If you own a home and are thinking about renting a room in your house to make extra money, then you should consider all the legal issues and complications that can arise before making a decision. While renting a room in your home is a great way to generate extra money, renting a room in […]
Buying Rental Property In today’s economy, investing in a rental property can be a great idea. Home prices are down, interest rates are low, and there are a growing niche of people looking for affordable rental houses. With a good degree of planning and preparation, rental properties can be the most reliable way to earn
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Your bathroom improvement project will be time consuming enough without having to do it all over again. In order to make the right choices for your bathroom remodeling project, you need to plan ahead. By planning it all out, you’ll ensure that you get the new bathroom you’ll love for years to come. You also
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As a young person, once you decide it’s time to move out of your parent’s house or upgrade from a college dorm room, the next step is to determine exactly where you want to live. You have two options for living situations. You can either rent, or you can buy. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to whether
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Your First Mortgage- Buying your first home is an exciting moment, whether you’re buying a studio apartment for yourself or a house for your family there are fewer joys in life like using your new key to unlock the front door for the first time. People are buying their way into the home owner’s world at
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Home Loan Refinancing- There are several reasons why you may consider refinancing your home loan. Interest Rates May have Fallen Your credit score may have improved You may want to change to a different kind of mortgage Benefits of Refinancing your mortgage. Securing Lower Interest Rates The #1 reason most people decide to refinance is to lock in
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Buying a home is a joyous and life-altering event that should not be taken lightly. That said, it is important to make sure you do not get in over your head when you buy a home because the consequences can be devastating. You certainly do not want to end up losing your home simply because
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Editor’s Note: Long-time readers will know that when it comes to “Rent-to-Own” furniture I strongly believe that it is a “suckers bet” basically charging outrageous finance charges that end up costing you twice as much as the furniture is worth. There are only a few instances where it might be worthwhile. Both are short-term and
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Many people have already recognized that the present lull within the housing market has provided an excellent opportunity for them to start their own real-estate investment business. Now is a great time to profit from your own passion and set up such a business for yourself. Have a Plan for Your Real Estate Investment The
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Simple Home Improvement Projects As summer approaches, and the sun starts to show its face a little more often, we’re all thinking of ways to get our homes in tip-top condition. We want to make the most of our homes during the summer months and that normally means we need to carry out some home
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In the past few decades, the concept of home ownership has been completely turned on its head. Previously, homes were considered a very long-term consumption good. Do you think anyone in the 18th, 19th, and prior centuries ever considered tripling the value of their homes by retirement time and selling them to move beachside? In the vast majority of cases, such ideas never crossed their minds. Yet, somehow along the way, this became a reasonable investment expectation. Even today, home buyers still make their purchases with the hopes of escalating prices. But are homes really wise investments?
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There are many reasons why homes don’t sell. In this article Amy Fowler looks at five of the most common reasons and what you can do about it. ~ Tim McMahon, editor Price This might seem so obvious that you write it off as a potential problem, but overpriced homes are more common than you
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