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Thoughts and progress by Leon van der Walt on his website and journey to financial freedom and inspiring others to set out on this journey as well.

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Personal finance situation: 31 May 2005

For an update on my personal situation, these are my personal financial statements as on 31 May 2005:

Income:
Salary:12900
Real estate:0
Business income:0
Expenses:
Taxes:2700
Mortgage/Rent:1400
Car loan payment:0
School loan payment:1730
Credit card payment:0
Child expenses:0
Other expenses:2220


Surplus cash flow: 4850



Balance sheet:

Assets:

Liabilities:

Savings/Cash:1000Mortgage:0
Stocks/shares:0Car loans:0
Real estate:0School loans:53000
Business:6250Credit cards:0




Real estate:0




Business:0


Notes:

  1. All figures are in South African Rand: ZAR6=US$1.
  2. I had to do some heavy expense slicing after my cashflow had spiralled out of control. The main reasons are the too fine cutting of the budget (no room for unforeseen events) and two consecutive months of large unforeseen events.
  3. Some of my extra cash flow from previous months went into business and also reducing student loan debt.
  4. I am currently in the process of acquiring a property, so my situation might change significantly in the next few months.


Regards
Leon van der Walt
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Offer on property accepted

On Monday of this week, I signed offers on two properties. One has been accepted already and I will now go find the financing for it. The second one, I am yet to hear whether the offer has been accepted or not.

In other news, my website has so far made around $39 but since I haven't received any cash, I won't count it as an asset yet. I also spent some money on a further SBI package when they had a 2-for-1 deal at the end of April. I have registered and started on the second one and once that has started rolling, I will also start on the third one.

Regards
Leon van der Walt
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