Big box stores such as Lowes and Home Depot always seem to have appliances on sale (I've recently been looking for a replacement gas stove for one of my rental houses myself).   

I went to a countertop store last week and the difference in cost was significant. $15 sq.ft installed for laminate vs. $45 and up for granite and $75 and up for quartz.

Go to the nearest store and look at the windows, if there are bars there you might want to head down the road, but neighborhoods can change fast up there.

Adding a secured credit card with even the smallest limit and obtained at about the same time as the installment loan would make for an even better score," Paperno says.Old advice: Regular credit cards are better than store cards for building credit.New advice: Certain store cards may help you get a mortgage.Store-branded cards have long been seen as a stepping stone to "real" credit cards.

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You don't want to be responsible for buying her a new flat screen tv because you didn't take pictures and store it or whatever your state requires.If she didn't leave a forwarding address, send to the last known address (the property) via first class mail and then collect that letter and keep in your files as proof of notice.

There is a small mall and lots of other big name stores.  

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