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In Malaysia, everybody knows what MLM is. It stands for Multi Level Marketing. How this business influences Malaysian people?...including me.

Since I first start working in 2003, until before I get married, my salary was just good enough for me. Even I can't save much, but I still could make some saving. But it changed after I get married. My commitments were become different. There were a lot of things that we need when we are in a family. Then I realized that my current salary is not good enough for us to get better life. So what we did?

I started looking for side income. But I couldn't do part time job at that time. I was an Engineer at one of Semiconductor Company in Kuala Langat. I always turn back late, even without OT...too bad huh!...but that was my first job...biasala, semangat lebih...haha.

So what we could do to get side income is by doing MLM. No need huge modal, with less than RM100, you can become a member. I joined few MLM...start from Elken, Amway, Network 21, and then Uptrend. The last one was JAI...most people said JAI is not MLM, but now the company's account has been frozen by Bank Negara and charged illegal. I heard the company has been charged because they doing MLM business without a proper license. So now I considered JAI as MLM too.

What we get after few years with MLM? We lost our time, we lost few k especially with JAI, but we got a good lesson. In fact, none of my uplines in each MLM are really success with MLM after few years. Its not easy as what they keep said to me huh. Now I really 100% don't believe with MLM or any other business that similar with it.

What I'm doing now? I'm doing financial planning, and hope can share with you guys how I clearing my debts. To be continue...

As I’m sure you all already know by now, IndyMac bank was seized by the FDIC yesterday as a run on deposits caused by panic over the failure of the mortgage arm of the company and comments released to the media by Senator Schumer about the bank’s ability to survive.

IndyMac is the largest bank failure to date amidst the subprime induced (but hardly contained) credit crisis.  While many will blame Senator Schumer for the bank’s failure, I submit that he was merely the straw.  Poor underwriting guidelines, reckless loan programs, and the inability of the bank to make money and securitize mortgages as investor appetite changed quickly were the real culprits.  To put the blame on one letter is to minimize the poor decisions and governance of the bank itself.

From Inman News on the collapse:

The FDIC said it will transfer insured deposits and “substantially all the assets” of IndyMac Bank, to a newly created successor, IndyMac Federal Bank, which will be operated by the FDIC.

Insured depositors and borrowers will automatically become customers of IndyMac Federal, FSB and will continue to have uninterrupted customer service and access to their funds by ATM, debit cards and writing checks. Depositors of IndyMac Federal Bank FSB will have no access to online and phone banking services this weekend, but will regain access to them on Monday.

IndyMac was one of the nation’s largest independent mortgage lenders, and had been hard hit by delinquencies and foreclosures. Parent company IndyMac Bancorp Inc. announced Monday that it was no longer considered “well capitalized” by regulators and had stopped making most mortgage loans (see story).

In a statement, OTS Director John Reich said the immediate cause of the closing of IndyMac Bank FSB was a run on deposits that began when a June 26 letter Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., sent to federal bank regulators voicing concerns about the thrift’s “financial deterioration” was made public. Schumer said IndyMac posed “significant risks to both taxpayers and borrowers” (see story).

In the 11 business days following the public release the letter, Reich said depositors withdrew more than $1.3 billion from their accounts.

“This institution failed today due to a liquidity crisis,” Reich said. “Although this institution was already in distress, I am troubled by any interference in the regulatory process.”

More IndyMac coverage here, here, here. My original IndyMac article.

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There are 3 types of educations.

Scholastic Education

This education teaches us to read, write and do math. It is very important education.

Professional Education

This education teaches you how to work for money. Such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, plumbers, and electricians, automobile mechanics.

Financial Education

This is the education where you learn to have money work for you rather than you work for money. Have you heard a person paid more than RM10k per month, but do not have saving? Doesn't matter how much you earn every month, but how you can manage your financial, and how much you could save. And this third education is not taught in most schools, colleagues or universities. So where you can have this education? The answer is read a book, get advise from financial planner...or read this blog.

Sebelum aku berjinak dengan perancang kewanganan, biasanya aku akan panggil orang yang pakai kerata besar, rumah besar itu orang kaya. Atau yang gaji 5 angka dan keatas. Tapi sekarang tidak lagi.

Tak kira berapa gaji seseorang itu, atau apa yang dia ada, samaada kereta besar, rumah besar, tapi kalau mereka juga mempunyai bebanan hutang seperti gadaian, pinjaman kereta atau kad kredit yang tak pernah langsai, mereka adalah sama sahaja seperti yang berpendapatan rendah.

Kekayaan adalah nilai bersih anda. Jika nilai keluar adalah sama atau melebihi nilai masuk, bagaimana anda dapat mengumpulkan kekayaan.

Mungkin anda akan berkata, "saya beli kereta BMW 3 series sebab saya mampu membelinya dengan gaji sekarang"...ok, fine..anda bergaji besar. Tapi anda tetap membayarnya setiap bulan bukan kan? Mungkin selama 7 hingga 9 tahun. Dan dengan pembelian BMW itu, peruntukan untuk simpanan sudah tiada...sama seperti masa anda bergaji kecil dan hanya memakai Proton Wira. Tanpa simpanan, bagaimana anda ingan mengumpulkan kekayaan?

Jadi ingat, kekayaan dinilai dari NILAI BERSIH, bukan pendapatan anda. Millionaire hanya akan dipanggil millionaire jika dia boleh mendatangani cek bernilai 1 million.

2 jenis hutang tu adalah Hutang Tertangung dan Hutang Lapuk.
Hutang Tertanggung:
Hutang yang diambil untuk membiayai aset yang bertambah nilainya, seperti harta tanah dan pendidikan.

Hutang Lapuk:
Hutang yang diambil untuk membeli barang yang tidak akan bertambah nilainya atau yang akan susut nilainya. Ini adalah benda-benda yang dibeli secara sewa beli seperti kereta, peralatan elektrik dan perabot.?

Jadi sekarang cuba imbas, hutang yang mana banyak bagi anda. Apa tunggu lagi...mari kita selesaikan semua Hutang Lapuk...tarak untung!!

If you’re in the process of refinancing your mortgage you might be losing sleep over your rate lock. Last week mortgage rates rose from 5.6% to 5.8% almost overnight. If you didn’t lock your rate in writing you’re looking at higher mortgage rates this week. Here are ...

It’s over for the Pasadena-based thrift that once ruled the Alt-A mortgage roost. On Friday evening, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. closed Indymac Bancorp Inc. (IMB: 0.28, -9.68%) and its $32.01 billion in total assets, and total deposits of $19.06 billion. In other words, ladies and gentlemen, we have our first really serious bank failure of [...]