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Ilyce Glink is an award-winning, nationally-syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and radio and television personality. She is the best-known consumer advocate for home buyers, sellers, and owners, and her content touches millions of readers, viewers, and listeners each week. She is the Founder/CEO of Best Money Moves, an employee benefit that companies provide that helps employees measure financial stress, then dials it down with a unique content mapping system. She is also the Founder/CEO of Think Glink Media, a digital content agency, and the Publisher of ThinkGlink.com. Listen to Ilyce on WGN Radio each week, follow her on Twitter, and sign up for the ThinkGlink free weekly newsletter, in the blue box at the bottom of this page.
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    What Can You Do If Your Mortgage Is Underwater?

What Can You Do If Your Mortgage Is Underwater?

By Ilyce Glink| 2021-01-15T10:20:15-06:00 January 15th, 2021|

What can you do if your mortgage is underwater? This homeowner wants to know if she can foreclose and move on, but that should only be her last resort. Q: I am a widow in my 70s and my mortgage is underwater. Can I just let the bank foreclose and move on? I don't want [...]

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    Real Estate Market Recap for 2020 and Housing Outlook for 2021

Real Estate Market Recap for 2020 and Housing Outlook for 2021

By Ilyce Glink| 2021-01-15T10:13:51-06:00 January 15th, 2021|

Real estate market recap for 2020 and housing outlook for 2021. An overview of how COVID-19 impacted real estate in 2020 and what to expect in 2021. Safe to say that 2020 will go down in history as a year like no other. Even, or perhaps especially, in real estate. Real Estate Market Recap for [...]

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    How to Manage Inherited Property Split Between Siblings

How to Manage Inherited Property Split Between Siblings

By Ilyce Glink| 2021-01-08T10:00:27-06:00 January 8th, 2021|

How to manage inherited property split between siblings. This reader wants to either buy his sister out or sell the property, but she refuses. Q: My boyfriend’s mother died several months back. He wants to either buy his sister out or sell the property, but his sister has refused his verbal requests to buy her [...]

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    3 Financial Resolutions for 2021

3 Financial Resolutions for 2021

By Ilyce Glink| 2021-01-08T09:53:42-06:00 January 8th, 2021|

3 financial resolutions for 2021. Three tips to help improve your personal finances and prepare for economic uncertainty in the new year. Here’s a guess: there aren’t many of us who’d care to redo 2020. COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, changed everything, killing more than 365,000 Americans (as of this writing in early January) and taking [...]

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    How Do I Avoid Capital Gains Tax for Jointly Owned Property?

How Do I Avoid Capital Gains Tax for Jointly Owned Property?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-12-23T11:18:50-06:00 December 23rd, 2020|

How do I avoid capital gains tax for jointly owned property? This reader wants to know how best to go about using the home sale exclusion when they sell the property. Q: My wife and I own our home jointly. The home has appreciated substantially in the 25 years we have owned it to the [...]

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    Buying a Duplex With Friends: Primary Residence or Investment Property?

Buying a Duplex With Friends: Primary Residence or Investment Property?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-12-23T11:11:11-06:00 December 23rd, 2020|

Buying a duplex with friends: primary residence or investment property? This reader wants to know how taxes work if all four of them are on the financing and title. Q: My partner and I plan to purchase a duplex with friends. We would live on one side, and our friends (who already own their forever [...]

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    Can You Have Three Joint Tenants With Rights of Survivorship?

Can You Have Three Joint Tenants With Rights of Survivorship?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-12-23T10:15:37-06:00 December 23rd, 2020|

Can you have three joint tenants with rights of survivorship? This reader wants to know if it’s legal to add a third person to the title of their home. Q: There are two of us on the title of a home. We own the home as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Is it legal [...]

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    How Much Should an HOA Have in Reserves?

How Much Should an HOA Have in Reserves?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-12-23T10:06:08-06:00 December 23rd, 2020|

How much should an HOA have in reserves? This reader wants to know how much an HOA should have in reserves and what happens if it’s too much. Q: Can a homeowners association have too much cash in reserves? If they do, what are the consequences? How Much Should an HOA Have in Reserves? A: [...]

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    How Do I Overturn an HOA Decision?

How Do I Overturn an HOA Decision?

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-12-18T13:47:40-06:00 December 18th, 2020|

How do I overturn an HOA decision? This reader doesn’t agree with a decision the HOA board made and wants to know if they have any recourse. Q: The association board of my building wants to take down basic pine trees behind my unit. The trees are healthy and provide no danger to the building. [...]

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    What to Do About Unpermitted Work When Buying a House

What to Do About Unpermitted Work When Buying a House

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-12-18T13:34:47-06:00 December 18th, 2020|

What to do about unpermitted work when buying a house. How to look up work done on a home and who you can ask to help you make an informed decision. Q: I saw your recent column about buying a home that might not have all of the required permits for work done. You left [...]

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