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Premium Finance - AROUND 94% OF PEOPLE END UP BROKE

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Why is it that most people have either never heard of, or choose to ignore the famous 5 Laws of Gold.? The laws are thousands of years old and are based on such sound logic that it amazes me that people just don’t follow them.
At Premium Finance we are constantly reminded when we look at population demographics that by the age of 65, the general age of retirement, most people are actually broke. Sure, they may own their family home and be debt free, but they have no income to speak of because they chose to live for the moment rather than looking ahead into the future with a balanced lifestyle.
Many people with their home paid off are suddenly forced to sell the home they spent a lifetime acquiring just to downgrade so they now have some money to live on. What’s the point?
Only 5-6% of the population are actually in a reasonably self funded financial position, and it is always the same story when we ask people what they think about these people and they reply “Yeah, but they were lucky”. What a load of garbage, luck had nothing to do with it. The people that made it, did so because at some point in their lives they made the decision to do something about it, not just walk around complaining about those that have money.
Every day I work with my clients at Premium Finance to help design and implement a strategy tailored to their own personal position. Most of those people are suddenly quite amazed once they discover that they can actually make a difference in their lives with very simple strategies. I see their eyes light up and then simply wonder why they had not done it years earlier. Remember, time can never be replaced, so act while you can before it becomes too late.
Be part of the 5%, not the 95%, it’s just a choice.
Bye for now.
Paul

THE FIVE LAWS OF GOLD – Premium Finance Services

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

1) “Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family.” –
a) How much simpler can it get? ALWAYS PUT ASIDE 10%. Never say I won’t do it this week, I’ll just double it next week. That’s a formula for disaster. Here at Premium Finance we will show you how to take that 10% and make it work by utilising Law number 2 below. You earned the money, why shouldn’t you take your money out first before paying everybody else in life.
2) “Gold laboreth diligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds for it profitable employment, multiplying even as the flocks of the field.” –
a) YOUR MONEY SHOULD ALWAYS EARN INTEREST. Always be aware of what all your money is doing at all times. Taking your 10% from Law number 1 and making it grow with compound interest is the most basic of wealth creating principles. The great Albert Einstein once made the comment that “Compounding interest is the eighth wonder of the world”. I’m pretty sure that we should place at least some credibility in the thought of that amazing gentleman.
3) “Gold clingeth to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of men wise in its handling.” –
a) DO NOT TAKE INVESTMENT FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO EXPERIENCE OR KNOWLEDGE IN THE MATTER. At Premium Finance we also obey this rule by using the highest experienced people in providing us with the right information to help us in making the right decisions. Professionals need to be used, whether it’s the doctor the dentist or the candle stick maker. You are good at whatever you do, so take the services of people good at what they do.
4) “Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep.” –
a) NEVER PLACE YOUR MONEY INTO THINGS YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT. Listen to those from Law number 3 and you will gain the knowledge to move forward in the right direction. If you don’t understand it, then don’t do it.
5) “Gold flees from the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who follow the alluring advice of tricksters and schemers or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investment.” –
a) SAFE INVESTMENT ALWAYS PAYS OFF BETTER THAN RISK. Don’t chase the quick buck, it doesn’t exist. If you are looking for overnight returns then head off to the Casino and chuck it on the roulette wheel. TIME is the ultimate resource that is irreplaceable and time is your best friend if you are doing something, but your worst enemy if you are doing nothing. Let’s face it, if you aren’t moving forward then you are moving backward, there is no status quo where your financial future is involved. At Premium Finance we show people how to create, maintain, and expand on a long term 10 – 15 year strategy that will reap rewards.

WHY SHOULD I INVEST? – Premium Finance Services

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Investing is a word that many people hear mentioned a lot but don’t really have any concept of how to go about it, The usual wive’s tales of property is better than shares or shares is better than property are bandied about by people that have a vested interest in one or the other. The truth is they both work the same.

Premium Finance will show clients that both property and shares follow a very general rule of thumb, that your asset value will double every 7 – 10 years. If we look historically into the past we can see that both have actually gone closer to tripling every 10 years than doubling. Therefore a $100K asset today should realistically be worth between $200 - 300K in the next 10 years.

So the bottom line is to ask yourself one simple question – Do I believe it?
There are 2 possible answers:
1. I believe it might be possible so I will become an investor and possibly reap the rewards.
2. I don’t believe it will happen so I will do nothing and stay broke.

