Should seniors pay heating bill and their mortgage using a credit card? Ilyce suggests they either sell their home or get a reverse mortgage to stop paying the heating bill with the credit card. The reverse mortgage would allow seniors to stop charging their home heating bill on the credit card.
If you know for sure you have to give up your home but you don't want to go through a lengthy foreclosure process, sign a deed in lieu of foreclosure. A deed in lieu of foreclosure transfers ownership of your house to the bank and allows you to move on without a foreclosure on your credit history. Learn who may be the best candidate for a deed in lieu of foreclosure and how it's usually used for investment properties.
A first-time home buyer wants to break the contract with her Realtor because the agent is doing a poor job. The contract is through the brokerage, and a managing broker should be able to set this buyer up with a new agent. If the managing broker won't solve this problem, the buyer's agent contract should be canceled in writing.
The 2008 International Housewares Show featured recycling and color trends. The Housewares Show offered a rainbow of colors and new innovations on familiar tools. Some Housewares Show items debuted there.
Interest rates on savings accounts will be low for a while. Is using an online bank a good idea to get a higher interest rate on his savings account?
A woman asks about her marriage property rights. Her marriage is ending and her husband sold the property but does he have rights to sell it? To find out her marriage property rights she can talk to a legal aid clinic.
A reader asks for the federal government's mortgage hotline number. The mortgage hotline number is 888-995-HOPE. Call the mortgage hotline number if you can't pay your mortgage.
A mover wants to correct some terminology. Movers say they move household goods, not "stuff." A good mover will take care of your household goods during a move.
A real estate instructor writes in to give would-be real estate agents job advice. The instructor's job advice says that a real estate agent's career has lots of costs. According to the instructor's job advice, most real estate agents earn about $40,000 a year. The instructor's job advice reminds potential real estate agents that a real estate career can be lucrative but it's not an instant path to riches.
