Money Problems?
You're not alone. Many people face a financial crisis some time in their lives. Whether the crisis is caused by personal or family illness, the loss of a job, or overspending, it can seem overwhelming. But often, it can be overcome. Your financial situation doesn't have to go from bad to worse.Have ... more...

Buying Foreclosed Properties: Important Pitfalls
Many people have started looking at foreclosed properties as a new, cheap real estate investment. Properties at foreclosure sales often sell at a substantial discount, so you can get a very good deal in many cases. There are several problems you have to watch out for, however, so be careful.First, ... more...

Dress Your Kids In the Best For Less
Every mum wants their child to look good but it can be hard to find fashionable and good quality clothes that are also affordable. As a mother of seven young children I have, over the years, developed a knack to finding clothes that my children want to wear and which also dont hurt my purse strings ... more...

Why The Vacation Home Sale Market Is Unsustainable
The rental market and Vacation Home sale market is unsustainable. Property prices are still rising by appalling amounts.Yes thats great on the surface, but match todays house prices with what people are quoting for rentals. Anybody seen a 20 or 30% rise in their income from guests?Anybody seen ... more...

How To Tap In To Your Home Equity
With today's relatively low interest rates and climbing property values, many consumers are considering taping into their home equity to finance everything from home improvement projects to debt consolidation.Secured home loans, also called home equity loans, are loans backed by the borrower's ... more...

Freelance Feast or Famine?
Sometimes a freelance writing career can feel very much like "feast or famine".At the very beginning, it's almost all famine. You spend more time looking for freelance writing jobs than you spend actually writing, and, quite apart from being utterly demoralizing, when you have a mortgage to pay and ... more...

What is a Home Loan?
A Home loan is the generic term for a loan. A home loan uses your home as security. It uses the net value of your property as security for the loan.As a result of house price inflation and part repayment of mortgages many homeowners have a property which is worth far more than the mortgage they owe ... more...

Can You Calculate Complex Financial Calculations?
Are you a whiz at calculating financial information? Not the easy personal stuff, like figuring out your monthly mortgage based on a fixed interest rate for x number of years, or how much money you have available each month after all your bills are paid. (You can probably use your fingers to ... more...

How to Get Cheap Home Loans with a Bad Credit
Its been years since you made any major improvements to your home and its about time. Your spouse and children are also urging you to give the house a facelift. So, what do you do? Dip into your savings? Great! But thats only if youve enough stashed away in there. Go in for a regular loan? But you ... more...

Home Improvement: To Build Your Very Own Comfort Zone
Home is your sanctuary. The place you go back to every night and somehow it doesnt seem right. Your home is an expression of who you are and if you walk out each of a place that you does not seem to belong to you then probably your home needs improvement. You are probably guessing how you are going ... more...

A Quick Guide to Mortgages
Buying a dream home is one of the major milestones of any individuals life. The price of real estate is increasing day by day. The designer and flashy homes, which appeal us the most, are beyond the financial capabilities of a lot of individuals. However, this fact should not deter us from ... more...

Home Equity or Debt Trap?
Are you using the equity from your home to purchase everyday things? This is a dangerous trend growing more popular every month as millions of Americans tap into the value of their home to fund a lifestyle.How many times have you heard the saying Your home is the best investment youll ever make? ... more...

Two Easy Ways To Get Cheap Home Loans Online
If you're like most people, you probably want a cheap home loan - but don't know how to reduce your payments.There are some easy ways to do this. First, find the loan company with the lowest rates online. Second, get the best loan to value on your loan against the equity in your home.Lets check ... more...

Is It Time To Buy A House?
At some point as you're writing out your rent check, you get to the point where you look at the amount and think to yourself - at this rate, I could BUY a house. If you're fed up with paying rent every month that's high enough to finance a mortgage, it may be time to take a serious look at what it ... more...

Rehab Your Way to Wealth: The Quick Way to Fixer-Upper Success
Completely rebuilding a house is not necessary to make money in investment real estate. Most times, if you have bought smart, you wont have to make a huge improvements on your investment property. Look for places that need only a small amount of work. For example, look for a property that ... more...