Comments on: Personal Finance Decision Guide – 1st Edition http://moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/ Money Tips for a Better Life Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:29:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TFB http://moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4759 TFB Wed, 02 May 2007 04:23:15 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/#comment-4759 Thank you for the link. This is a great resource. Please carry on and add more. Thank you for the link. This is a great resource. Please carry on and add more.

]]> By: Ben http://moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4706 Ben Tue, 01 May 2007 09:31:57 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/#comment-4706 Dan, thanks for the analysis. Flexo & david, my hope is to build an index that people can reference when trying to decide between two financial options, hopefully making their decision a little easier. Dan, thanks for the analysis. Flexo & david, my hope is to build an index that people can reference when trying to decide between two financial options, hopefully making their decision a little easier.

]]> By: Dan http://moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4670 Dan Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:47:06 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/#comment-4670 Regarding real estate, not only do I agree with buying the large house, provided you can afford it, but the media has completely misinterpretted and overhyped the risks associated with Interest-only ARMs. Agreed, the Option-ARMs are risky and generally not a good idea, but the standard say, 5 or 10 yr ARM is no more risky since most of the initial payments on a conventional are interest payments anyway. I’ve performed a full financial analysis and have the results and spreadsheet available at my blog: http://www.everydayfinance.blogspot.com enjoy! Regarding real estate, not only do I agree with buying the large house, provided you can afford it, but the media has completely misinterpretted and overhyped the risks associated with Interest-only ARMs. Agreed, the Option-ARMs are risky and generally not a good idea, but the standard say, 5 or 10 yr ARM is no more risky since most of the initial payments on a conventional are interest payments anyway. I’ve performed a full financial analysis and have the results and spreadsheet available at my blog:

http://www.everydayfinance.blogspot.com

enjoy!

]]> By: david http://moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4654 david Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:31:53 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/#comment-4654 Thanks for the link and want to see where this is going! Thanks for the link and want to see where this is going!

]]> By: Flexo http://moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 Flexo Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:46:05 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/personal-finance-decision-guide-1st-edition/#comment-4646 Thanks for the link! This is an interesting concept and I look forward to seeing more. Thanks for the link! This is an interesting concept and I look forward to seeing more.

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