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Money Savings Calculators

How to Find Money to Invest in Real Estate

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This is a series of financial calculators to help you see where you can save a little money every day, and how you can use it to help you become financially free. Use them and write down the amount of money you will have in 5 years. You'll be amazed!

 

  • Coffee Cost Calculator
    Do you drink the expensive "designer" coffees? Switching back to regular coffee every day can put $5,000 or more in your pocket in 5 years! See for yourself.
  • Gas Savings Calculator
    How much is that gas guzzler really costing you? Opting for a car with better gas mileage can save you a bundle. See how much you can really save here.
  • Commuting Cost Savings Calculator
    Are there commuting options that could save you a few bucks a day? See how it can add up.
  • Cost of Smoking Calculator
    Smoking can not only put you in the hospital, it can put you in the poorhouse. See how much you can save by quitting.
  • Bring or Buy Lunch Calculator
    This one can put $1,000s in your pocket. Add this to the other savings you can realize and you'll be amazed.
  • Credit Card Payoff Calculator
    Calculate how long it will take to pay off your credit cards and the amount of interest it will cost you. Use the other calculators to get the money to pay your credit cards off fast. Warning: once they are paid off, be sure to pay them in full every month.

 How to Accumulate Money Fast

1. Change a few things you do every day. 

  1. Use the calculators on this site to see how much you will save
  2. Think of other ways you can save a few dollars a week
  3. Add them all up
  4. Work your plan.

2. Take the money you save and use it to build up your finances and your future 

  1. Use it to pay off your credit cards.
  2. Then pay them in full every month.

3. Once your credit cards are paid off 

  1. Put the money in a savings account
  2. In addition, take the money you used for normal credit card payments and put that in the savings account also.

4. When your savings accumulates, invest it in real estate. 

 

 

The  
$1,000,000
Strategy

  1. Buy your own house. 
  2. Purchase an investment house.
  3. Buy several more investment properties as you are able.
  4. After about 10 years sell your houses and purchase an apartment complex.

Where to Find the Money to Invest

  1. Your savings account.
  2. Your home equity.
  3. Cut back on unnecessary expenditures and save the money.  Use the Calculators.
  4. Start a part-time home business.
  5. Upgrade your IRA to purchase Real Estate.