[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-24 Thread Blair Watkinson
Mark, I also like the idea of putting the money toward the principle, but for different reasons. Whenever I've tried to do similar activity with my investments--I'll accumulate it in Savings throughout the year, and then buy my investments in one big lump, usually, I don't have as much

[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-23 Thread Jaysen
Budget your minimum payment including interest (the $200). You can still pay more, but it will need to come from your surplus. The idea with MoneyWell is to let you control expenses and show you where you are (sorry if that is slightly off Kevin). You can always spend more, but you will need to

[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-23 Thread mhadja...@gmail.com
Thank you! As long as moving money from bucket to bucket doesn't affect or 'change' my account flow (checking, savings, money market, cc's, loans, etc), then i'm fine. My checking account should reflect the same as my bank statement. Now onto reporting... I would like to know my income to debt

[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-23 Thread Kevin Hoctor
On Dec 23, 2008, at 10:36 AM, mhadja...@gmail.com wrote: As long as moving money from bucket to bucket doesn't affect or 'change' my account flow (checking, savings, money market, cc's, loans, etc), then i'm fine. My checking account should reflect the same as my bank statement. Mark, You

[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-22 Thread mhadja...@gmail.com
My monthly payment from the bank is lets say 200 bucks. Each month, I pay a different amount, sometimes 225, sometimes 250, sometimes even 300. Now any extra over the 200 goes towards principle. So I can't track a steady cash flow because depending on how much extra money I have left is what I

[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-22 Thread The Watkinson Family
Hi, Mark, I take a different approach to loans than the others that have responded. I like that MoneyWell helps me spend only the money that I have by allocating it to specific purposes. However, as your example demonstrates, finance software should do more than that. I refuse to keep

[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-22 Thread mhadja...@gmail.com
I was messing around with iBank and it seems to do what I want, however, I'm still willing to give MW a shot till the end of the week. What I want to know is my principle balance on the car. I don't need it down to the exact dollar, as this amount will change on a daily basis since that's how

[No Thirst Software] Re: Car Loan

2008-12-20 Thread Kevin Hoctor
On Dec 19, 2008, at 7:27 PM, mhadja...@gmail.com wrote: What if you do not know your total amount left (with interest). I also do principle reductions. That was the reason why I wanted to split up both principle payments and interest payments. Mark, You should be able to get a current