Financial Responsibility <was: Halt Piano Work!>

Robert Goodale rrg@unlv.nevada.edu
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:20:10 -0700


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Zero debt of any kind other than the mortgage, (which we over-pay every =
month on a 15 yr fixed).  All this while building a 2,000 SqFt piano =
restoration shop with cash.  Nope, NOT Mr. Money bags here.  Just =
learned young that debt is a very bad thing and you really can work =
miracles if you save, invest, save, invest, save, and burn all credit =
cards.  Of course it requires working 14 hrs a day and some occasional =
side deals buying and selling pianos.  Don't have much of a life =
though!!  Hopefully that will begin to change in another couple years or =
so.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Clyde Hollinger=20
  To: Pianotech=20

  I heard a financial advisor tell the story of trying to help a client =
with $600,000 of consumer debt.  Through an unexpected turn of events, =
she now had to get by on an income of only a million per year.  Could =
*you* be debt-free if you made so little money?!  On the other hand, =
neighbors of mine keep their bills paid living on social security of =
$900/month.=20
  Some people definitely live in poverty, but for the rest of us, it's =
not how much we make; it's learning and applying good money management.  =
I understand the average household continuously pays interest on =
$7,000-$9,000 of credit card debt.  That's about $1,000 of after-tax =
money down the tube, year after year after year....  Yes, I was there, =
for a brief time many years ago, but not anymore.  You can escape.=20

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