Theres a lot of talk these Affiliate
programs-affiliate websites days about the entrepreneurial spirit and
those that claim to have it are opening their own businesses and
reaching for the brass ring. While having that spirit can be a plus in
running your own show, many forget that it takes a team to run a
business and the one secret that all successful entrepreneurs use is to
surround themselves with good people.
Now how good a person is at coming up with ideas
and they may have the
drive to take those ideas to a higher level, they are going to need
help to turn those ideas into reality through execution. Devising a
business plan is a major part of developing a new business, as well as
getting funding for its start up but the trouble with many new ventures
is that it is planned to death.affiliate websites Agonizing over every
little detail of
how the business is going to be operated, where the money will come
from and how it will be spent is more than one person can handle.
Successful people are willing to share that responsibility.
Those opening a new business with the thoughts
that they can work their
own hours, open a business and sit back and collect a huge income are
really fooling themselves. While working your own hours may be possible
if you plan on spending more than two thirds of your time in the
business. It is going to take a lot of time, especially in the early
stages but you can decide which of the 18 hours during the day you will
spend working.
You also have to have the personal commitment and
the self discipline
to own your own business. Whether it is working at home or having an
office in the home and work on clients job sites, you have to be
disciplined enough to get the job done and plan for the next one. There
are going to be things that go wrong and you have to understand that as
the business owner, you are the one that will make the decisions on how
to make things right.
There are many myths surrounding operations with a
new business, such
as the boss is always right and telling people they will do it your way
because you are the owner. While the business may be in your name and
you are taking all the risks in making it successful, the bottom line
head of your business is going to be your clients or customers. Without
people will to pay for your services or products, you have no business.
And while you may be right in your decisions, you can pat yourself on
the back for making the right choices all the way to the unemployment
office.
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For
people coming to the housing market for the first time getting a first
time buyer mortgage is tougher than ever. To make their first step on
the property ladder prospective new home owners now have to borrow an
average of £120,500.
In 1996 the average amount a first-time buyer had
to borrow was only £39,811 - that's a 202% increase in eleven
years.
The figures suggest that if the same growth rate
is maintained, then by
2012 would-be house buyers will be looking for a first time buyer
mortgage of over £200,000.
In 2007, on a three times salary multiple, first
time buyers need to be
earning £40,190. With current growth, by 2012 the chief
earner would
need to be earning £66,806, meaning a 66% increase in
earnings compared
to today's requirement.
First time buyers are warned to look at the total
outlay of their
mortgage deal and take into account the mortgage rate and any fees and
charges over the mortgage term.
It was only to be expected that the number of
first-time buyers fell at
its fastest rate for three years during July. They, along with all
mortgage owners, will hope that interest rates have peaked as the Bank
of England kept interest rates at 5.75% in October - the same level it
has been since a 0.25% increase in July.
First-time buyers and home movers received no
relief from the burden of
stamp duty in the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report, leaving them
frustrated again.
Previous pledges to help first-time buyers have
been abandoned as there
were no moves to alleviate the pain that stamp duty causes, especially
for those getting a first
time buyer mortgage.
Rather than increasing stamp duty thresholds the
Chancellor chose to
increase inheritance tax allowances. For married couples this now
amounts to a tax-free threshold of £600,000.
Having following the Tory lead on inheritance tax,
Chancellor Alistair
Darling ignored their ideas on stamp duty, namely to scrap duty on
properties worth less than £250,000. The continuing rise of
the price
of houses means that more and more buyers are being dragged into the
stamp duty trap, with the average price of a house for first-time
buyers at £167,000, and the zero-rate threshold for stamp
duty way
below that at £125,000. Families paying more than
£250,000 for a house
are hit by 3% stamp duty - on the whole amount. Calculations recently
published suggested that if stamp duty thresholds had kept pace with
house price inflation then the 3% threshold for stamp duty would now
start at £729,000. Paying stamp duty on top of their deposit,
together
with their first time buyer mortgage is tough for would-be home owners.
