Debt Management Plans How They Can Help You Get Out Of Debt
Debt management plans (DMP) consolidate your short term debts into one monthly payment. They also negotiate lower interest rates, enabling you to pay off your accounts usually in less than five years. Before you sign up with one of these companies, you want to investigate them to be sure they are ... more...

Debt Consolidation Loan and Consolidation Loans
Debt consolidation loan services act as a third party intermediary to assist you in negotiating lower interest fees and monthly payments with your unsecured debt holders. If you are falling behind on your monthly payments, as many consumers are, you can quickly build up late fees and over limit ... more...

Tips for Buying a New Home
My wife and I recently purchased a new home in Tennessee. Here are some helpful hints we picked up along the way:1. Use all of the online resources available. Almost every state and local government has a website where you can research real estate information. The data on home sales, taxes, and ... more...

Brand Equity
Brand equity can be defined in many different ways. I have developed a simple, yet powerful, definition of brand equity. For a brand to be strong it must accomplish two things over time: retain current customers and attract new ones. To the extent a brand does these things well, it grows stronger ... more...

Debt Consolidation 101
Debt consolidation occurs where one takes out a loan in order to pay off two or more existing debts. Consolidating existing unstructured debt into one personal loan may save on your monthly outgoings while, at the same time, offering a repayment discipline and clear end-date to your debt.An ... more...

Where Does Your Real Estate Commission Fee Go - Why is The Commission so HIGH?
Many who have bought and sold properties through Realtors numerous times; even many real estate agents themselves, don't know where the commission money goes. After all, when a property sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars and the commission is tens of thousands of dollars, it seems like ... more...

Subprime Hybrid Mortgages
Subprime hybrid mortgages offer temporarily low rates for borrowers while they work to rebuild their credit. With a sub-prime hybrid mortgage, you dont have to pay PMI, saving hundreds a year. After two or three years of on time payments, you can then refinance for conventional mortgage rates ... more...

The Quickest Way to Significantly Increase Your Net Worth
Your net worth equals what you own minus what you owe. It is commonly referred to as the difference between your total assets and your total liabilities.Heres a simple illustration:Home Value = $350,000 Mortgage balance = $150,000 Investments = 100,000 Credit cards = 20 ... more...

How to Choose a Capital Provider and Navigate Commercial Capital Markets
Financing a commercial real estate transaction is no longer a simple matter. Now, there are many considerations that must be evaluated when selecting a capital provider.In order to increase project velocity, improve operating efficiency, conserve internal capital, increase leverage and lower the ... more...

Don't Buy Term Life Insurance
Don't buy term life insurance if you have a lot of money. You simply should not buy any life insurance at all.Let Us Look At The Young Married CoupleYou have married the partner of your dreams and have decided to get married. You have no children yet. You both work. You save every dollar you can ... more...

The Basics of Home Loans - Interest Rates, Closing Costs, Points
Stop! Before you look up mortgage companies up in your phone book, check out the offers online. Getting a mortgage online can save you some serious money. When you lookup mortgage companies only in your area, you're greatly restricting the competetive pool of companies to offer you a good loan. ... more...

Benefits of a Business Loan
There are many benefits in choosing a business loan, some of which are listed below:What's the fastest way of raising money for your business idea? A business loan, but what kind of loan should you get and who should you get your loan from. You could ask family and friends for a loan but they might ... more...

Log Homes - What's Different About Log Homes?
Newcomers to the world of log homes will notice that log homes look different than conventional "stick-built" homes. But are log homes really different, other than in appearance? If so, how?Let's take a look at some of the ways in which log homes differ from conventional homes. Log Walls - This is ... more...

HELOCs and Second Mortgages: Which One Should I Choose?
Whether you need some extra cash to pay off some credit card debts, or to make some home improvements, home equity lines of credit or second mortgages can be great ways to get started.Many people looking to borrow money often opt for home equity line of credit, or HELOCs, for short. They are a ... more...