Open the Cash Vault Inside Your Home
Believe it or not, many people do not understand equity and the power it provides.In its purest form, equity is money. With regard to real estate (specifically, your house or other investment property), equity is measured in terms of the value of the property minus what you owe. So, if your home is ... more...

How to Spot and Avoid Predatory Lending
Predatory lenders promise loans that are "too good to be true" and pressure borrowers to take them on the spot. Here's a few things you or your family and friends should know about spotting and avoid predatory loans:How to Spot a Predatory Loan*Balloon payments.*High interest rates.*Monthly ... more...

Strange Ways To Make Money
The first time I heard about an old couple that went diamond hunting in parking lots, I knew there were more ways to make money than my scheming mind could imagine. By twelve years old I was taking Playboy magazines out of newspaper recycling bins to sell for a dollar each in school. I also sold ... more...

Mortgage Refinancing - 7 Important Things To Keep In Mind
In today's world, it seems that almost any topic is open for debate. While I was gathering facts for this article, I was quite surprised to find some of the issues I thought were settled are actually still being openly discussed.Mortgage refinancing loans experience a boom whenever rates are low. A ... more...

Investing in Real Estate Like a Stock
A REAL ESTATE STOCK PLANGetting out of the bleachers and into the game!This report is going to explain or attempt to give the stock market investors a basic one-on-one interview with a real estate portfolio manager who has consistently made a profit on 100% of the investment products that were ... more...

Printing, Promotional Products, I live in Montreal, Where's My Free Lunch?
Look around everbody is offering you a great deal. How many offers do I get from credit card companies offering no interest or very low interest on cash advances? Visa, Mastercard and American Express all offer below cost rates to entice you to their lines of credit. Why do they do this? ... more...

Asset Searching for Recovery Actions - The Decision Maker's Tool Part 2
In Part One of this article we took a look at some minimum recommendations for asset searches as a recovery medium. This discussion is based on the assumption that an asset search has already been determined to be sanctionable by, for example, a loan in default, a judgment that has been rendered, a ... more...

A Home Equity Loan Is It For You?
Home equity loans are often touted as being the solution to so many things giving you access to money for home repairs or improvements, a way to consolidate debt, finance a sudden family emergency, or even as a way to start an investment portfolio. Theres a lot to think about, though, before you ... more...

Exotic Mortgage
With real estate prices ever on the rise, first-time home buyers are facing more difficulties in buying a home. Who ever thought they'd buy a $500,000 starter home?Mortgage lenders have acknowledged the problem by creating new and innovative mortgage products, mostly designed to lower the ... more...