/ by Dominique Brown / Financial Basics, Real Estate / 0 comments
Once you have made a purchase contract with the seller, your job isn’t done. You cannot sit back and relax until closing because you have several things that you need to accomplish in the meantime. For example, you will need to find a home inspector, and you will need to schedule time for a home […]
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Hacking The Down Payment For Your Home Purchase
/ by Jim Gibson / Financial Basics, Real Estate / 0 comments
Certainly you must have heard something in the news or even around the water cooler at work about Real Estate. It’s back, goes the chatter. Case-Shiller just said home prices are rising again. As a quick down and dirty review, recall that the Case-Shiller Home Price Index is based on the work of economists Karl […]
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American Dream or American Nightmare?
/ by Jim Gibson / Real Estate / 0 comments
Does owning your own home or better yet, working and slaving away to even qualify to own your own home even makes sense anymore? Is it about time to reexamine the tired old advice from Grandpa about the importance owning your own home? Has the world and society changed so much and so fast that […]
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7 Things Every Renter Should Know that Your Landlord Won’t Tell You
/ by H. D. Carver / Real Estate / 0 comments
The debate surrounding the relative merits of owning versus renting one’s home will continue ad nauseam. I have a foot firmly planted in each camp. However, for many, renting is not just a personal choice, it is a financial necessity. The dwindling middle class, victims of stagnant wages and diminished job opportunities, have unacceptable credit […]
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What is a Home Inspection?
/ by Dominique Brown / Financial Basics, Real Estate / 0 comments
Once you have made a purchase contract with the seller, your job isn’t done. You cannot sit back and relax until closing because you have several things that you need to accomplish in the meantime. For example, you will need to find a home inspector, and you will need to schedule time for a home […]
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