Today I met w/ a loan officer & discussed options. As you know, to qualify for VA or FHA one has to live at property. So that option’s not available for me b/c my 88 yr old mum & hearing impaired daughter live...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $165,000

Cash invested: $5,000

Sale price: $195,000

Great double lot in Humble

Economic Update
(Monday, February 15, 2021)
I was never a big believer in “Herd Immunity” until now. The term “herd immunity” represents a hypothetical threshold of our population that needs immunity to the coron...

Economic Update(Monday, February 22, 2021)
The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s Jan. 26-27 meeting, released last week (after their customary three-week delay), show that members of the Committee ...

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My husband and I just got back from our closing appointment. The seller was a no show. The title company called her and she stated she needed more time to move. When pressed to give a date, she evaded the question. Ju...

Economic Update
(Monday, May 10, 2021)
Are you making love less? I thought so. Apparently you’re not alone. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by ...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 7, 2021)
Is Los Angeles a City-State? I ask this question because no one seems to know what Los Angeles is, exactly: city of angels, revenge city, or something else. In 1925, Aldous Hu...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 14, 2021)
For a period of time between 2018 and the beginning of 2020, the “Real House Price Index” (which calculates inflation in the Housing Sector) was falling, because Americans’ bu...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 21, 2021)
Fire has always been part of Southern California’s ecosystem, but today’s wildfires are more intense, more frequent, and more dangerous than ever. The memories of massive bla...