For Sale By Owner - Prepare for Success
So you want to sell your home without a real estate agent. Like hundreds of thousands of other homeowners, you've chosen this option because you don't want to pay those large commissions to an agent. Many people who have tried it in the past will tell you that selling your home on your own can be ... more...

Debt Consolidation Loans Defining the Pros and Cons of the Method.
Debt consolidation agencies allege that debt consolidation loans can help create savings for its customers by reducing the amount to be paid for debts. The manner in which this will be realised is not immediately comprehensible to most people. Why will a person who legibly holds you in debt accept ... more...

Rent Control Rehab for the Well-Heeled
For those who don't need it, rent control can become an addiction, resulting from too many years of a sweet deal. It can leave the real estate muscles paralyzed and the investment portfolio sick. "Penny wise" might have a "pound foolish" problem.Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about those who ... more...

Phishing, Fraudulent, and Malicious Websites
Whether we like it or not, we are all living in the Information Age. We have nothing left but adapt to rapidly developing information technology, no matter who we are and what we do for living.The Internet, in particular, means for us boundless opportunities in life and business but also lots of ... more...

Choosing a Real Estate Agent
Before you go looking at houses, youll need to find a real estate agent. Hiring a real estate agent takes a little bit of time to do. Youre making one of the most important financial decisions in your life and you want to make sure you hire the right person.You can get recommendations for agents ... more...

Home Loans - Online Services And Resources To Help You
Interest rates on home loans are at the lowest theyve been in many years. Now is a great time to take advantage of home loan financial services and resources available online. With a little education online you can get some of the best loans available on the Internet. It is well worth the time and ... more...

Be Prepared With Your Home Equity Loan Checklist
A home equity loan can be an excellent way to obtain money in order to pay off high interest bills or consolidate your current debt into one monthly payment. A home equity line of credit is a form of revolving credit in which your home serves as collateral. Because the home is likely to be a ... more...

The World is Not Enough - Calling for a More Ethical Approach to Personal Finance
At a time when the entire worlds attention is focused on the problems of world debt, with the Live 8 concerts, the G8 summit in Scotland, the Make Poverty History Campaign (MPH) and the various anti-poverty marches, it seems that everyone wants the worlds governments to behave more ethically ... more...

Planning Starts with the Basics
When developing a plan for your finances, the toughest question often is: Where do I begin? Before investing in stocks and bonds or buying life insurance, before implementing any change or making any decisions, you first need to analyze and understand your entire financial picture. Two documents ... more...

Structured Settlements 101: How Structured Settlements Work
You have probably heard the term Structured Settlement on a television or print ad and wondered what it meant. After all, the term is not a part of our everyday lexicon.A structured settlement is a contract under which an insurance company undertakes to make periodic payments to an injured party as ... more...