The article indicates crowd-funding will be possible through SEC registered portals, will this be similar to Propsper.com or LendingClub.com?

There are still plenty of blue chip companies that are still increasing their quarterly dividends which is one of several indicators that a company is healthy.

Originally posted by Michael Amosson:...The rate is 4.6%, which works out to an APR of 5.3%. ...The difference between rate and APR is an indicator of "how expensive" the loan processing is.

Sure, a lot of information will be second guessed (like monthly rents and expenses) but I'm always going to ask for the information anyhow, would be useful if it was up front.Also should indicate if the seller is willing to owner finance and if so, at what terms.The more back and forth you can save people, the better.

Please indicate the estimated cost of the anticipated repairs.4 - You will need to provide 3-4 Active Listings and 3-4 Sold Comparables supporting your value.5 - There is also an area to input an As Is value - NO comparables needed - Provide just a value that you feel the property would sell for in As Is condition on a 120 day sales price. 6 - Receipt of these reports are time sensitive.

And the stock market is almost always a leading economic indicator!

Funny thing about tax records is that if they don't really know, they seem to put down 1930.Construction and materials indicate that the house is far, far older than that... like possibly 15-20 years older than that.

I don't know if they passed the law or not, but that indicates to me that it is otherwise not illegal, at least in Texas.

The broker I used had an obscure name but clearly gave no indication of a fsbo outfit.

Some holiday tax planning raised the following question:Back in the glory days of yesteryear, when I had an Edward Jones guy, I unfortunately found myself overallocated in my Roth IRA, and attached to my return was a harsh note indicating that I needed to remove the excess amount immediately.