Not all of us have had the luxury of spending the last 20 years to secure our financial future. Most of the time, through no fault of our own, putting aside money for retirement takes a back seat to handling emergencies or schooling for our kids, or simply the daily expenses of life. If you’re looking down the barrel of 65 and you don’t have anything put aside yet for your retirement, don’t worry. It’s never too late to start planning for your retirement. It may take a little extra work, but you can secure your financial future.
Let’s look at one of the best ways to ensure that you’re going to have a steady income coming in after you’ve retired. Millionaires across the world have used this technique for centuries to produce multiple streams of income. When you are no longer reliant on your 401K, or even your social security check, you’ve got a lot more freedom and a lot less worry.
This technique is called debt leveraging. Simply put, you got into a little debt in order to create a new stream of income. One of the easiest ways to illustrate this is through the purchase of a new second property. Let’s say that you find a great deal on a house that is in pretty decent shape. It’s in a good neighborhood and it’s close to good schools. You don’t have the money to buy it outright, but you don’t want to let this chance pass you by.
You can go to the bank to get a mortgage on that property and then start renting it out. Make sure that the monthly rent exceeds your monthly mortgage payment. Now, you’ve got a new stream of income coming in and you’re really not working for it. If you clear an extra $1500 a month, that’s an extra $18,000 a year on top of what you’re already making – and that’s just for one property.
Now, multiply that by a few properties and you’re making enough to really start planning for your retirement. However the key of good debt leverage is to make sure that you are not too heavily invested in one area. You’re going to want to change things up a bit to make sure that if something goes wrong you won’t take a big financial hint.
In addition to that rental property, you could put some of the profits you’re making or even get a new debt loan to put money into a high interest bearing account. Now, you’ve got a second stream of income coming in that will shore up your financial defenses. You can just keep perpetuating this until you are making enough every year to easily put aside quite a bit of money for your retirement. The best part is, this money will continue coming in, even after you’ve left your regular job. The key to a happy and fruitful retirement is having multiple streams of income that keep paying off, even when you’re not working.
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Originally posted 2008-11-30 09:42:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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