payments, mortgages and more is enough to put you into a serious bad credit situation. You might feel like you are drowning in a sea of debt that you will never get out of. The goal of this article is to help you gain some great information in order to change your financial situation for the better.

You can learn how to manage your finances in the proper way in order to create a positive financial future. There are many different techniques as well as tips and tricks that will help you get things under control. As a matter of fact, these tips and tricks can show very soon and in a short amount of time, you will be on your way to being debt free and having a great financial situation. Putting the tips and tricks that you learn to use is what will make things improve for you and get you started on the right path.

You can take advantage of audio disks, to help you gain information that will help you improve your situation and take care of the mistakes you may have made in the past. Audio cd’s, books and even internet resources can really have a lot of effect on your bad debt and help you learn the truth that will make a big difference when it comes to how your future financial situation turns out. They can be your saving grace and help you come up with different ways to improve your financial future for yourself and your family.

Managing your money is as easy as learning how to get rid of the bad debt early so that you will set yourself up for a great future. You will be preparing yourself for less stress as well as the health risks that come along with the debt related stress. Learning now is the best way to ensure a great future that is happy and stress free. Knowing what you need to know now has a great affect on your future debt situation. A lot of young adults don’t learn about money and how to manage finances properly. Debt shouldn’t be something that we are afraid of, but something that we know how to manage and take care of. Good luck on your financial future and your success.

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