Clare Hartnell, head of property at financial
advisers Grant Thornton,
said: "Stamp duty is the best weapon the Government has at its disposal
in helping people onto the property ladder and it is amazing that
further help to first-time buyers has not been offered in the
Chancellor's latest pre-budget report."
Paul Chafer, of Stroud & Swindon Building
Society, said: "We
expected great things from a potential review of housing taxes, yet
once again there has been a missed opportunity to support the UK
property market by reconsidering the stamp duty thresholds."
first
time buyer mortgage
About the Author
An author on a variety of property related
subjects, which include
mortgage rate reviews and detailed analysis of the role mortgage
brokers provide in the current climate.
Dog, the Bounty Hunter, bit himself by using
racially insensitive
language while talking on the phone with his son. Dog, star of the
A&E Network's long-running show by the same name, was concerned
because his son had chosen to date an African-American woman. He
insisted race was not the issue. He said he was concerned because the
ethnically insensitive word in common usage in the Dog household. His
fear was the girlfriend would tape it and sell the tape to the National
Inquirer.
In an ironic twist of fate, Dog's son was taping
the call and sold it
to the National Inquirer. During the call, Dog used the inflammatory
word six times.
Dog's show, consistently among the network's
highest rated, provided a
weekly look at how Dog and his family located people that had jumped
bail and turned them over to the authorities. Viewers enjoyed the
action along with the scenes of popular Hawaiian landmarks. A&E
has
pulled his show from their schedule.
Learning from mistakes
There is an almost universal belief that one must
learn from
their mistakes. On the surface this seems like great advice. When we
learn from our mistakes we become better people, less likely to repeat
an error in judgment. By making enough mistakes and correcting them, we
will eventually become experienced workers adding more value through
our increased positive productivity.
True leaders understand learning from their own
mistakes is less
advantageous than learning from other people's mistakes. The events,
people, and things that cross the pathways of each person's life
provide a rich opportunity to learn about leadership if we take the
time to go beyond the surface of the headlines and think deeply about
the implications.
Most people that hear this story of Duane "Dog"
Chapman will
immediately jump to the lesson that we should not use the "n" word if
there is any chance the public will become aware of the usage.
However this is not the learning lesson we are able to obtain as we
seek to learn from Dog's mistake.
Three ways we hurt others
Here is what we can extract from the Dog's
experience.
1. If you know a word is hurtful - eliminate it!
In his
call to his son, Dog clearly stated the word was wrong and could cause
harm to the image and career he had built. Why then did he keep using
it? If you use language that is offensive, you need to conscientiously
eliminate it, even if you mean no harm by it. A great example of this
is when the NAACP had a mock funeral for the word at their 2007
convention. They realized the word had to be eliminated from society's
vocabulary. Eliminate harmful, hurtful words from your vocabulary today.
2. If your expectations are too demanding, loosen
up! Every
culture has its norms. Do not expect others to conform to your culture,
respect and appreciate theirs. A local school district was telling me
they were having a problem with Middle-Eastern boys. It seems that when
they had to be corrected they would not look the teacher in the eyes,
as was school policy. What they did not realize is that in
Middle-Eastern cultures, when a young man is being disciplined it is
customary to look down as a sign of humility. The boys were not being
disrespectful, they were showing ultimate respect. The school could
have demanded the boys follow policy, but what would be the victory?
Understand other cultures and appreciate their customs.
3. If you do something offensive - stop it! If
there is a
behavior that is unusual, be aware it might be causing offense to
others. An example of this might be the telling of off-color,
religious, or ethnic jokes or references. Sure some may genuinely
laugh. Others laugh only because it is a typical nervous reaction.
Still others lose all respect for you. No joke is worth harming
relationship -- find better ways to spread humor.
It's about relationships
Dog's words did not just harm himself and the
people
to whom the word has horrendous connotations. A&E removed his
show
from their schedule and the people it employed must seek sources of
income. He has tarnished memories of people that met him and admired
him and hurt those that had looked up to him as a role model.
Relationships are important in today's business
world. As you connect to more people on a cultural basis you will see
your personal and business success increase. You will also see an
increase in your enjoyment of life.
