Monthly Archives: March 2006


Listing Agreement Is The Key To Agent’s Commission

A home seller dismissed their original agent only to have their new agent work with one of the original buyers. What agent gets the sales commission? The listing agreement or termination agreement will clarify which agent gets the commission for this home sale.

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Hire Home Inspector For Newly Built Home

A home buyer is about to close on a new construction home and a self-inspection brought up a few issues of concern. Hiring a professional home inspector will ensure any major problems are identified before the close. A home inspector should be able to make sure everything is working correctly in the house, so the buyer’s new home doesn’t have a lot of new problems.

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Changing Title Involves Contacting Relatives In Inheritance

If you buy property with someone and he or she dies how can you ensure that you have clear title to the home? Generally, when someone dies his or her share of a property goes to his or her next of kin. You have to track down your real estate partner’s relatives to get them to sign a quit claim deed or so you can buy them out of the property. A real estate attorney may also be able to help you in this situation.

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An Inventor’s Paradise: Solving Problems With New Releases From the 2006 Housewares Show

Finding a product that can make someone’s life easier is the genesis for many of the inventors at the 2006 Housewares Show, held recently in Chicago. Products at the Housewares Show often came from something the inventor did to solve his or her own problems. Here are a few cool things being shown off this year at the Housewares Show.

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Lunch with Kay Kamin

I had lunch today with Kay Kamin, the Financial Editor for Today’s Chicago Woman (an excellent monthly tabloid newspaper – www.tcwmag.com). She is als…

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How Seniors Are Paying For Health Care

A new survey from Financial Freedom, the nation’s largest reverse mortgage lender, takes a look at the financial, social, and quality of life attitude…

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Housewares Show — The Cool Stuff

Here’s what I learned at the 2006 Housewares Show, at McCormick Place in Chicago: Pastels and retro are in; ceramic knives and peelers are all the rag…

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How To Receive Your Income Tax Refund

When you file your income taxes and are eligible for a tax refund you can receive the money in a number of ways. One way to get your income tax refund is to have the money direct deposited into a bank account. Another way to receive your tax refund is to get a stored value card from a tax preparer such as H&R Block. Is a stored value card a good way to get your income tax refund?

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The Housewares Show Is Hot! (To Borrow A Phrase From Paris Hilton)

I just spent the last 7 hours walking maybe 5 to 6 miles at the 2006 Housewares Show. Great gadgets to share with you. I’ll start blogging about them …

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Housewares Show Is Hot Hot Hot!

I’m on my way to the Housewares Show today. It’s supposed to be bigger than ever this year — with 100,000s of square feet of new products, tens of th…

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