This time last year, the quickest way to building up some equity, and therefor wealth, was to buy a house. Plenty of people reached for houses not truly in their price range, figuring that even with a tough mortgage, they could turn around and sell the house later on to make a profit.
While the real [...]

Most deals that seem to be too good to be true usually are. Kansas Free Land, however, is on the up and up. Basically, the deal is that certain towns in rural Kansas are offering up free land to anyone willing to come, build a house on the land and live on it.  The towns [...]

I’m frustrated with my apartment’s management company. Yesterday, a closet door fell off its hinges as I was opening it: the screws were intact, but the wood in the door was stripped. The office promised to send someone out today if the maintenance staff wasn’t too busy.
Don’t think I’m helpless when it comes to this [...]

There is a lot of talk about whether or not you should pay off your mortgage or invest. This topic has been beaten to death throughout the blogosphere and the answer remains the same, it depends. The basic idea is that if you invest rather than pay down your mortgage, you can earn a higher [...]

Foreclosures are at record highs. The stock market is extremely volatile. The government is stepping in. It’s almost the end of the year and everyone from consumers to retailers and investors are jittery about what lies ahead. Apparently the sub prime mess affected more than just lenders and home owners. Its amazing that we didn’t [...]