Dog has already set about rebuilding the
relationships harmed by his phone call. It will be a stressful time for
him, but if properly performed, the restoration process will make him a
better man and a better leader.
The rest of us need to reflect on these lessons in
leadership and culture, and take actions now to prevent the same
negative impact to our relationships.
One last word
Learning from the mistakes of others prevents
you from having to make the same mistakes yourself. In my book, "Life's
Leadership Lessons," I share stories of the people, things, and events
that taught me important leadership lessons. Request a free copy of
chapter one at www.getmaximpact.com, and see how you too can learn
life's leadership lessons.
About the Author
Rick Weaver is CEO of Max Impact, a
leadership and strategy development company in Rochester Hills,
Michigan, and President of MBC GLobal, an international cultural
education organization.
Many
first-time buyers and some home movers have difficulty enough scraping
together the costs associated with moving. There's the mortgage fee,
the surveys and valuations, the legal fees, the horrendous stamp duty
in many cases and the deposit. When the numbers are put through the
cruncher buyers can end up short.
What can they save on? Sometimes the answer is to
save on the deposit, and try and get a 100% mortgage.
A 100% mortgage enables you to borrow the total
value of the property,
and put down no deposit. This could just tip the balance in favour of
getting the property you want, rather than having to settle for second
best.
Most providers offering 100% mortgages will insist
on a pristine credit
rating and you may be charged a higher interest rate for a 100%
mortgage, meaning that you will be paying more each month than you
would with a traditional mortgage. You may have to agree to keep the
mortgage for a minimum number of years. Products for 100% mortgages are
usually available in a wide range such as fixed, tracker and variable
rate deals. If the vendor requires a deposit, then it will come from
the lender and the solicitor will arrange to draw down the deposit from
the lender when they legally require it.
Getting a 100%
mortgage
from a mortgage broker will help you get on the property ladder for no
fees, leaving you to add more into your other costs, and rather than
wait to save a deposit.
As well as charging higher interest rates for 100%
mortgages, the other
risk for a lender is negative equity. There is no deposit so there is
no equity within the property - there is no difference in value between
the mortgage loan and the value of the property. If house prices
decrease after the property is bought then no equity will exist as a
buffer. The consequence of this is that if you need to sell your home
the 100% mortgage taken out on the original value of the property would
outweigh the property's new value. It is a problem for the lender, and
it is a problem for you, because effectively you cannot move without
paying off the mortgage - and with negative equity that is more than
the house is worth, so the best you could do would be to move down the
property ladder. Negative equity was a major problem in the 1990s and
caused a lot of grief and hardship for homeowners and would-be movers.
Many first-time buyers are desperate to get on the
property ladder,
however, and will do so, almost 'whatever the cost'. They can only see
getting on the ladder as becoming harder in the future, so feel they
have to act as soon as possible. If house prices go up, then they would
be right, and they would build in some equity to their property, even
with a 100% mortgage. However, if house prices go down - as they are
widely predicted to do - and also, if mortgage rates go down, then they
would be wrong, and would have been best to wait.
Oh, for a crystal ball.
100%
mortgages
About the Author
An author on a variety of property related
subjects, which include
mortgage rate reviews and detailed analysis of the role mortgage
brokers provide in the current climate.
On-line
photo-display websites are proliferating on the Internet. Not only the
sites themselves are increasing, but the numbers of images available
are growing. "Something's gotta give."
The popularity of casinos
across the land provides us with a parallel to what's happening for
on-line stock photographers. There are some big winners. We always hear
about them. We seldom hear about the losers unless chat group members
crow about their unsuccesses. However, few artists or photographers
like to brag about their lack of sales.
The other parallel is related to how casinos seem
to multiply across
the country not only in locations but also in physical size. If you've
ever re-visited a casino, you are surprised to see how the facility has
been enlarged.
On-line photo-display websites have proliferated
in the same way on the
Internet. Not only the sites themselves are increasing, but also the
numbers of images available are growing. Some sites boast that they
receive 1,000 new pictures a day. My arithmetic tells me that's 30,000
pictures a month, or nearly 11 million a year.
