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Housing
on August 7, 2010
If your house is to big you have two options. Share it or down-size. Given the state of the housing market with many homes sitting unsold for months, a better option may be to rent a room or two.
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Housing
, Information About
on January 24, 2010
A rental income property is an excellent way to built your wealth therefore it you are an investor it would be a good idea to include rental properties as part of your portfolio.
Once you have inve...
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Housing
on August 18, 2008
One of the unhappy side effects of the housing market collapse/credit crisis is that many innocent people have to suffer, too. For one, your house is probably worth less than you thought it was until ...
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Housing
on October 24, 2007
I woke up this morning to a National Public Radio story about the ongoing mortgage crisis, especially those "subprime" borrowers who are in danger of foreclosure. On the radio I could hear p...
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Housing
on October 16, 2007
Via Lifehacker, a really interesting post from Millionaire Mommy Next Door on how ditching home ownership in favor of renting improved both her financial life and her feeling of freedom. You could tak...
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Housing
on October 2, 2007
Back in May, I covered American Express's new program, in which it lets cardholders pay their mortgages with a credit card. But it was full of downsides, as you can only do it if you pay $395 as p...
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Housing
on September 26, 2007
Back in May I brought up Bank of America's No-Fee Mortgage offering, which claims no loan origination fees, or closing fees and no PMI for those with less than 20% down payments. I didn't know...
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Housing
on May 9, 2007
Major banks generally have a reputation for working hard to screw you in the fine print, whether it's mortgages, credit cards or what have you. But so far I haven't been able to find a catch w...
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Housing
on May 2, 2007
As more and more of the tax money that cities receive comes from property taxes, a strange occurrence has taken place. People are reveling in the upswings in value in their homes from the recent hot r...
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Housing
, Real Estate
, Taxes
on April 17, 2007
Alaska has no state sales tax and no state income tax. But that's only the beginning...
I came across this article today that shows Anchorage to be the cheapest major American city to live in, at...
