Einstein was right (not for the first time in his life)
about compound interest. It is indeed the most powerful force in the universe.

Unfortunately though, most people are suffering from this
force. A few days ago I posted a blog
entry entitled How long will it take me to pay off my credit cards. This blog
entry used an example of a person with a 5000 credit card making minimum
payments every month.

The result was astounding it would take 69 years (and
20,850 in repayments) to reduce the balance from 5000 to 100

This just shows the power of compound interest being used on
a daily basis by the banks & credit card companies.

However; there are people in the world that use Compound
interest in their favour.

I was recently introduced to a private members Investment club
where they achieve over 45% per annum return on investment. I am still
undertaking my own due diligence prior to working with them but so far the
figures seem to stack up.

So, I decided to do a few calculations just to illustrate
the power of compound interest and the results were amazing

For example; if you were to invest 500 per month (many
people that I speak to about their debts pay more than this each month in
credit card interest alone) in a fund that grew at 45% per annum, in a 10year
period you would have invested 60,000

This 60,000 will grow over this 10year period to a
staggering 1,133,000 (over 1million)

So, if you could find a way to reduce your monthly outgoings
by 500 and then find an investment vehicle to invest the money saved into In
10years, youd be a millionaire

As I said earlier Einstein was definitely right, Compound
interest is the most powerful force in the universe

Individual Voluntary Arrangements The Advantages

IVAs dont suit everybody, but for those who do meet the criteria, the benefits are fantastic:

• You can legally write off up to 75% of your debt.

• You can reduce your monthly repayments by calculating how much you can afford to repay each month & then make just one affordable repayment.

• You can stop all your creditors, debt collection agencies & bailiifs hassling you (your Insolvency practitoner will take care of all this).

• You can avoid Bankruptcy.

Example Scenario:

Tony has 125,000 worth of Debt including 5 credit card debts, 1 personal loan, income tax debts & business debts (with personal guarantees). He also owns his family home which has a current open market value of 200,000 with an outstanding mortgage of 175,000.

Tonys monthly debt repayments (credit cards, personal loans etc) currently amount to 1200 per month but he is currently living off his credit cards to enable him to stay on top of these repayments he is basically robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Tony has been approached by a Company who claim they can write off all his debts for a fee of 1800. Tony has correctly stated that even if they are successful (which is a gamble in itself) he will still have his tax debts & business debts to worry about, so there really is no point (Nice try though, eh)

Tony has a monthly income of 2500 (after allowance for tax) and monthly expenses of 2225 (without the above debt repayments).
Tony has entered into an IVA that protects his family home by selling the equity in the house to his Mother & Father for 15000 (using a realistic immediate sale value, less costs) & paying just 275 per month for 5 years.

Tony has therefore cleared all his 125,000 debts by paying only 31,500 & reduced his monthly debt repayments from 1200 to 275.

Tony is a very happy man

IVA Services
Entering into an IVA can be very daunting, thats why I provide the following services, entirely Free of charge to all my clients:

• Initial Free assessment to ensure an IVA is the right debt solution for you & your circumstances.

• Preparation of your Income & expenditure account.

• Preparation of additional financial statements, including cash flow forecasts, budgets and forecasted Profit & Loss accounts where required.

• Advice on saving your family home in an IVA.

• Attendance at meetings; the IVA meetings themselves can often be quite daunting, if necessary I will attend your IVA meetings with you to advise & assist you through the process.

Call me now on 0800 533 5370 for further details of IVAs & how they can solve your debt problems.