{"id":16318,"date":"2014-04-07T05:54:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T09:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianbudgetbinder.com\/?p=16318"},"modified":"2025-02-12T10:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:08:45","slug":"amortization-schedule-net-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalskyweb.co\/canadianbudgetbinder.com\/2014\/04\/07\/amortization-schedule-net-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"Our mortgage amortization schedule is going in the bin: March 2014 Net Worth Update (+0.75%)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NO SWIFFER NEEDED JUST A FIRE PIT<\/span><\/h2>\n

Yes, that’s right no more checking the amortization schedule on our mortgage to see how far we have come and costs involved with our mortgage. <\/em><\/p>\n

The time is very near where we start the fire and light up those mortgage papers to say good-bye and good riddance.<\/p>\n

Although the last few months of our budget have been filled with unexpected expenses<\/a> we are still on target to say goodbye to our mortgage, for good.<\/p>\n

Next months Net Worth update should be titled, Mortgage free at last…. or something to that effect lol. It’s been a long 5 years in this house but it was worth the sacrifices of using the budget<\/a> (which is free if you want to download it) to save the money for all the necessities we’ve needed so we can be mortgage free before 40 years of age.<\/p>\n

Although we’ve had the money for close to a year to pay the mortgage the exchange rate for the UK is at an all-time high since I moved to Canada back a few years ago now.<\/p>\n

I’m pulling the money I have over there while I can. The last thing I want is to lose thousands more dollars because something happens with the exchange rate which to me is just as risky as investing your money.<\/p>\n

Sure back in early 2007 my money was worth well over double when I came to Canada and I was loving every minute of it. Don’t let that excitement get you too cozy though because what goes up will come down and that is what we learned. Even though we’ve lost money since then and learned lessons along the way we know now that we still made the right decisions to wait it out.<\/p>\n

I won’t get too much into it as I’ll save the juicy details for next months post.<\/p>\n

We have a buyer<\/span><\/h2>\n

The interesting news for this month is that we received a letter from a real estate agent who has buyers for our home. I guess all my fancy landscaping and outside maintenance really does look swanky. See, landscaping on a budget<\/a> can be done and impress even strangers into wanting to buy your home even if they haven’t been in it.<\/p>\n

We’re not too surprised since we live in a sought-after area and our street is compiled of affordable family homes for most younger couples. The agent wants to bring the couple through our home for a private viewing to make sure the inside is as nice as the outside but it’s not finished yet.<\/p>\n

We are upgrading pretty much everything and so far it looks 100x better than what we bought it for but with minimal investment. Keeping your house clean, fresh and updated doesn’t have to cost lots but when you get into the realms of renovations you need cash to do it.<\/p>\n

We bought the house for less than market value so we have plenty of room for improvements. It’s great the way it is now with bits to take care of inside but we want to modernize it and finish off the basement.<\/p>\n

Remember when I talked about buying the big house<\/a> the other day and how it’s difficult to sell it sometimes because of a limited market well this is what I mean. It’s great when you own a home that you can sell fast because it’s affordable and well-kept but too bad for their clients as we aren’t ready to sell.<\/p>\n

I was chatting with one of my Facebook fans the other day and told her that just to get some of the desired features in a home that we don’t have which we can really live without i.e. bigger property, walk-out basement, larger upper level it would cost us about $200,000- $300,000 more dollars on top of what we get for selling this house to pay cash for a newer bigger home in our city.<\/p>\n

So just for a few extra hundred square feet in a home that is updated top to bottom we would be paying out the nose and having to look at another dreaded mortgage amortization schedule. No thanks, we’ll just stay right here.<\/p>\n

The only way we will move is if you want our house so bad you’ll pay us double… how’s that for a deal! lol..<\/p>\n

Amortization schedule<\/span><\/h2>\n

What is an amortization schedule anyways? I’ll tell you in my lame terms so maybe it will make some sense as mortgage jargon for some can get tricky. Don’t say you haven’t trusted someone and just signed on the dotted line.<\/p>\n

An amortization calculator is basically a home cost calculator or what your mortgage will cost you over the life of the term or mortgage you have set up with your bank or broker. The calculator you can find free all over the internet and just about every mortgage company offers one for their clients.<\/p>\n

You can enter in all your mortgage information and it will give you an amortization schedule which shares with you how long and painful a journey it is to pay off a mortgage when you pay month after month.<\/p>\n

You can see how much principle you have or will pay off and of course the dreaded interest that is enough to make anyone bury their head. Mind you mortgage interest rates have been at an all-time low for years now so we can’t complain too much.<\/p>\n

I’m sure many of you who owned a home with a mortgage back in the 80’s could share a horror store or two about how high the mortgage interest rates were back then.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t want to look at my amortization schedule back then it would scare me but not deter me from working hard and doing whatever we could to pay off the mortgage as soon as we can.<\/p>\n

Sure there are some of you that would never pay off your mortgage because you are investing gurus and you know, that’s great. Some people just don’t know how to invest or want to take risks with their money in hopes they score a return higher than what their mortgage interest rate is.<\/p>\n

No one can tell me that they know what the crystal ball will of investing will provide day after day, month after month as it’s based on stats and hope that it gets better hence more returns for the investor.<\/p>\n

Many people have been successful that way and hopefully one day that will be us but until we learn more about investing we’ll stick to what we know and that is our mortgage costs us money.<\/p>\n

How often do you check your amortization schedule and make changes to speed up the mortgage pay-down process? Do you pay a chunk of you mortgage in bulk each year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Understanding net worth<\/span><\/h2>\n

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What Does\u00a0Individual Net Worth\u00a0Mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Net Worth<\/strong> is a snap shot of your financial health sort of like a picture or debt to net assets. In simple terms it\u2019s a\u00a0total of the value of your assets minus your liabilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Determining net worth<\/span><\/h2>\n

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How to Determine Net Worth?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Net Worth = Assets \u2013 Liabilities\u00a0<\/strong>
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Figuring out net worth is fairly easy as long as you know your personal numbers or monthly finances.<\/p>\n

Net Worth is simply\u00a0adding up all your assets<\/strong>\u00a0(what you own) then\u00a0taking away your liabilities<\/strong>\u00a0(what you owe) which will give you a net worth number.<\/p>\n

Understanding your net worth will help you determine if you are on track to meeting or beating your personal financial goals. It\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0get any easier than that.<\/p>\n

Do you know how to calculate your own Net Worth?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now you can stop asking yourself the question, how do you find out your net worth? Why? It\u2019s easy to determine.<\/p>\n

Why not go ahead and\u00a0calculate your own using our Free Money saving Tool\u00a0Net worth Calculator (Canadian Budget Binder 2012)<\/a><\/p>\n

Goals<\/span><\/h2>\n

Below are our 2014 target goals<\/strong> some of which are the same from 2013 and many which are new for 2014. I don\u2019t like to move on to new goals if I have other goals that are unfinished but I also like breathing room and play time if you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

I hope by posting them each month it motivates me like it has this past year to get stuff done and reach our target<\/strong> goals with some form of ease although nothing in life is that simple.<\/p>\n

I find it\u2019s much easier to be held accountable when I share what we need to do with all of you.<\/p>\n

Do you set goals for the year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our short-term goals 2014<\/span><\/h2>\n

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