SOMETHING's GOTTA GIVE.
Of course not all on-line venues receive 1,000 new
pictures a day, but
let's say they receive 100 pictures a day. That 's 3,000 per month, or
36,000 per year. And, let's not forget all of those personal websites
that provide a mini-on-line service to photobuyers.
Now if there were 350 on-line stock photography
websites (which there
are at the time of this writing), contributing 36,000 images per year
to DigitalCasinos, plus all those personal sites, we would have a total
picture count of...well, my pocket calculator can't calculate that high.
Can the storage world of present-day servers
handle these kinds of
numbers of images? If they can't today, we know that some way, somehow,
they will figure out a way tomorrow to meet the expanding nature of
DigitalCasinos.
And why do I say "DigitalCasinos"? Because for a
qualified stock
photographer, it's a big gamble to put talent and labor into an
endeavor where the law of probability is not on your side.
Digital cameras and upscale scanners are driving the number of
available images upwards. Anyone with a quality digital camera and
sensitive eye for imagery and a desire to figure out the technicalities
of uploading images to an on-line website(s), can climb aboard, and
they are doing so in droves. With this on-line proliferation of images,
the Internet has become a big gambling casino.
Why a gamble? Like with any lottery, your chances
are diminished by the
expanding number of entries. It always makes big headlines when a
person wins a lottery. The rest of us dig into our pockets for the next
try. Should this be discouraging to you?
Not if you look at this phenomenon as a purely
artistic endeavor. More
so than ever, specialization becomes a key to escaping the lottery
factor and getting your images published. The specialization aspect is
one that I have preached for thirty years, "Specialize and you will
succeed." Those that listened thirty years ago have built a deep
collection of images, all focused on a few select subject...ones that
they love photographing, and that build equity each time they are out
photographing.
If you're just starting out as a photographer,
forget being all things
to all people. Figure out what area of specialization you enjoy the
most (education, medicine, auto racing, reptiles, skydiving, etc.) and
concentrate on that area. Become a mini-expert. Become a monopoly with
few competitors.
And why is this important? As the Internet expands
and on-line image
sites expand along with it, photobuyers find it more difficult to find
that just-right photo. They no longer wish to surf through hundreds of
nature pictures when they are looking for a photo of, and I'll use a
keyphrase here, 'Tapping Rubber Trees Rugen Island.' Are there many
on-line galleries that can indicate to you the source of that photo?
Only those that have required their contributors to use key phrases to
describe their images.
In the last century, locating a hard-to-find image
was a luxury. Most
researchers settled for "good enough for government-work" - and books
and magazines from that era reflect this. Today, for photo researchers,
Google and other search engines have become a magic wand for finding
that hard-to-find image. Using a word-search feature on their computer,
they are able to sift through hundreds, even thousands of keywords to
locate the source of that exact photo - in just seconds. The laborious
search process of the last century is over. Search engines are teaching
us that finding the exact location of a specialized photo quickly and
easily is only a matter of learning how to do it.
If this new era of stock photography has made
photographers become
pre-press specialists, it has also made photo researchers become
library scientists.
Photographers are unique in their style and
picture content. By
specializing in your photographic interest area or areas, you can
escape the big digital-casino-in-the-sky and become an important
resource to specific photobuyers, who will discover you thanks to
search engines.
About the Author
Rohn Engh, veteran stock
photographer and best-selling author of "Sell &
ReSell Your Photos" and "sellphotos.com,"
has helped scores of photographers launch their careers. To receive
this free report: "8 Steps to Publishing Photos,"
visit his website at PhotoSource International or call 800 624-0266.
This
home business is simple, can be started with just $500 - 1,000 and has
the potential for massive regular profits - in an hour a day or even
less you could be on the way to financial freedom and the best thing
about this business its simple to learn.
Let's look at the advantages of this home business
first and you will
maybe surprised when you learn what it is. Advantages first here they
are:
- Anyone can do it - young, old, male female and a
college education is not required.
