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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged using more taxpayer funds for new efforts to prevent home fore...
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Landlords of class C properties,This is my first venture into rentals. I'm just curious as to what parameters you use to determine a good renter? Do you do any sort of ratio where you look for 3x (or whatever that m...
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I’ve had 8 properties for close to 10 years and never had an issue so probably lucky maybe. I just received a letter from an attorney in the mail that there was an incident at one of my rental properties where the ten...
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Would be interested to hear if anyone has more/better/different information on this issue:
I just set up an Individual 401(k) for my consulting company, which is a single-member LLC. I'm wondering if this might also ...
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Ok so what would you do if you were us. Supposedly my sister in law (and kids, husband) could be losing their house. We have been down this road with a friend and was burned. So I will ask just because it's family. We...
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On October 22, the CFPB finalized targeted amendments to the Dodd-Frank Act mortgage rules that took effect in January 2014. The amendments include: Points and fees cure. Under the Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgag...
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Hello my fellow BP followers. I'm wondering if I can get some advice from those with some experience. Before asking, let me set you up with my goals/situation. My wife and I have been on this track of "financial in...
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I thought you might enjoy this article written by Robert Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University:http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/housing-mark...Agree/Disagree? Comments? Thoughts?
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And who typically pays...closing costs? title fees? title insurance? surveys? etc. etc....