The basics of cash flow
Understanding cash flow isn't that hard when you put everything
in to perspective. Basically, you have two kinds of cash flow,
negative cash flow and positive cash flow. We will discuss both
kinds of cash flows.
Negative cash flow is what we class as money going out. For
example, if you have a bank account and money goes out of that
account to pay a specific bill or even for something else, that
would be negative cash flow.
Positive cash flow is what we class as money going in, or
income. So, if you have a bank account and you have a wage going
in each month from some form of a job that would be positive
cash flow.
People who are good with savings and earning money focus on
positive cash flow. These people stay ahead of the pack, so
while everyone is staying 50 - 50 with cash flow, these people
will focus on creating many income streams for positive cash
flow. This outweighs the negative cash flow such as bills or
even mortgages. Eventually you end up with many positive cash
flow streams so you make money and keep money. You have to work
smart to achieve something like this of course; however, you can
still do it with one income stream if you plan out your cash
flow sensibly.
One book we recommend reading which is all about cash flow and
how to begin the path of accumulating wealth is the book called
Rich Dad Poor Dad, this is an excellent read and is worth the
small cost for an excellent fundamental education on the
workings of cash flow.
Remember, if you are trying to create positive cash flow, try
and get rid of your debts. This way you can then start putting
money aside from your earnings after paying your survival bills
such as rent, utility bills etc. You could then invest this
income in to something else which creates more income. You could
keep doing this to create multiple positive income streams.
There are many ways you could do the above, you could look in to
the stock markets, you could build websites for extra income.
You could look in to high investment accounts, and you could
even look in to real estate. These are only a few; there are
many ways to create positive income streams if you really want
to achieve this.
For more information and resources on cash, check out
http://www.cashflowtoolbox.com