Ilyce Glink's Blog

Faulty Smoke Detectors - How to Get The Smoke Detector To Stop Beeping

Faulty Smoke Detectors - How to Get The Smoke Detector to Stop Beeping: Why does it always happen at 1:45 a.m. on a night where you went to bed early and were trying to get a solid night's sleep. Smoke detectors need batteries every year, but they the unit itself goes bad every 3 to 5 years. Ours is 5 years, 10 months old.

Topics: real estate advice

Ilyce Glink Show Notes - October 4, 2009

Ilyce Glink Show Notes - October 4, 2009; Atlanta Flood update; September job cuts and unemployment rate rises; Moving to Montana; Section 8 real estate investing; how to find an estate attorney; HUD-certified housing counselors and Net Present Value (NPV) calculations and why people can't get loan modifications; FREE BOOKS and EBOOK DISCOUNT DEAL; Taylor Bean Whitaker

Topics: real estate advice

Sushi and Six Degrees of Separation

Sushi and six degrees of separation. Last night, I had dinner at a good all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant in Palatine, IL called Sushi Para. It turns out my dinner companions and I had a lot in common.

Topics: consumer advice

$10,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit For Everyone To Replace $8,000 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit?

The $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit will expire on November 30, 2009, unless Congress votes to extend the deadline. But with positive housing news coming out and with health care sucking the oxygen out of the room, is there the political will to extend and expand the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit? Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) thinks so, but instead of pushing his $15,000 home buyer tax credit for everyone, he is going to propose a $10,000 tax credit for everyone, including millionaires. He believes he can attach it to upcoming legislation as an amendment and get it passed. I spoke with Sen. Isakson this morning about his efforts to get the tax credit legislation passed.