It is likely that you think of a number of things when you hear the words real estate investing. You likely leap to real estate investing as real estate portfolios and real estate retirement plans, and then you may expand to thinking of short sales, bulk reo investing or virtual real estate investing. You probably [...]

Imagine this scenario – you have received a windfall of $25,000, and you know you should invest for the future. Before you sign up and sign away that money, ask yourself this question – if you’re living paycheck to paycheck with high interest credit card companies hounding you via letter, telephone and via ninja agents pounding on your door, is it a good time to start investing? The answer is obvious, “Of course not!”

One old expression claims that if you don’t break a dollar, you won’t spend it. And it’s true, especially when it comes to larger denominations of money. Many people find it easier to spend smaller amounts of money, thinking that they will save money since they are not spending a lot at once. In the end, though, they spend a lot anyhow. Controlling those small purchases, however, is one great way to save a substantially large amount of money. Think about how you can do it.