- You can learn it in about a month or less part
time and then your ready to trade
- You only need a computer and an internet
connection.
- You don't have an expensive overhead - no staff,
stock or advertising.
- You can run it in around an hour a day.
- You can take breaks or holidays whenever you
want to
- There is never a recession in this business
there are profit opportunities everyday.
And lastly and most importantly!
Let's give you the huge advantage that allows you
to build profits quickly:
- Put up $1,000 and you can get $200,000 to trade
in it no questions
asked and no credit checks required to get this extra money!
So what is this business?
It's buying and selling currencies online
HANG ON A MINUTE! You might thinking - I couldn't
do that - read on and you will change your mind.
Today you can open an account with $500.00 and
when you do your broker
will allow you to trade 200 times what you have in your account. That's
a leverage of 200:1, so 200 x 500 = $100,000! No questions asked, all
you have to do is open an account and put your deposit down.
Leverage of course can work for or against you.
With the right education and mindset you can run
profits, cut losses and pile up big gains.
Can Anyone Learn to Trade? Lets look at an
inspiring example
In 1983 legendary trader Richard Dennis, took a
group of people from
all walks of life, of varying ages of different sexes and varying
educational levels and taught them a trading method in just 14 days -
he then sent them off to trade.
The Result?
They made $100 million for him and went onto
become some of the most famous traders of all time.
The fact is anyone can learn to trade successfully, if they have the
desire and spend sometime doing your homework.
The best way to learn this business is to learn
how to spot repetitive
chart patterns so if you can read a chart you have the potential to be
a trader.
All currencies trend i.e they move in a specific
direction for
sustained period of time. By forex charts your aim is to lock in and
hold these trends for profit and cut your losers quickly and end up
making money over the longer term.
In under an hour a day you could be making big
profits with this method - others have done it and you can to.
Of course, when there is big money to be made its
not simply a walk in
the park - but it's not as hard either you just need to do your
homework
With the rewards on offer for the effort this
business is well worth the effort.
If you have desire and a willingness to learn, you
can become
successful as everything about this business as we have said can be
learned.
So open this home business and in under an hour a
day you could be on
the road to financial freedom, if you have the desire this business can
change your financial future for the better.
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A traditional buy-to-let mortgage is reached by
using the 125%
rent-to-mortgage repayment calculation, but in the current climate this
has made life tougher for buy-to-let owners, so an increasing number of
loans are now based on an income multiple of the landlord's income.
Prior to that lenders began to relax the 125%
rule, first to 115%, and
in some cases to just 100%, while at the same time increasing the
loan-to-value ratio. Industry experts believe that such subsidies for
landlords are not sustainable, and a bubble may be created.
At the beginning of 2007 there were 850,000
buy-to-let mortgages in the
UK, worth £94.8bn. The rise in buy-to-lets continues and with
it, and
the landlords' willingness to subsidise rents, which suggest that they
still believe property to be a good long-term investment - better than
a pension.
The buy-to-let market outperformed the regular
market in 2006, and with
tenant demand said to be strong, rents fairly steady and less void
periods, buy-to-lets are still a popular property investment. Therefore
lenders are still willing to lend for the buy-to-let market with no
penalties.
Rental yields have tightened, yet investors
continue to build
portfolios as they still see a property's increasing capital value as
their main route to profit; rental income is seen only as a means to
cover the mortgage and maintenance of the property. At least 50% of
buy-to-let owners hopr to keep a property for a minimum of 15 years to
reap the benefits of a gain in value.
Salary-based buy
to let mortgage
products for buy-to-let owners are said to be for experiences
landlords, and ideal properties needing renovation. Responsible lenders
say that an investor must have had a buy-to-let and residential
mortgage for the previous 12 months.
With interest rates having risen, rental yields on
the downward slope
and a slowdown in property prices, it is strange to read the figures
from the Council of Mortgage Lenders showing that landlords took out
buy-to-let mortgages in record numbers in the first six months of 2007.
