Building Your Dream Home - Part 1
For most of my adult life I had thought about someday building my Dream Home. Several years ago I finally got the chance. I had purchased a lake front lot with a small cottage on it. My initial intention was to use the property as is, and someday raze the old cottage and build a new home in its ... more...

Fantasy Football Information: Moss Exit Makes Burleson a Star
Heres fantasy football information that fantasy football nuts should print or write down immediately. Dont worry about the Vikings suffering on offense, due to the loss of Randy Moss. In fact, you can outfox your opponents, because of the Moss trade. You see, most fantasy football people will ... more...

How To Get Out Of Credit Card Debt
If youre like the average person, let me warn you ahead of time about what Im going to reveal in the next few paragraphs. You may be angry after you finish reading this article about how youve been misled in the use of credit card debt.The American economy is designed to make you work yourself to ... more...

Getting Ready to Sell Your Property
We all have had the experience of someone important coming to the house and whether the visitor is an in-law, an old friend, or business associate you know the drill: Have the house in "show" condition.For investors the situation is much the same: First impressions count!!!! Even though you may ... more...

Figuring Out the Ever Nebulous Numbers Called "Credit Scores"
Credit Score FactorsThe information contained on our credit reports affect every aspect of our lives; including employment, insurance, and even interest rates (mortgage, credit cards, automobiles, etc.). There is specific information captured on our report which is used to form our credit score: ... more...

A Fathers Dilemma: Can We Help Our Children, Without Crippling Them?
Breakdown in the Becky Lane!I'd just sat down at my office away from home, the local Panera, when another regular customer, Harold, sidled up to my table. We'd chatted a number of times before, and he was intrigued by my title of Financial Sanity Coach and knew I had been working on my book, "Good ... more...

A $100,000+ Discount On Miami Condos
By this point and time, many people have heard about buying preconstruction condos and some of the amazing profits that have been generated by these investments. What many people dont understand is that there is another way to play the preconstruction investing game, especially for those ... more...

Home Improvement Loans in UK Manufacturing Home of Your Choice
How do you see your home? Are you always thinking of ways to make it better? You are heading straight towards home improvement. It is oft-quoted and usually it should be that your home should be a reflection of your own self. Rarely do we get a chance to mould into our own vision. Home improvement ... more...

Real Estate Investors - Red Alert
How's the real estate marketing doing? Is the huge jump in home prices that is evident in some areas symptoms of a value bubble? Good questions, yes?Two things to keep in mind when surveying the market:1. All real estate is local, 2. Real estate is cyclical.Here in Arizona some residential ... more...

A Creative RIOT
Relevant, original and impactful: thats what my friend Creative Director Jim Mountjoy says that effective creative must be. With apologies to Jim, I have my own acronym because I think ROI is only 75 percent of the way there. Effective creative is a RIOT: relevant, impactful, original and true.Lets ... more...

Crossing the Gap from this Home to the Next: Bridge Loan
So youre thinking of getting into a bigger house. You call up the real estate agent and make an appointment to go see what the market has to offer. Then you find it, the perfect move-up home. Its everything youve ever wanted in a home unless your married, in which case its everything your wife ... more...

How To Sell Your Home FSBO
You decide to sell your home and believe you can handle the selling process. Good for You!Of course youre a little nervous and thats normal. You might stay awake at night wondering how long it is going to take to actually sell this home."Can I get my asking price?" You wonder.Yes it is possible to ... more...

The Truth About Real Estate Investing - Is It Right For You?
You have probably been hearing, seeing and reading that real estate investing is the best thing since sliced bread. There are many late night cable television infomercials spewing out sales pitches for courses that teach you how to buy residential real estate no money down or for next to nothing. ... more...

Bridge Loans From One Home to the Next
Youve lived in your home for some time and circumstances such as an expanding family mean you need a new one. This brings up the subject of bridge loans.From Here to ThereYou have two basic options when you are considering selling one home to move to another. The first option is to sell your home, ... more...