HOW TO AFFORD A HUSBAND

by JUSTINE DAVIES

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New softcover book published 2009, 224 pages, including templates for assets and liabilities balance sheet, 10 Year Plan, annual budget and insurance planning.

Finding a soulmate is one thing - love, laughter, great times! - but getting joined at the hip pocket - stress, rows, resentment!- can be another. Linking yourself and your future to someone else can be one of the hardest issues for a couple to deal with. It’s why finances are one of the main reasons for relationship conflict, but in How to Afford a Husband … or any other live-in lover financial planner Justine Davies shows you how to avoid all the money traps.

How to Afford a Husband will help you not only to run your day-to-day finances more successfully but enable you to make 'big picture' financial decisions with confidence. It includes:

• The importance of remembering that you are individuals working to common goal
• How to set those goals
• Budgeting
• Paying off personal debt
• Starting a joint savings plan to achieve your goals ... and to act as a buffer if times get tough
• The need for proper insurance
• The delicate business of estate planning
• How to invest—and how to borrow to invest
• Tax time
• Making the most of your super
• Buying a house
• Setting up a business
• The bigger picture
• Starting a family
• … And what to do if it all doesn’t work out

How to Afford a Husband ... or any other live-in lover is an engaging must-read for anyone considering joint finances. Covering a host of couple-related finance topics and with step-by-step planning advice, this new book is filled with all the good sense and experience that Justine has gathered in her career. Following its clear and practical advice will leave you in great financial shape to enjoy the more exciting aspects of your relationship!

About the author
Justine Davies is a member of the Financial Planning Association of Austraia with over a decade of experience as a financial planner. She is a freelance journalist who contributes to parenting publications and also has her own finance blog. She is the author of 2 books - How to Afford a Baby and How to Afford a Husband or any other live-in lover.

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How to Afford a Husband by Justine Davies