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Using Debt Consolidation To Advantage |
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Submitted by Cheryl Adams
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In many instances debt consolidation carries a negative connotation. Viewed from a different perspective debt consolidation can be a very positive investment strategy that not only puts existing debts into a more manageable form but allows for positive investing.
Using several positive debt consolidation strategies can and will set your financial future up for long term success.
Using secured asset loans
Equity is one of the better ways to access investment and debt consolidation opportunities. The amount of money that has been paid toward an existing secured loan is capital waiting to be accessed for more lucrative investing strategies.
Depending on the increase in value of the secured loan collateral, the amount of capital available from an equity loan can be quite a bit more than the actual amount paid toward the original value of the secured collateral. Using this increase in value can let you take a loan against it for not only debt consolidation but for purchase of other investments.
Combining debt consolidation and investments
If an investment is part of your overall financial plan for an equity loan, perhaps a second home or piece of investment property is desired. Instead of increasing the number of bills coming to your primary residence, with the acquisition of a new investment, including a debt consolidation aspect to the overall plan can be a wise move.
Using a debt consolidation move with an investment angle will reduce the amount of interest you may be paying on bills, unsecured loans or credit cards while allowing you to make smaller, if any, payments as they may appear. In an ideal world you might be able to just file the statement away without having to make any payment or, possibly, just quarterly tax and utility payments. Ultimately this frees capital for investment.
Planning for the future
Planning for the future with a debt consolidation component included may be the way to go for retirement. Using the extra money generated from a debt consolidation move could allow you to finance the next stage of your life, at an inflation adjusted rate. As the name “investment vehicle” may imply the costs associated with an investment today will, in all likelihood, be quite a bit less then those same costs down the road. Consolidation is just a sensible way to tap into that sensibility.
Looking forward
When people think about debt consolidation they are looking backward at the financial choices they have made. This is not how consolidation should be thought about. If one were to think in a positive frame of thought, consolidation is best used as an access point for capital. It is just a different way to use the capital that you have saved. In the strictest sense what you are doing is using the length of the term to advantage. You are using current dollars for future rewards in future dollars. Thinking about it in these terms allows you to fully realize what the word investment means. Don’t let your dollars sit around in today’s dollars let them work in building value in future dollars.
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