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27 January 2009 | 20 replies
Some of his other legacies include the Social Security system and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
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3 February 2009 | 18 replies
I can get you in for as little as $500 down (first time homebuyers' grant from the city) and payments around $575 depending on income and credit." 50% of the people say no thanks, 50% say okay.
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11 February 2009 | 14 replies
I may get hammered by other landlords but good tenants are hard to find here in Fort Wayne.I have often offered the last week or two of the month rent free if the tenant takes the utilities.Of course, I have collected security deposit and first month's rent.I see this as a win-win for me.
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18 September 2009 | 51 replies
No more welfare, unemployment, minimum wage, social security or medicare (for people who are under 50 now), medicaid, Section 8, EPA, department of education, department of energy, OSHA, etc.
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21 January 2009 | 6 replies
.- Now, even if you could get a commercial loan or a business LOC, without the company having a credit history, you'll have to personally secure that credit line.
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22 January 2009 | 5 replies
Rental properties get deductions for any actual expenses, like taxes, insurance, maintenance, property management, legal fees, tenant damage over the security deposits, etc., etc.
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24 September 2009 | 8 replies
Of course, that is dependant on the bank granting it.
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5 February 2009 | 22 replies
I didnt realize that Realtors referred buyers (who they knew couldnt afford it) to brokers that had appraisers & banks with these underwriter's (who checked for a pulse) and the loans were put into securities.
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30 January 2009 | 2 replies
So I have some questions about that.As to the "option" - what % of future sales price do we reasonably request to grant this option?
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11 July 2010 | 11 replies
I was not sure if the buyer would secure their own insurance and if the taxes stay in my name..