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Financial Independence and Seeking Happiness Tools
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Financial Independence Time Line Planner
 Financial Timeline Plan of the next 40+ years

 Add in house costs, pensions, living costs, investments, % returns and % inflation to see a graphical projection of your finances		 Financial Time Line Planner.xlsm (Excel) 02/14


Mortgage Versus Renting

 A tool to investigate mortgage costs versus renting and saving to buy outright.

 A tool to look at the option of buying versus renting - somewhat superseded by the more advanced financial timeline planner 		MortgageVsRenting.xlsx (Excel 05/14)
Where to live evaluator


 What could one consider when choosing a place to live how do you rate its location, size etc?

 - Add your criteria and weight their importance
- Add your places to live
- Score your places versus the criteria
- Look at the results!  		WhereToLive.xlsx
(Excel 12/14)

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