The choice is completely yours, but here is the bottom line. Premium Finance can help you take belief answer number one, and build towards your future, and yes, there is a price to be paid, but do you pay a small price now to be self funded in retirement or pay the huge price later and live a retirement of despair and frustration.

I and Premium Finance would love to work through it with you and pick an appropriate path.

To the Future
Paul

HOW TO BUILD FOR RETIREMENT – Premium Finance Services

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Everyone asks the question but very few people are prepared to do what it takes to make it all happen, Wealth does not come to you by itself, you have to actually do something to attract it. Maybe you could invest in the Lotto and make millions – ha ha – just joking.

At Premium Finance we talk a lot about the power of compounding, the art of earning interest on top of interest. It was once stated by Albert Einstein, that “Compounding interest was the eighth wonder of the world”.

That said, how does it really work? Here is a challenge. Imagine taking $20 per week and having that $20 compound on itself. Keep contributing for 40 years and what would you have at the end.

Well, you will have contributed $41,200 over the 40 years, but your investment would now be worth in excess of $555,000 not a bad return eh? That’s what compounding is. Now Premium Finance takes that same concept and helps you to leverage yourself into high value assets to start with and the compounding doesn’t start at zero, it starts from the value of the asset.

Let’s say you leveraged into a $100,000 asset from the start and that asset compounded by the same amount as your $20. Over the same 40 years your asset value will have increased to an incredible $4.5 Million. Now that is what I call compounding.

The all important rule: Leverage.
You won’t get rich with your own money but you will when you use other peoples money. Ever heard the saying “Getting rich with other people’s money”, yeah. you get it from a bank. Premium Finance is happy to show you how it is done and you don’t need to be wealthy to get started.

All the Best
Paul

BAD DEBT STRANGLES PEOPLE – Premium Finance Services

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Here at Premium Finance Services we constantly come across the bad debt scenario that is taking a strangle hold on people and making them think that there is nothing they can do about it – they couldn’t be further from the truth.

Proper structuring and cashflow management strategies can free up anyone from the dilemma that is facing 95 % of the population today. Too many times people are accepting that they live in a credit driven society and allow the banks to throw very expensive money at them, which in many cases, take decades to repay or forces people into bankruptcy.

A Premium Finance client recently came in to see me to desperately fix their problem. And when I say problem it was a big one, over $100K in credit card debts alone over many multiple cards. This alone was costing them around $3,000 per month just in minimum payment requirements.

A full restructure and consolidation process allowed these clients to breath again, start to see a future for themselves, and also start their investment strategy to build towards a secure retirement.

Premium Finance wealth strategies are helping people everyday and I continue to get great personal satisfaction in being able to assist these people and get them on the right path for the future.

Catch you next time
Paul

WHAT DOES OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM CREATE? – Premium Finance Services

Friday, October 30th, 2009

This one is a centuries old question and before we can really deal with it we need to get an understanding of what it was really created for in the beginning.

My role at Premium Finance allows me to re-educate people into a different mindset allowing them to then move on in their lives and start to really create some wealth strategies that see their futures provided for with a self funded retirement.

In understanding the purpose of education we need to go back to the pre industrial revolution era. Back then education was an absolute privilege that was only available to the super wealthy. There was no education system for the working class people and that was the way the wealthy wanted to keep it.

However along came the Industrial Revolution and thousands of people moved from working on the land to working in factories and offices. To enable these people to get their job done a certain amount of education was needed, the old 3 R’s came in to play, reading, writing, and arithmetic.

This system was created specifically by the wealthy to create good employees, nothing more. And if we take a close look at today’s system, nothing has changed, the establishment just wants to create good employees. Do you ever recall being taught anything at all in school about how to become wealthy.

The Premium Finance re-education process deals with this and gives our clients a whole new mindset in how to start developing wealth for their futures. Premium Finance has a large client base of people that just keep coming back to us again and again.

You could be next.
Cheers
Paul

Why Superannuation?

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Now the following is just my opinion and not to be considered advice of any kind, or representative of the policies of Premium Finance, but do soak it up.

The 1980’s saw a strong socialist style government that started to look forward 20 years or so and something quite astounding became apparent.  The baby boomers were approaching retirement.  This at close review brought about a massive problem.  Inspect the following and make your own observations, but here are mine.

