You might have taken out a 15-year loan to get the loan paid off in half the time, and might even be making extra payments, or perhaps signed up for one of those biweekly loan programs, all to enable you to get rid of the mortgage just as quickly as possible.You do all of these things, of course, for a very basic and deep-rooted reason: because your parents taught you that you should never a have mortgage, and the key to the American Dream is to own your home outright.Yet, a Big 30-Year Mortgage Is BestAlthough your parents’ advice once made sense, today it is completely wrong.

Soap box removed.I run my own crew, am my own management, and so I dodge much of the BS associated with having others manage my wealth.I have been doing a small side business setting up Sect 8 rentals for out-of-town investors...its all individual and negotiable.

I've just received a job offer out of state (a return to my roots).

Then they found the root of the problem: A broken pipe 5 foot deep under the drive way!

I suspect based on the neighborhood, maybe the lawns just go unwatered, and the tenants must use an automated car wash, or one of those places where you feed in quarters to get soap an water.

Mr Krulac do you maybe have roots from Croatia?

Have you tried rubbing bar soap along the runners?

My wife quickly realized the power of Amazon/Prime, and now we get nearly EVERYTHING that way -- from toilet paper to dog food to light bulbs to soap to birthday presents and even some food.  

We have seen it recommended that walls & ceilings be washed with special soap and/or vinegar and lemon water to kill the odor.

Majority of homebuyers want that amenity in their kitchen, although hard surfaces(quartz, marble and soap stone) are making a comeback.My rule of thumb is you to use granite in homes that are $140k & over.