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Micro-housing lets you cut housing costs in half
For people just starting out in life, it's becoming more difficult to afford a place to live. Bunking up with several roommates is becoming more common around the country. Some time ago, I talked to flight attendant who had two children recently. When her home flight base was closed, she ...
A promising, emerging energy source
While you weren't looking, this renewable energy source has outpaced even our vast natural gas reserves as an energy for the future. And no, it's not solar!
New mortgage rules coming June 1
If you have pinched credit and are trying to get a mortgage, you want to be sure you get your application under way before June 1. Under amendments to the Truth in Lending Act, a few new provisions go into place June 1. Chief among them, sub-prime mortgage holders will ...
Georgia Natural Gas Guide
May 2012: Gas rates are still very low thanks to an overabundance of this clean-burning, domestically sourced fuel. For May, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) reports the lowest-cost provider for a fixed rate is True Natural Gas (formerly Coweta-Fayette EMC). True is advertising a rate of .63 cents per ...
Land selling reload scam
I’ve talked in the past about a scam where people would buy raw land, sight unseen. This was mostly taking place in the Mountain States like Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona. Now The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports there’s a reload scam going on. Crooks are calling up those same owners saying ...
Unmarrieds buying homes together
The way we form households is changing. That begs the question, what comes first: Marriage or buying a house? It's a fact of life that many younger people in their 20s will first co-habitat before they're married. A study from the Centers for Disease Control shows that 48% of American ...
Bubble markets seeing rising home values
Home values are up in a number of bubble markets and we’re back to a situation where all real estate is local. According to the latest Case-Shiller home price indices, Phoenix home values are up 23% from a year ago. Yet even with that great gain, the market is still ...
Home buying and selling mistakes
We're coming up one of the housing market’s peak buying and selling times. With that in mind, what are the biggest mistakes made by both sellers and buyers? For sellers, I find the number one mistake they make is in selecting an agent. If you're interviewing agents, don’t list with ...
Disaster preparedness checklist
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon terror attacks, it's an important time to do some basic disaster preparedness no matter where you live in the United States. Being prepared for an emergency is something everybody hears about, but how do you do it? Ready.gov has a most basic list ...
Monetary compensation for your foreclosure?
A new settlement could put a check in your mailbox as early as next week if you rightfully or wrongly went through a foreclosure in 2009 or 2010. CNNMoney reports the $3.6 billion foreclosure settlement could impact customers who worked with mortgage servicers like Aurora, Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, ...
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