A single piece of bad news might be enough to put
off would-be
buy-to-let investors, but not even all three seem able to deter people.
Instead all up to date data shows that investors are sticking to their
guns, even though they need to subsidise their buy-to-let mortgages
every month.
This might not be as foolish as it seems. The
underlying facts are that
is still a shortage of houses and there will be for several years yet.
House prices may have cooled, but are still going up in many areas, and
many would-be first-time buyers have been priced out of the market, so
they are looking to rent. Most landlords accept that they may not make
big profits month-to-month, but are looking for long-term capital
growth. There are few predictions of a housing price crash; the
forecasts are for a gentle flattening of the curve, which will no doubt
pick up again in a year or two.
Not everywhere has a rosy picture of course, and
some places are seeing
an oversupply of property. In these places landlords do struggle to
find tenants, particularly for new-build flats in some towns and
cities. Auction houses have said that they have noted an increase in
repossessions of those type of properties.
About the Author
An author on a variety of property related
subjects, which include
mortgage rate reviews and detailed analysis of the role mortgage
brokers provide in the current climate.
If you
are in the residential service industry (i.e. painting business, carpet
cleaning, lawn care, etc.) how do you calculate just how much money a
single customer is worth? It's simple once you take the following facts
into consideration:
1.) For one thing local service customers
represent immediate income.
Depending on your type of business, whether it's carpet cleaning,
painting, window washing, etc. your customers are a way to make instant
needed cash. You need to put food on your table and pay bills paid just
like everyone else and there is nothing like immediate income to do it.
2.) Add-ons - one thing nice that adds to your
immediate income is when
customers add on extra work during a job. For example: If you are a
house painter and you are painting their kitchen, they may ask you to
paint the half-bath down the hall. This adds a nice chunk of cash to
your immediate profits.
3.) Customers are a testimony of your good work.
Sometimes a potential
customer will ask you for references. Having plenty of previous
satisfied customers on hand to use as a reference works well. I have
had potential customers say things like "I thought they were your mom
and dad the way they went on and on. They had so many nice things to
say about you!". Wow! Is that a reference or what?!
4.) Your customers can give you lots of great
referrals! Without
intending to brag, I have made thousands of dollars off of single
customers many times over the years. This happens simply from them
referring me to their inner circle of family and friends. Not every
customers will do this but with the ones that do, I can trace 2nd,
third, and even as deep as 6 and 7 generations or levels of new
business all pointing back to one single customer referring me to their
friends and family for painting.
5.) And the fifth way to calculate a customer's
worth is they may call
you back many times to service them again. Many times I start out doing
a job for a customer and then they call me back for a series of other
jobs. I have even had customers give me inside work to do at my
discretion to fill in for rain days painting somewhere else! (How did
they know?)
This is the proper way to know how much money a
single customer is
worth to you. Take all that into consideration and I guess each
customer can be worth thousands and thousands of dollars to you over
the years in your own local service business!
I know this from experience... I'm thinking about
just one customer in
particular right now that over a 10 year span of painting for them,
they have had me back quite a few times. This same customer has also
given me some excellent referrals. I can trace new business 5 and 6
levels deep and probably deeper from just this one painting customer
alone.
That's the exciting thing about owning your own
local business. You get
to meet a lot of fine interesting people. These are really nice people
that have the money to hire you with. And they have lots of friends who
have lots of money to hire you with too! (I call that job security.)
The bottom line is this, if you treat each
customer as if they were
worth a million dollars to you and consider no job as being too small,
they can eventually lead you to some great opportunities to expand your
customer base.
About the Author
Lee Cusano has owned and operated his own
successful painting
business for over 16 years. He has also helped many others to start
their own painting business with his "Paint Like a Pro Estimating and
Advertising CD-ROM".
Lee also offers a free report titled "How To Gain
a High Success Rate For Getting Painting Jobs". To get it go to http://www.Painting-Business.com
Everybody's
talking about the way Google Snatch is dominating search engine
listings, but now there's an even better way. Google Snatch gets back
to the basics of how the search engines work, and in doing so changes
the ground rules. The best thing is that it's based on real value, not
fancy SEO tricks that soon get spotted and you find yourself going from
a high ranking to the bottom of the pile again. The search engines are
not fooled for long.
