{"id":635,"date":"2021-11-15T04:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T12:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T22:23:44","slug":"the-4-biggest-ways-to-stretch-your-income-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id635-the-4-biggest-ways-to-stretch-your-income-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Biggest Ways to Stretch Your Income"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/paycheck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17734\" title=\"paycheck\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/paycheck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/paycheck.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/paycheck-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/paycheck-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>The other day I was talking to an acquaintance who shall remain nameless. Anyway, he was lamenting that he couldn&#8217;t find enough discretionary income for an annual family vacation.<\/p>\n<p>I found that fascinating considering Eddie (oops!) drives a brand new BMW and lives with his family of four in a modest Southern California neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, life is all about choices.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie may be upset that he can&#8217;t afford to take the wife and kids to Hawaii or Yellowstone, but that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id532-dirty-harry-teaches-us-a-lesson-on-opportunity-cost-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his opportunity cost<\/a> of tootling around town in a brand new luxury car &#8212; so he gets no sympathy from me.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, guys like you-know-who are <strong><em>always<\/em><\/strong> looking to stretch their income. Frankly, we <strong><em>all<\/em><\/strong> are to some degree. Here are four of the biggest ways:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy a used car<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1145-why-your-expensive-luxury-car-doesnt-impress-smart-people-or-me-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">luxury car owners who struggle to pay their bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Experian found that the average monthly car payment last year was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/04\/monthly-auto-loan-payments-surge-to-record-highs-experian-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$576<\/a>. Now, according to this handy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paycheckcity.com\/calculator\/salary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paycheck calculator<\/a>, a family of four living in California with an annual household income of $60,000 receives $4616 per month after withholding state and Federal taxes. So two car payments would consume 25% of the household&#8217;s monthly income, leaving roughly $3400 for the rent or mortgage, plus the groceries, utilities and other bills &#8212; not to mention discretionary spending, and retirement savings.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck with that.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody understood the <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id4082-dogs-and-old-cars-why-both-are-worthy-of-being-mans-best-friend.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">financial benefits of used cars<\/a> better than my dad, who brought home a very modest salary when I was growing up. He saw the folly of driving a new Mercedes to the grocery store each week only to be left with just enough cash in his wallet to buy store-label pork &amp; beans for dinner &#8212; which is why he always did his due diligence and only bought affordable, well-maintained, used cars that he kept for many years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eat at home<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of pork &amp; beans &#8230; Dining out is expensive. My household spends an average of five times more money per meal when dining out compared to eating at home.<\/p>\n<p>Eating breakfast at home, <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id68022-my-13th-annual-cost-survey-of-10-popular-brown-bag-sandwiches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brown bagging your lunches<\/a> whenever possible, and reducing restaurant trips can free up lots of spare income, folks. And if you want to stretch your food budget even more, <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id4365-culinary-odds-ends-how-eating-leftovers-saves-me-1400-annually.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">don&#8217;t toss those leftovers<\/a>! My family saves $1700 annually by eating them at least once per week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refinance your home loan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve refinanced my home loan six times since 1997, dropping my monthly mortgage payment each time. The last time I refinanced I was interested in ensuring I had the lowest payments possible, so I not only refinanced to a lower interest rate, but I also extended the <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1626-the-15-year-vs-30-year-mortgage-debate-why-30-is-better-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loan term from 15 to 30 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What are the results of all that refinance activity?<\/p>\n<p>Well, my initial mortgage payment in 1997 was roughly $1450. Today it&#8217;s $480. That&#8217;s almost $1000 in additional monthly income.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Downsize to a smaller house<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s face it, a lot of people out there end up buying more house than they realistically need or can afford, putting undue strain on the pocketbook. For those times when refinancing isn&#8217;t a viable option, you can always consider downsizing to a smaller home.<\/p>\n<p>True, that may seem a bit drastic. But if you&#8217;ve already cut your expenses to the bone and you <strong><em>still<\/em><\/strong> find it difficult to make ends meet, then drastic times call for drastic measures.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, people downsize all the time. In fact, last night the Honeybee and I were watching an <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id13214-why-watching-house-hunters-will-never-be-quite-the-same-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">episode of <em>House Hunters<\/em><\/a> where this middle-aged couple was looking to trade their very large old house for a smaller &#8220;green&#8221; home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like these two. They&#8217;re practical!&#8221; I said to the Honeybee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really? In what way?&#8221; she asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, now that their kids are off to college,&#8221; I said, &#8220;they&#8217;re selling their big old house so they can downsize into something more appropriate. It&#8217;s a win-win; they exchange their old over-sized home for a brand new smaller house &#8212; and they get to pocket the difference too!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, I began choking on the cupcake I was eating when the narrator announced that the couple was in the market for a 3500 square-foot McMansion. With solar panels, of course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So much for being green,&#8221; the Honeybee snickered &#8212; although I wasn&#8217;t sure if she was laughing at me or the couple on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Or practical,&#8221; I answered, before regaining my composure and mumbling, &#8220;I wonder if they know Eddie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And with that, I grabbed myself another cupcake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credit: m anima <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was talking to an acquaintance who shall remain nameless. 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