is it advisable to make fullsettlemet for my car loan???

currenty the money inside my ASB....

or shud i pay as i am paying it now???every month...

outstanding

RM28,099.80

Remaining Tenure(months) : 53

U need to analyse which cost u more? Return on ASB or the Carloan interest rate, then u will be able to make ur own decision.

how to calcutate the the carloan interest rate for the remaining tenures???

as i was charged 4.3% rates when i signed the HPA loan...

sorry for noob question...

i have 3 cc each around average rm5k usage, which total up rm15k.
i want to clear up the debt by using personal loan, is it advisable to do that ? since i notice each time i paid the amount didnt decrease much at all after a year.

use balance transfer to other bank

u get lower interest charge

what do u mean by use balance transfer and get lower interest charge ?

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Need opinion

Age: turning 27 this year
Just married (Lets not take wifey’s salary into account first, as salary is not very high and have to support her family, sister’s education etc)

Myself:
Take home salary- $6000.00 nett (after all miscellaneous deductions)

Monthly expenditure as below:
Rent- $650.00
Food, groceries, entertainment- $650.00
Utilities (Phone, internetm electric)- $150.00
Petrol- $100.00
Study loan interest free (for the next 20 years)- $400.00

Other expenses (annually)
1) Exams, books and courses (for career advancement)- $3600.00 per year
2) Life insurance/ health/ car insurance- $3400.00 per year
3) Travel- $2800.00 per year (mainly to visit family in KL, also to attend courses/exams overseas)
4) Money for retired mother- $6,000.00 per year

So yearly income about $72,000.00, after expenses around 40,00.00
Save around 30,000 per year.

Apart from study loan,no other debt, car is fully paid for.
Have 80k worth of asset at the moment- mainly in cash, shares, gold

But the thing is, we don’t have our own house. Once we buy a new house (say after buying a 500k house in subang/pj area), after mortgage repayment etc, with kids and so on, financially would be very tight and really difficult to achieve financial freedom.

I’m not sure if I am on the right track. Is this healthy onot.
Your opinion would be much appreciated. Thank you.

My Monthly expenses

Fixed:
Car Loan : 400.00
House Rent :450.00
Utilities(bill current) :200.00
Phone Bills :200.00
Internet :150.00

Variable
Parking :50.00
Petrol car/Bike: 350.00-400.00 (site supervisor)
Food and everyday's expenses (1k-1.2k) monthly <--dont be suprised,im heavy eaters,again i always treat my colleage n workers
Public transporation : None

I'm 23,im a contractor,previously im taking main project,but due to financial issue atm,im taking sub instead.btw,my monthly expenses isnt like my monthly salary,i dont hv any fixed dates when my salary gonna be released,it based on 3/4 months per hits,once government released my payment,thats when my salary released,maybe getting around 40k-70K after workers/staff salaries deduction.

pls guide me how to cut my cost too,thanks

You are pretty much on the right track. For your house you might want to consider a lower priced unit perhaps. You can get pretty good apartments in PJ/Subang area for about 250K-300K. In lieu of your rental you can use it to finance your property for 30 years. That way you do not lose on your savings and can continue to accumulate. If you wish for bigger things, then that is risk you must take.

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Added on February 14, 2011, 7:04 pmYou already know your problem. So act on it.

This post has been edited by gark: Feb 14 2011, 07:05 PM

Hi nanda, perhaps you can cut down ur expenses like below

Ur Monthly expenses

Fixed:
Car Loan : 400.00 (Maintain)
House Rent :450.00 (Rent out some room or find another cheaper house)
Utilities(bill current) :200.00 (Maintain)
Phone Bills :200.00 (Convert to saving plan)
Internet :150.00 (can switch to TM RM66/mth package)

Variable
Parking :50.00 (Maintain)
Petrol car/Bike: 350.00-400.00 (site supervisor) (Maintain)
Food and everyday's expenses (1k-1.2k) monthly <--dont be suprised,im heavy eaters,again i always treat my colleage n workers (May be you should just have to avoid to treat them sometimes

Hope you Have a prosperity year

Need advise.

My friend current salary is almost 3k. Working at rural area. Food paid by company.
He get an offer at city offering him 5k and yet he turned them down after carefully do his budgeting on his monthly expenses.

I advised him to grab the offer as 3k to 5k its alot of increment!
Is working at city requires very high monthly expenses? ><

anyone here experience b4? If salary increase merely by 10-15% its understandable but its over 50% increment!

may be he found a girl she like at his current work place??

i think your friend is just getting too comfortable in his comfort zone. extra rm2k definitely can beat the high living expenses in city. else how do u think those people who earns less than 2k survive in a city...
and the high living expenses, one can control it:
instead of starbucks coffee, why not coffee in office pantry
instead of restaurant western set lunch, why not tepi jalan nasi campur
instead of candle light dinner, why not cook at home
you know what i mean
5k salary can easily save 50%, been there, done that

This post has been edited by property101: Feb 20 2011, 03:35 PM

I think you must cut expenses and also do some part time job .you can see detail from my blog

Nice thread here. I recently just started working.

My nett salary = 2528
Car loan = Already own old waja(no need to pay)
Housing = Live with my parents
Food = 400
Toll = 200
Fuel = 400
Topup = 30
Entertainment = 200
Others = 139(Gym membership)

I need to start save money. Feels like starting with ASB at least. So what is the percentage of my salary that i need to save?

Updated here.

This post has been edited by kingsora: Feb 24 2011, 03:14 PM

you need to list the rest of the details..

fuel for the waja?
entertainment?
handphone bill?
etc.

Listing those out will help us identify what you are capable of saving right now and what you could potentially save.

Where to save is simple enough, create a automatic renewal 1 month FD with 6 months worth of expenses for a rainy day. Everything else goes into ASB until you hit the limit. A lot of people would have different suggestions but I feel this is a generic simple and safe method to follow until you know enough to decide for yourself

How is my financial freedom breakdown?

Salary = RM 3300 (Net Salary is around 2800++)

Petrol = RM 200 to RM 300 (Depends on how frequent i drive my car)
Entertainment = RM 200
Food = RM 600 to RM 700 (eat with my gf and her sister. yes, i usually paid for them both)
Toll = RM 40 to 50
Offering to church = RM 350
Utility bills = RM 400
Phone bill = RM 80 to RM 100
Car = Using my father car
House = Live in my sister house

i think i can left RM 900 for my savings without extra spending. Is it ok for my monthly financial spending?

I update already at the original post bro.

Hi Guys,

I am getting my bonus soon and is currently planning to use the money for investment. (Money help find more money).

I assume my bonus to be around 8k. I would sincerely appreciate if you guys help and suggest the best investments (based on your personal experience) there is currently in the market.

I am a old school type of investor very conservative and skeptical thus I also appreciate if you guys can share the pro's & cons for investment that you suggest.

Thanks in advance for helping out & sharing your opinions and ideas.