Real Estate: Debt Management

Assuming the Primary user is 40 years old, this example shows how to plan for the purchase of a retirement home 8 years from now, with the intent to stay in it for the rest of your life. The home is worth $250k, appreciating at a 5% average, with 20% down, paying $3k in annual taxes and with $2k in insurance costs.

Invoke the Asset Manager like this:



Click Next displays the Asset Description tab:



Use the table below, and the Asset tabs that will appear as you progress through the Asset Manager, to specify the home purchase transaction as defined above:



Notice how we just left the "Age When Selling" field default value of '0', indicating that there are no intentions of selling it.