There's no substitute for quality
If you're prepared to spend a little time and
patience, Google Snatch
will reward you well. Look at your marketing from your customer's
perspective. What is your customer looking for when they use a search
engine? Quality information. They don't want to be 'sold' - they want
to find what they're looking for. Your job is to give it to them.
Go For The Top
You've been taught to hunt out those small niches
that nobody else has
thought of. Why restrict yourself when you can dominate the big market
sectors? You can do this because you are not using fancy tricks, just
good solid content.
Level Playing Field
The Internet is about letting individuals compete
with the major
players on equal terms. At least that's how it used to be. As new
tricks were developed to get to the top of the rankings, the advantage
went to the technocrats and those with the money to pay them. Not any
more - once again it's about how smart you are, not the depth of your
pockets. No matter how much money your competitors spend on Google
Adwords, you can get better results - without paying.
Here's The Future
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To remortgage means to end your current mortgage
and take out a new one - either with your existing provider or with a
new one.
People remortgage for a variety of reasons. These
can be to get a
better interest rate, to get better mortgage conditions, to reduce the
size of your loan, or to increase the size of your loan. It is also
possible to use a remortgage to help consolidate debts that may have
built up elsewhere: credit cards, overdrafts, personal loans.
However much mortgage interest rates hit the
headlines when they're
going up, there is little doubt that mortgage interest rates will be
lower than any other type of loan interest rate. Thus, remortgages can
be a tempting way of putting other debts into one place which is
usually cheaper. However, you will need some equity in your property if
you are to do this, and the loan provider has the security of your home
for his loan if you do not keep up repayments on your new mortgage.
Thus, although a remortgage may seem an easy route to more money or
less debt, you need to be sure of your reasons for doing so. Make sure
you really can afford the repayments (even though they may be cheaper
than combined repayments on other loans). You may also have to pay an
early redemption charge for your existing mortgage is it's a capped,
fixed or discounted rate, or one with a cash back deal. You may have to
pay your existing lender several months' interest to cash in your
existing loan if you're getting such benefits. It may therefore make
better sense to wait until any beneficial deal from your existing
provider ends before you look to remortgage.
You would also be wise to look at any penalties
attached to your new
mortgage. How long will you be tied in for? What's the penalty? Steer
clear of penalty periods that last longer than the deal period. These
will only be applicable, of course, if you pay off your new mortgage
early.
You also need to look out for the end of the deal
you're getting.
Presumably you will be remortgaging to a nice low-interest rate,
affordable product, but what happens at the end of the deal period?
What will the interest rate be then? What options will you have at the
end of the period? You don't want to get stuck on the inevitably high
standard variable rate of your new lender.
Although remortgaging may seem attractive compared
to personal loan
rates, remember that mortgages last for up to 25 years, whereas loans
are usually paid off in five years. So, will a remortgage really end up
cheaper? Over the long term it may actually cost you more. Similarly,
with credit card debt, it is best to pay it off. If you transfer it to
a remortgage deal then you're still left with the debt - albeit cheaper
- but for a longer period.
A remortgages can be an easy way to get some cash.
Many people
remortgage to raise cash, the process being known as 'releasing equity'
from your property. In this way you increase your mortgage to free up
some cash, which you could use for any number of reasons: home
improvements, university fees, a holiday, a new car, or to invest
elsewhere.
To use a remortgage to raise some funds, you could
approach your
existing mortgage lender, but it probably makes sense to shop around
for the best remortgage
deal from a mortgage broker, and take the opportunity to get a lower
interest rate.
Any lender - even your existing one - will need a
valuation of your
property. Remember also that remortgaging is a legal process, so there
will also be legal fees to pay to a solicitor.
About the Author
An author on a variety of property related
subjects, which include
mortgage rate reviews and detailed analysis of the role mortgage
brokers provide in the current climate.
