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How Much House Should You Buy?
16 August 2004 "My wife and I are arguing about whether to buy the $150,000 house we set out to buy, or the upgraded version for $185,000 that she fell in love with. She argues that we can afford the more expensive house with an ... more...

Is This Shared Appreciation Mortgage a Good Deal?
Column Delivered October 22, 2001 ?The city of Burbank has a Mortgage Assistance Program that offers home buyers a 30-year second mortgage loan, with zero interest and no payments for the first 5 years.  After 5 years, the second must ... more...

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Shared Appreciation Mortgage, SAMt
Shared Appreciation Mortgage, SAM A mortgage in which a borrower receives a below-market interest rate in return for which the lender (or another investor such as a family member or other partner) receives a portion of the future appreciation in the value of the property. May also ... more...

Depreciation
Depreciation Decline in the value of a house due to wear and tear, obsolescence, adverse changes in the neighborhood, or any other reason. Depreciation is treated as an expense and is a line item on an income statement. Depreciation can only be applied to the building and not ... more...

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7 Tips For Transforming Students Into Financially Responsible Adults
Yes, it is possible for your student to learn some valuable life lessons while they are away at college. Not all of them may be a possibility for your family, depending on financial ability, but it may be valuable to consider the options. Many things are possible, even though they sound out of ... more...

The Value of Foreclosed Property
The discount on a foreclosed property is not as great if the state allows deficiency judgments by lenders against borrowers. In contrast, the discount is larger if the property is being sold in a state that requires foreclosures to proceed through the judicial system. Lastly, appraisals seem to be ... more...

Real Estate Value
What is real estate value? It isn't what you have into your house. It isn't what you feel it is worth. It is what the market will pay. How do you figure out what the market will pay? For single family homes, the best way is by seeing what similar homes have sold for.Figuring replacement cost isn't ... more...

Investment Property - Leveraging Rental Property Equity
Owning investment property is a tremendous wealth building strategy. Thousands upon thousands of individuals have amassed great wealth by investing in rental properties.Unfortunately, few investment property owners learn how to leverage equity in a way that maximizes tax deductions while creating ... more...

Should I Still Buy Real Estate After All That Has Happened?
Rehoboth Beach Delaware is called the Nations Summer Capital because we are such a common second home and entertainment location for the powerful and influential people of Washington D.C. There are few people making over $75,000 a year in the DC professions who do not frequent this area when they ... more...

Doing Dinner: Confessions Of A Radical Mother
I love slow living. It's peaceful, meaningful and downright radical in a go-go world.According to a recent article in (appropriately enough)Time magazine, groups of harried parents across the USA are joining a wave of slow living advocates by doing something really revolutionary--having one ... more...

Flipping Properties Not for the Risk Adverse in 2006
Real estate profit talk has permeated American culture the last five years. The pickings were good for those looking to flip properties and make a profit on minimal improvements and higher than normal appreciation rates. 2006 presents a sobering reality for weekend millionaires and arm chair ... more...

Where Real Estate Investing and Speculation Collide
Some uninformed folks would describe someone who rehabs distressed property as a "speculator" or even a "property speculator." Don't be fooled! There is a VAST CHASM of difference between rehabbing and property speculation.Let me explain. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of speculation ... more...

Company Picnic Ideas and Planning Tips
The company picnic is a beloved tradition at many firms.It's an opportunity for employees to mingle and "let down their hair."A well organized company picnic with planned activities can help integrate employees with each other. This is particularly important if the company has undergone recent ... more...

Negotiating the Real Estate Contract
Negotiation is the process of communication back and forth in order to reach a joint agreement. There is no "one size fits all" strategy of negotiating a real estate contract. Many of our clients have been very experienced negotiators, and we have learned a great deal from them, as well as from ... more...

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