Smart Money For Life

Personal Finances – Taking Control is Easier Than You Think

mwilson — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:46:00 +0000

What is the first step in financial success?

Experts agree that a personal financial budget is a critical first step. Organizing your finances, making sure you know how much you earn and how much you spend, is the very first step.

But let’s face it, for most people … That’s Just Boring!

Not many people [...]

Cash Flow Coaching is Accessible to Everyone

mwilson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:32:14 +0000

Cash Flow Coaching is the answer to the prayers of thousands of people struggling through this terrible economy. It’s the ray of sunshine in an otherwise dark sky.

I’ll follow up with another blog post describing more about Cash Flow Coaching and what it is, but right now I want to make an opportunity available to [...]

Earn While You Learn – More People Seeking Second Income

mwilson — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:17:31 +0000

More people are looking for a job or a second income than at any time in recent memory. Unemployment is at it’s highest in recent memory and projected to keep climbing even after the economy starts growing again. An ideal situation is one where you can earn while you learn in your own business, especially [...]

Fixed Annuities are Secure Investments of Choice

mwilson — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:25:12 +0000

Stock market rallies and everyone can be happy about that! Right?

Well, that is actually a two-part question. Absolutely everyone is happy about the stock market gains of the last couple of weeks. This rally puts us back to the levels we saw at the end of 2008 when the economy was in free fall.

Gaining back [...]

Back From Sabbatical – Smart Money and a Second Wind!

mwilson — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:23:02 +0000

It has been a very long time since my last post, but I am back now and ready to pick up where I left off.

I won’t bore you with the details, but I have been very busy building Smart Money For Life, my financial services business. We’ve got new products and programs that we are [...]

Mortgage Modification Can be a New Beginning

mwilson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:01:53 +0000

The right kind of mortgage modification can be a true opportunity for families today.

Not all mortgage modifications are the same and the success rates have not been as high as economists had hoped. In fact, a high percentage of modified mortgages are going into ‘re-default’. The most likely group are those that did not have [...]

How to ride out a Recession

mwilson — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:38:48 +0000

I guess it is official, we’re in a Recession. It is official because the economists have declared it so. Apparently the recession started in December 2007, so we’ve been in a recession for about 1 year now.

The good news is that it has felt like a recession for about a year. It seem like I’ve [...]

Health is more valuable than money.

mwilson — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:22:40 +0000

Thanks to all who have written and kept us in your prayers this past week while Melana had surgery. The positive thoughts and energy must have worked!

No surgery is “minor” in my opinion, but her’s was at least in the ‘routine’ category. That is always good news going in. And the Doctor was upbeat with [...]

Credit Scores – work to keep them high

mwilson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:49:28 +0000

You should always be aware of your credit score and consistently work to keep it high. If you have a 750 or 800 score, you should check on it at least once a year just to make sure there are not any problems.

If you don’t have a 750 or higher credit score, you should probably [...]

Numbers Dropping…and it’s Good!

mwilson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:51:41 +0000

With all the grim economic news swirling around, it is easy to get mired in the darkness of it all.

So let’s take a break and focus on 2 indicators that are dropping. One has been falling consistently for 60 straight days! Another one fell by 75% practically overnight! Sounds Bad!

Good News!

The first one is the [...]