If you have good credit and you are a first time home buyer, you need to find a good mortgage broker or mortgage lender to help you with your home purchase. Q: I am a first time home buyer and ready to buy. I would like to purchase a house in Atlanta. My credit score [...]
If you invest in real estate with friends or relatives, plan ahead. Otherwise, you may find yourself deep with problems when money is short or disagreements arise. Q: My friend and I bought a single family house to make some fast money. We wanted to flip the property, but, could not, and we’re on the [...]
If you now have no credit history after living abroad for some time, you need to work to build your credit history back in the US. Q: I am an American citizen who has lived the last 25 years in Switzerland. I paid cash for a house recently because I have no credit history in [...]
I'm not on the air this first day of the New Year, but as it's 2012, we decided to run a show broadcast earlier in the week regarding tax law changes. The season is officially here! If you are interested in your taxes, here are a few of the Tax law changes for 2012. Guests Merry [...]
How to make cable company deals and save $250-350 a year on your cable bill. And as usual, providing personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer advice with Ilyce Glink on the Clark Howard Show December 29, 2011 on WSB Radio. In 2001, the average American household spent $48 a month on their internet/phone/cable [...]
Today it is more important than any time in the past to prepare your retirement savings plan. Deciding how much you need to have saved by the big day so that you can live comfortably is not always easy. Here are some great tips to help you calculate your retirement date. Step One: Determine your [...]
If you are interested in your taxes, here are a few of the Tax law changes for 2012. Guests Merry Brodie, an Enrolled Agent and owner of several Jackson Hewitt Franchises in the Atlanta area, and Bill Nemeth, an Enrolled Agent who is president of the Georgia Association of Enrolled Agents, talk with my callers and [...]
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced today they will extend the temporary waiver of FHA’s anti-flipping regulations through 2012, in hopes the move will stimulate foreclosure sales. In a press release announcing the extension of the FHA anti-flipping waiver (click to view full press release), acting FHA commissioner Carol Galante said that the “extension is intended [...]
Show Notes for Ilyce Glink on the Clark Howard Show, December 28, 2011. Today, we’re answering your tax and money questions with Ilyce Glink filling in for Clark Howard on WSB Radio. We have Merry Brodie, an Enrolled Agent and owner of several Jackson Hewitt Franchises in the Atlanta area, and Bill Nemeth, an Enrolled [...]
