Totally UniqueThe iMoneyManager is a unique piece of free software that can help you if you are worried about keeping up your debt repayments. It is extremely simple to use. Enter your details and it shows clearly which one of four 'debt bands' you fall into: DANGER
NEGOTIATE
KEEP GOING
DEBT-FREE
You can see when you will be debt-free based on what you can afford to repay. Many software packages will give you a healthcheck of sorts but the iMoneyManager is totally unique because if you have a problem, it helps you do something about it. Absolutely PrivateIt sits on your own computer, no uploading personal financial details to a WebSite. All information you enter is encrypted and held securely on your own PC. Powerful in its simplicityYou can automatically create pre-formatted letters and a financial statement (in the proper industry format) to send to as many creditors as you need. Each screen has a clear video instruction to guide you through. Professional presentation of the factsIt packs the accepted industry approach to dealing with a debt problem, (used by the Citizens Advice Bureau, debt advice charities and fee charging debt help companies) into an easy to follow process you operate in the privacy of your own home. It is easy to use no training is needed, each screen on the iMoneyManager has a clear video instruction explaining what to do. It saves hours of time and worry AND It is Free...See How the iMoneyManager Works!iMoneyManager: As Reviewed by:
The BackgroundMy wife Miriam and I have been helping people through very difficult debt situations for the last 3 years. We operated as 'Stop The Worry'. Originally we helped people with a wide range of debt related problems. For the last 18 months we have specialised in helping people through bankruptcy.
In recent months we decided to begin to transfer our knowledge to the internet. It means we can help more people. After working with people for a while we realised that with any worry about money or debt it's all about taking control. There are 4 key steps to taking control: Know Your Problem
Know Your Numbers
Know Your Options
Know your Rights
My background originally was in IT (sales and marketing not coding), and when I began to help people through difficult financial situations I realised pretty quickly that I could design something that would make my job easier. I started experimentingI started to experiment with Excel spreadsheets and started to build up the idea of a piece of software that would do help me work out the details for Step One and Step Two. It used to take hours to help someone take controlIt used to take me ages to get to grips with someone's situation, sometimes hours. It was really hard as some of the people I helped out had more than 8 or 9 creditors. I used to visit people in their own homes and talk through their situation with them before advising on the best course of action. Many times when I asked how much they owed and to whom they would shrug and hand me a plastic bags full of letters and demands. With particularly complicated cases I worked by laying out all the bills and bank and credit card demands on the floor to get things into some kind of order. I would write all the key information and figures down and then transfer the details to the spreadsheet when I got home. At first the spreadsheet I designed would only let me gather the amount they owed to each creditor, and the total debt. After a few months I added to it so that I could add information about how much their monthly expenses were and how much they had to pay out in repayments each month. Letting the computer do the workIt became easy to see whether they could afford to cover their basic monthly expenses and whether they could afford to make their monthly debt repayments. I was amazed at how much easier it was to understand the person's situation when I let the computer do the work. I wasn't satisfied though! I still couldn't see how long it would take to pay back their debts, and I couldn't see how much they could afford to pay each of their creditors. This in the industry is called the 'pro-rata' split. If you can't afford to make the repayments on your loans and you can't earn more money, you have two options. Either consolidate your debts so you can afford the payments, or renegotiate a lower affordable payment. The challenge is, that to be fair to each one of your creditors, you need to work out the pro-rata split. Bye-Bye Spreadsheets, Hello SoftwareNow, I could get the spreadsheet to work out the pro-rata split but working out the time it took to pay back the debts was more of a challenge. I knew a really long-winded way but the spreadsheet began to get really complicated. I decided that I would get someone to build a piece of software that ran on my computer. I used a website to find a coder. That was the start of a 2 year challenge that ended up with the iMoneyManager. I used coders as far away as India, Russia, Greece, and Bulgaria and the iMoneyManager has gone through 5 variations to end up with what we have now. At each stage I added a function that would help me automate more of the process of taking control. Finally I ended up with the iMoneyManager. The iMoneyManager - What do you Get?It works out the key figures you need to re-gain control:
It gives you tools to automate the tough stuff:
It gives you video based instructions:
Produces Professional Output:
The financial statement is in an approved format. It is based on the Common Financial Statement (CFS), designed by the Money Advice Trust and the British Banking Association. It is the same format that would be sent if you went to the Citizen's Advice Bureau for them to help you out. Why is it Free?Over the last 3 years, we have charged fees when handling complicated cases but we have frequently helped people who either cannot afford to pay or who just need some simple guidance. What has frustrated us is the knowledge that so many people need simple straightforward advice. There are not enough hours in the day to help the number of people we would like to. Many of these people could not afford our consulting fees anyway and we do not get funding or financial support so cannot work as a charity. For a long time we have wanted to give something away that will enable people to take control of their situation using our expertise. We have wanted to pack up our knowledge into something that could be replicated as many times as needed without our input. The iMoneyManager achieves that goal. Our objective is to get as many individuals and organisations promoting the iMoneyManager as possible. We believe if it is used correctly it will truly help people take control of difficult situations before it becomes too late. What's in it for us?To be honest we are not sure yet! We expect that as people begin to use the iMoneyManager we will begin to get requests for further information and/or help. In which case we may begin to put together 'tailor-made' home study courses which we may sell online. Depending on feedback this may include templates, webinars (seminars over the web), podcasts, interactive tele-conferences, video tutorials, and form filling guides. At the click of a ButtonIf you need to write to your creditors to ask them to lower your monthly payments the iMoneyManager will automatically produce as many letters as you need, just like this. The iMoneyManager also produces an industry formatted Financial Statement just like this. Your creditor letter Your Common Financial Statement - Page 1![]() Your Common Financial Statement - Page 2![]() Stop Worrying!Let the iMoneyManager do the work |