The Baby Boomers grew up from a family environment that generally stemmed from 4,5 or 6 kids.  Those X generation kids then went to start their own families of 1,2, or 3 kids.  Those Y Generation kids are now moving into the none to 2 kids environment.  Now rocket science does not play a part in this because obviously there is now more people leaving the workforce than entering it at the bottom end, so where are the taxes going to come from to give pensions to those baby boomers, the numbers don’t add up any more.

Hence, along came compulsory superannuation, very small in the beginning but now 9%, but only contributed from the employer, nothing compulsory from the employee.
If you retire at 60 and live to 80 with a massive $500.000 of super will you be sitting pretty for your retirement?  No way Jose.  Think about it and do the sums.  If you are lucky you might receive $25-30K per annum, but just a little more than the pension.

So the government of the 80’s wasn’t so crazy after all.  They created a system where the employer now paid the pension rather than the government.  However, how many people will have $500K of super, very few.  Most will be lucky to have $200K and that means if they get $15K from super, then the government only has to tip in another $10K rather than the whole $25K.

Well that’s it from me.  Premium Finance has my vote when it comes to giving people other opportunities rather than just relying on Superannuation.
Catch you next time
Paul

The facts are by the age of 65, of 100 25 year olds will be……

Monday, July 20th, 2009

One of the amazing things that keeps cropping up here at Premium Finance Services is when clients come in and let on about who they give credence to when it comes to taking advice.

Let’s take a closer look at the obvious.

So many people always try to find a reason to delay making sound financial decisions.  Many times the effects of procrastination lead them to never making those sound financial decisions at all.  I need to talk to my mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, neighbour, work mate or boss.

What vested interest do any of those people have in your own financial future?

Amazingly we continue to place value on the opinions of others before trusting our own gut instincts.

How many of the people we confide in are actually within the 5% of the population that are self funded and have substantial real wealth.  Instead we ask advice of people close to us that have made all the same stupid mistakes that the rest of the 95% of the population have made that had lead further from a sound financial retirement than closer to it.

Why are we asking the poor how to be wealthy?
Why are we paying attention to all the people that will be struggling in retirement?
Why do we place more emphasis on their opinions rather than cold hard facts.

The facts are by the age of 65, of 100 25 year olds:
59 will be broke with nothing
24 will be dead
11 will be with home and debt free, but with no discernible income
5 will be self funded

1 will be wealthy

Now you don’t need to be Einstein to decide who of the 100 you should be talking to.
Don’t just think about it, Act on it.  Premium Finances can definitely help and is.

Cheers for now.

Paul

Client Satisfaction

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Welcome to all, and this week was extremely satisfying on a personal note.

Seeing clients eyes light up when they discover that they can improve their financial position and realise that it is a lot simpler than they ever expected is always a buzz.

But, when the clients call the Premium Finance office months later and emotionally offer their thanks and gratitude for taking their hand and guiding them through the process of discovery, it really warms the heart.  These clients were extremely thankful that I was there as promised to help them through any situations that might arise.  When they had financial queries that their own bank had trouble explaining, they called me and within hours their understanding was complete.  Dotted the I’s and crossed the T’s as they say.

They thanked me for my obvious high ethics, integrity and honesty in dealing with their situation “their exact words”.

Every once in a while people will show their gratitude in direct conversation and when those days arrive it makes all the long hours worthwhile. Well, time to head home, so will call it a day for this weeks blog.

Paul

Structure is so Important!

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Another week goes at Premium Finance and another very happy client passes through my doors.  Had a client this week that had a very messy banking and mortgage structure that had been set up by their existing financial planner.  Unfortunately the structure did absolutely nothing towards helping the client clear their bad debt mortgage any sooner.

After analysing their situation I was able to look at doing a re-structure for them that would now have them owning their family home in just 7 years compared to their existing structure which was going to take them a total of 16 years.   With an approved loan monitoring system they can also track how their debt reduction program is working for them, and be informed immediately when they have a had a blow our month.  that way they can adjust their spending the next month to make up for it.

These people indicated that they were expecting to retire in 12 years but realised this was not going to happen if they still had a mortgage that was going to take them 16 years.  Now they are able to retire as planned and also set up an retirement investment strategy that could conceivably see them still retire within their 12 year plan.  Needles to say, these clients were ecstatic with what I was able to achieve for them in a re-structuring program.

Until next week, have a great week, and as Mr Spock would say “Live Long and Prosper”.

Paul