Get Rich With Mobile Homes
Does the myth that mobile homes depreciate in value keep you from investing in them? Well, they do lose value in a park, on a rented lot. Mobile homes with real estate, however, are an entirely different investment.My mobile home doubled in value in the twelve years I lived in it. The home ... more...

How To Get A Credit Card No Matter How Bad Your Credit Rating
Your credit is bad. Perhaps you have a string of unpaid bills haunting your past. Maybe you declared bankruptcy within the past 10 years, or defaulted on a student loan.All of the above can block your access to obtaining a major credit card, such as VISA or Mastercard.But bad credit is not the ... more...

What is a Personal Secured Loan?
A personal secured loan is the generic term for a loan. In simple terms a personal secured loan gives security to the lender on the loan other than a simple promise to repay the loan.This type of loan is essentially an amount that is secured against property put up by you as collateral. Since this ... more...

Three Questions You Must Ask Your Loan Officer
It's pretty easy to isolate the good from the bad in a lot of professions: a dentist laughing gleefully every time you flinch, a plumber demanding payment up front while your knees disappear underwater, a real estate agent who never returns your call or is constantly dragging you to inappropriate ... more...

What is Your Creative Retirement Plan?
The idle are a peculiar kind of dead that cannot be buried. Oriental proverbOne thing is certain - when you do not have a creative challenge during your retirement years, the idleness and its accompanying despondency blots out any chance for happiness and contentment and can even encourage an early ... more...

Understanding The Different Types Of FICO Credit Scores
Before credit scores were developed, lenders use to physically look over each applicants credit report and credit history to determine whether or not to extend credit. This process was highly time consuming and sometimes resulted in large human errors.As a result, Fair Isaac created the credit ... more...

Credit Traps Snag Consumers
Nearly 20 years ago I worked for a small consumer advocacy organization in Washington, DC. Each week we received sacks full of mail from consumers across the country requesting our list of credit cards with low interest rates and no annual fees. If you wanted a low interest rate on a credit card ... more...

What Is In Your Credit Report And What It Means To You
If you have applied for a home loan, car loan, or a credit card, you have had your credit report reviewed by a lender. The information in your credit report has a major impact on your ability to get a loan and your credit-worthiness in general. It is not unusual for a potential employer or ... more...

Ten Steps To Building A Good Credit History
Are you thinking of buying a house? Do you want to buy a new car to replace that old wreck? Trying to get insurance on you home, auto, or life? In each of these situations, whats on your credit report will determine if you can get a loan or insurance and what rates youll have to pay.If youre trying ... more...

What Is A Good Credit Score How Can I Raise Mine?
What is a good credit score? When you request a free copy of your credit report, you will find a score assigned to your credit history. This score will determine whether or not creditors will grant you the loan or credit that you want because it gives them an idea of your risk to repay. Generally, ... more...

A Single Mother Resource to Success
The core of budgeting for single mothers is to see your monthly spending needs and habits. The purpose of a budget allows you to track your personal cash flow. Your personal cash flow is how much money comes in and how much goes out.First Step to Household Budgeting Adding up your monthly income ... more...

Preventing Foreclosure Proceedings and Understanding Your Options
Every year over 8 million homeowners are seeking help preventing foreclosure proceedings. This is a stunning 30 year high. Experts project that by 2006, 12 million homeowners will be teetering on the brink of foreclosure. Many homeowners are not aware that they can prevent foreclosure and save ... more...

Selfish or Self-Loving
Selfish is such as nasty word, isn't it? If someone calls you a "selfish cow" - it hurts. After all, society tells us that we have to think of others first. We need to give before we can receive. We have to consider our family and friends when making a decision that will affect our lives ... more...

How to Find Debt Consolidation Solutions
Taking loans has become a way of life because of the convenience it offers. Within manageable limits loan repayment does not create any problems. However there is no harm in looking for better options.A debt consolidation solution is any method of taking all debts incurred by an individual from ... more...

It's Never Too Late To Start
Many people never start anything because they think the bus has left them standing at the station.They think it's too late for them to jump in the game... any game... and all the good opportunities have already been snatched up by somebody else.All the good domain names are gone... (wrong!)All the ... more...