Refinancing Your Home Equity Loan
Home equity loans allow homeowners to borrow money using their home's equity as collateral. Homes are our biggest investment. Because of low interest rates, many homeowners are choosing to refinance their homes for lower rates. Lower rates equal a lower monthly payment. On the other hand, some ... more...

Budget Decorating - What Is It?
Budget decorating. You see this phrase a lot but what does it mean? Does it mean the same thing to you that it does to me? Probably not, and heres why.The term "decorating" is easy to understand; it concerns making something (a room, a space) prettier, better organized, more functional, more ... more...

To Stay Married, Keep Dating
One of my favorite memories from last year was not watching my young daughters rip into their Christmas presents, or seeing them perform in the school talent show. No, my happiest recollection was the date my husband and I went out on one stormy Tuesday night in November.A few days before, wed had ... more...

Financing Houses
What Real Estate Lenders Look ForLenders control many programs -- some make use of over 200! Generally, lenders look for the following typical standards, with many exceptions:1. Absolutely no late mortgage payments 2. Credit score above 580 3. If bankruptcy, no charge-offs or collection accounts ... more...

Strategies for Surviving Holiday Dinners, Family Events and Other War Zones
No matter how well we may have weathered our basic training, nothing can fully prepare us for the front lines of family gatherings. Were in the thick of it, dodging live ammunition, and fighting the urge to return to our old, reliable patterns that helped us to survive while we were growing up. We ... more...

How Much Mortgage Can You Afford?
Mortgage calculators are helpful when comparing mortgage loan offers. You can specify the total loan amount, term length, interest rate, property taxes, homeowner insurance and private mortgage insurance amount to determine how much your month payment will be. Term length is the duration of the ... more...

FSBOs The Secret of 'After Settlement Escrow' to Solve Problems
Most FSBOs (people who are selling their own homes) are aware of the conventional use of escrow. In this article, we look at ways to use escrow to solve problems.EscrowEscrow means different things in different parts of the country. In California its part and parcel of the settlement process. In ... more...

Wealth Creation and Mortgage Planning - Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together
What if I were to tell you that almost everything you have been told about what to do with your home has been absolutely wrong and that one of the worst ways to build wealth is through your home? And what if I further went on to show you that anyone who perpetuates this myth probably is not your ... more...

Treat Money Well To Attract More
Your ability to attract money has a lot to do with how you behave toward it.The Law of Attraction works to send you more of what you think, feel and do. So the way you deal with money has a direct relation to how easily and abundantly it comes to you.Imagine that money is a guest in your home and ... more...