Thursday, May 15, 2008

Personal Loans

Personal Loans
Fast cash loans are available to one and all today
irrespective of the credit history, credit rating, scores
etc. In case you require cash for any urgent needs, there
are lots of lenders who will give you money with minimum of
paperwork. Fast cash loans are commonly known as payday
loans. The funds for them are provided to the individual
through cash within minutes of being requested. Fast cash
loans are usually quick and easy to obtain, but they are
often stacked with high interest rates and a number of
other fees. Of course, you can obtain one of these loans if
you wish to.

Such loans are available to borrowers who need small cash
amounts but need it fast. No collateral is required to be
pledged for the loans. These loans are the only loan on the
market that allows you to borrow money for a period of one
to four weeks. Most companies will allow you the privilege
of borrowing up to £1000 over this period, while
other companies may only allow you to borrow £500.
Fast cash loans are a safe way out. The best part is that
even if you have bad, slow or nil credit rating, you can
still get a fast cash loan.

These loans are very popular among the people with bad
credit history. Due to the various credit checks followed
by the other loans bad creditors fails to meet their
expenses.

Logbook loans are best suited for taking a low cost finance
in a very easy manner as the loan is given on the value of
your car or any vehicle logbook. Compare different lenders
before making a deal. Logbook loans are also a good choice
for individuals with bad credit histories since they do not
involve any credit checking. Individuals who are facing
bankruptcy and CCJ's can also apply for the loan. Logbook
loans are appropriate to satisfy loan demands ranging from
£500-£50,000. Depending on the lender and the
vehicle, the amount of logbook loans can stretch to larger
amounts.

Logbook loans can quickly be obtained. This is because
there is minimal assessment of the car involved in the
supply of the loan with approval almost immediately.
Logbook loans are the easiest way to get money by the
lender keeping the logbook as security. Logbook loans are
also preferred for the promptness with which they are
approved. Ideal if the borrower required cash quickly.


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Buying Property in Hua Hin, Thailand.

Buying Property in Hua Hin, Thailand.
Based on my own experience of living and operating an Real
Estate Agency in Hua Hin for nearly 5 years; and having
built my own house and many others for our clients, if I
had to do it all over again, I would most likely recommend
my clients to buy a condo over a house. Why you may ask?

For one, almost all projects I hear about have some sort of
problem along the way i.e. building standard is too low,
workers need more training, the builder is late in
delivering promised results, only 1 month guarantee on
construction, and many more.

But before I present my obviously biased opinion, let's
look at the Pros and Cons of buying a house vs condo.

House:

Pros:
- Larger Living space
- Private Garden
- Pets allowed
- Easier to do Renovations

Cons:
- More remote location
- Can feel less spacious
- Difficulties in transportation
- Slower Re-sale

Condominium:

Pros:
- Likely to be more centrally located
- Can be more spacious even with smaller total area
- Better Security
- Easier Re-sale

Cons:
- No private land or garden
- No private car port
- Possibly noisier
- Actual living space smaller
- No pets
- Restrictions in Renovations

The main obstacle for many foreign buyers is the language
barrier. When you buy a house you are really on your own
unless you have a Thai wife or girlfriend who can do some
translation for you and even then it can be a hurdle to be
understood. The majority of condominiums have staff who can
speak enough English and many of the routine tasks
associated with a home are the responsibility of the
Juristic Person.

If you are planning to buy a house and only live in
Thailand part of the year, you will need to find a property
management company to take care of your garden, pool, pay
bills, cleaning and possibly to rent it out. This is a
higher cost vs maintaining a condo.

If you are looking to get a return on your investment
quickly, condos are much more easily rented out simply
because of the location, support staff in place, security,
and low maintenance costs.

Lastly, the main reason I highly recommend buying a
freehold condominium in Hua Hin is simply, a foreigner can
legally own it 100% vs a house which a foreigner can only
lease the land for 30 years on which the house is built on.
I don't know about you but when I spend a couple of million
baht on a property, I want it to be mine for a much longer
time than 60 years!


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Maddy Barber runs Bangkok (Home) Finder, Bangkok's leading
rental agency which recently opened it's real estate branch
in Hua Hin, Thailand. Search properties for sale and rent
in Hua Hin at
http://www.huahinfinder.com

5 steps to Achieving Property Investing Success

5 steps to Achieving Property Investing Success
It is estimated that well over 90% of the World's richest
people have become wealthy through investing in property.
On top of this, a large proportion of the rest of the
World's richest people, who didn't originally make their
wealth through property investing, now use property
investing as their main investment vehicle to protect their
wealth or increase it further.

This article will teach you 5 steps to property investing
success. After reading it you should have a better
understanding of what it takes to become wealthy through
property and what sort of sacrifices you will have to make
to get there.

1. Make better use of your time. What do you currently
spend most of your time doing? Most people spend the
biggest part of their time either at working or sleeping.
In fact, including the commute to work, many people spend
about 18 hours of every working day doing these activities.
However, what they do with the other 6 hours and what they
do with their days off (assuming they have that luxury) is
what holds the key to their property investing success.

You might do vital things like get time with your family,
but what about things like watching T.V. or playing video
games, or even going down the pub. If you sat down with a
pen and paper and wrote down how much time you spend on
these, none essential activities, you might be surprised at
how much time you are wasting that could be spent doing
other things, such as learning about money making or
actively investing in property. Including the weekends,
many people spend about 18 hours a week, watching T.V. If
you could cut this down to about 5 hours a week, it could
have a massive impact on your life.

Successful people generally don't spend every afternoon,
sat glued to watching Eastenders. Do you really think that
this is how Richard Branson or Philip Green spends their
time?

Cut down on the amount of time you spend doing things that
have no real benefit to your future happiness, and instead
invest this time on more productive activities, such as
learning how to achieve property investing success.

2. Make your money work for you. If you are used to
getting paid an hourly or a daily rate, then the chances
are you are probably not very wealthy. The wealthiest
people in the World do not generally get paid an hourly
rate. They master how to get their money to work for them
so that even while they are sleeping they are accumulating
wealth. This is perhaps the most important thing you can
learn to get yourself out of the rat race and into the life
you desire.

3. Set goals. Setting goals is crucial to your success.
If you don't set goals you will be aimlessly wondering
through life. There is a small chance you might be
successful, but if you set goals you are much more likely
to be even more successful. You need to plan where you
want to go and what you want to do. On top of this you
need to understand why you want to achieve what you want to
achieve.

4. Strategy. Setting you goals will set out what you want
to achieve, but planning your strategy will tell you
exactly, HOW you are going to achieve it. Goals are
useless without a strategy of how to achieve them. When
you plan your strategy you need to plan down to the nth
degree and have back up plans that will mean if something
unforeseen happens, you can still overcome it and meet your
goals.

5. Mix with the right people. This can be online through
property forums or in person at property networking events
or any other way you can think of. It is vital to your
investing success that you mix with people that have
similar goals to you and/or that have already achieved what
you want to achieve. You might find that most of your
friends tell you that there is no longer money in property
and to give it up. The only way you are going to be able
to continue to believe in the face of negativity from those
who care for you is if you have proof around you of those
that have succeeded and continue to do so.

It still is, and perhaps always will be, possible to
achieve property investing success. This success is
available to anyone who is prepared to follow the steps and
make the sacrifices today that will insure their future
tomorrow.


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Carlton Johnson, is a well known author and webmaster who
specialises in helping people achieve financial freedom
through property investing. To learn more about how to
achieve property investing success visit the
http://www.investment-property-guru.com website