From My Life ROI, Getting the Best Return On Life
March 11, 2010 at 10:31 am
My last post went over my one year anniversary. And then I disappeared.
I did not intend for this to happen, but it did! I’ll give you a little update about what has happened ... (
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From Dual Income No Kids
March 11, 2010 at 9:35 am
Hey Folks, So, last week we mentioned that we were buying another investment apartment in DC. Well, after some going back and forth between the agents involved, ourselves and ... (
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From Market Commentary from Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA
March 9, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Dallas was not exactly ground zero in the mid-2000s real estate boom and bust. Outside of a few isolated neighborhoods, prices never rose very much. And outside of a few new ... (
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From
March 5, 2010 at 10:21 am
Want to save thousands on your taxes? Consider buying a home. Without a doubt, the home mortgage interest deduction is a major perk of home ownership: the mortgage interest you
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From Dual Income No Kids
March 4, 2010 at 9:59 am
Hello Folks,Its a brilliant Thursday morning here in Washington DC. As you may know if you read our blog, we're in the processes of making an offer on an investment apartment. ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
March 3, 2010 at 11:34 pm
For some time now, I’ve been considering becoming a real estate investor (>1 property) once again. Even though real estate prices haven’t found their absolute bottom ... (
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From Dual Income No Kids
March 3, 2010 at 9:44 am
Hi Folks,So we don't normally write so much about our own finances these days, but it looks like we'll be buying another investment property. My wife Miel has been keeping an ... (
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From Money Under 30
February 26, 2010 at 11:06 am
Shopping for a mortgage can be intimidating. There are thousands of mortgage lenders and hundreds of ways lenders can tweak home loans to distort their real costs. You’re also ... (
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From SurlyTrader
February 24, 2010 at 10:05 pm
On a daily basis we all get confronted with a lot of data. In that data resides many false signals and conflicting statistics. Today, I would like to take a step back and ... (
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From Money Under 30
February 22, 2010 at 11:10 am
Last week, a long-time reader e-mailed a superb question: If you must choose, should you save first for retirement or save for a down payment on your first home?
Obviously, both ... (
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From Good Financial Cents -Jeff Rose Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor, Carbondale, Illinois
February 17, 2010 at 6:35 am
The reverse mortgage has become one of the more popular retirement planning tools in recent years. Reverse mortgages are sought after because they can provide an income source ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
February 16, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Earlier today, I stumbled across one of Google’s many data mining gadgets called “Insights for Search” and before I knew it, two hours of my day were gone.
Basically, ... (
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From Personal Financial Planning | Gen Y Wealth
February 15, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions of your life. I’m all for having the home of your dreams, but I’m also a big believer in knowing what that home ... (
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From Gen Y Wealth
February 3, 2010 at 8:33 am
In economics, the wealth effect is used to explain the increase in spending that results from an increase in perceived wealth.
In easier to understand personal finance language, ... (
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From Money Under 30
January 21, 2010 at 9:00 am
Buying your first home is a serious and exciting event. It takes patience, money and responsibility to be ready to buy a home, but buying the property is only half the battle. ... (
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From Market Commentary from Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA
January 12, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Given the host of issues surrounding the real estate investment trust (“REIT”) sector, we believed a thorough review of the sector was appropriate. Sizemore Capital’s Strategic ... (
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From My Life ROI, Getting the Best Return On Life
January 11, 2010 at 7:30 am
When house sales were booming, I posted a few updates in July and August using the National Association of Realtors (NAR) data. Both July and August showed an increase in sales ... (
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From SurlyTrader
January 5, 2010 at 12:39 am
Paul McCulley, portfolio manager at Pimco, made a rather astute comment that stuck with me, “You can only eat what’s in the cafeteria, and right now the cafeteria doesn’t ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
January 2, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Now that the Greater Fool Decade is over, I thought I would dust off my prognosticator hat and do a little strategic planning.
Here are a few of my top, and relatively simple, ... (
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From Gen Y Wealth
January 1, 2010 at 8:27 am
To start off the year, my wife and I did a pretty in depth financial review. We took a good look at the past, present, and future. Most importantly, setting goals for where we ... (
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From Suburban Dollar
December 17, 2009 at 10:01 am
The foreclosure procedures differ from state to state, however there are some commonalities which can be discussed. Foreclosure is the process by which a lender regains ownership ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
December 14, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I’m not an expert in business trends by any means, but it really seems like the disintermediation opportunities the Internet provides is beginning to replace, well… ... (
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From
December 14, 2009 at 12:48 pm
When you look around at people’s lives there seems to be 2 things that show up in most people’s financial worlds. If they aren’t there directly it’s
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From Own The Dollar
December 4, 2009 at 8:00 am
With home mortgage rates at historical lows many people are wondering, “Should I refinance my home mortgage right now?” The answer depends on a number of factors many of ... (
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From Money Under 30
November 25, 2009 at 11:41 am
FHA mortgage loans are mortgages that are guaranteed by the U.S. Government’s Federal Housing Administration. Thanks to this guarantee, FHA mortgage loans are often available ... (
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