Beating the "I can't sell" syndrome
Generating new sales should be fun but I have found that it's often the
case that business owners are absolutely terrible at selling. They do
have great skills and passion for the product or service that they
provide. However, they are not comfortable in selling with passion!
This mental hurdle has to be overcome as success
depends on the business owner being a great sales person.
If you look at some of the most successful
entrepreneurs, they have
become successful sales people. This does not involve them being pushy
or even having great communication skills. What they have in common is
that they recognise that selling is important to their success and they
have developed the right mindset:
- As an entrepreneur, you are now a professional
salesperson by default.
- It's worth remembering that if you truly have a great product or
service, then you owe it to your customers to sell it to them.
(If your product or service will add value then
you need to communicate
that with confidence and in a strong and passionate way. That way they
will gain the direct benefits and will thank you for them!).
Sell Added Value - ALWAYS!.
Too many businesses in competitive markets get completely hung up on
the price they sell their products or services at. They fear that they
will be undercut on price by their competitors and will lose business
unless they react.
These fears play into the hands of really bad
sales people who close
deals at the price the client has severely negotiated down...even if it
is below cost!
Clients will always try to give the impression
that price is what they
make their decision on. But the truth is far more complex than this.
Good buyers will recognise the value in:
*Quality and reliability of product and service
*Continuity and scalability of supply
*The range of products and services offered
*Flexibility and responsiveness
*Trustworthiness and honesty
A good salesperson will listen to what the client
is telling them in
order to find out what is really important to a client ... and then
sell the added value that can be provided to them through the solutions
offered.
Relationship building
We all believe that extraverts are good sales people because they are
naturally outgoing and able to quickly interact with people. We also
tend to believe that introverts can't communicate and must therefore be
poor sales people.
Not true!!
Extraverts can also be insincere and appear
untrustworthy whilst introverts build trust through their sincerity.
Equally not true!!
And that is the danger of preconceived ideas. I
have found that good
salespeople use their personal characteristics to establish a
relationship with a client. This will occur by different routes and
maybe over a different timeframe. But we are all capable of building
and maintaining positive relationships and if we can do this ... we can
all SELL!
It is not a disaster if a sale is not completed on
the first face to
face meeting. In fact, there are probably at least 7 stages to be
followed in converting a client from initial contact, telephone calls,
emails, face to face meeting, follow up correspondence, further face to
face meeting and so on. On most occasions you should expect a sale will
happen after two or three meetings...in fact as soon as a relationship
has been established. (The process can be speeded up by your ability to
spot and close the deal).
Over time the relationship has to be nurtured and
that means keeping in
touch with clients on a regular basis. This will ensure that future
sales are secured and that you can offer other services or products by
identifying client needs.
Closing the deal
Okay, you have the client on tenterhooks wanting to buy from you
and...fear sets in, your palms start to sweat and your mouth dries up
as you worry whether they will say no...and you wait and you wait
and...suddenly the opportunity is lost. This is not unusual and
particularly so for new businesses where their anxiety about a sale can
become too obvious.
Rejection is part of the selling process - it
happens to everyone. The
key is to accept it and move on to the next opportunity (and try again
on another occasion!).
However, there is no doubt that the high of
completing a deal is
amazing. It is also remarkably easy to achieve, if you have followed a
simple process with the client:
1.Identify the client's need for your product or
service.
2.Agree the need with client.
3.Ensure that you openly identify any objections the client may have,
and then...
4.Agree with the client the solutions that you will put in place to
resolve the objections.
5.This easily rolls onto closing the sale.
The final point, it makes no sense to
believe you cannot sell. All entrepreneurs need to embrace
selling as a route to success.
Don't build barriers blocking off your
future...embrace the challenge and discover what is possible!! You will
not regret it!
About the Author
I have more than 20 years experience working in
corporate life. The
operational and commercial roles that I performed centred on business
transformations within the food, chemicals and print industries across
Europe.
Having discovered and used the secrets of how the
top global companies
achieve success, I now translate this advice for small and medium sized
businesses. Helping them to achieve the success that they want and
deserve.
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