home ownership

Why Landlords Love Student Loans

Why Landlords Love Student Loans

Debt can get you in trouble in so many different ways, with student loans being one a shining example. These days, the debt load for college and vocational school graduates is so high that it interferes with their ability to secure one of the critical components of the American Dream - home ownership....

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The Future of Home Ownership

The Future of Home Ownership

We spend a lot of time with this blog extolling the very real virtues of investing in income properties rather than the stock market. That's all well and good but what about the people who don't want to tackle property investing and only want to be able to buy a home at some point in the future? Will...

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Is Starbucks Stealing Your Home Ownership Opportunity?

Is Starbucks Stealing Your Home Ownership Opportunity?

There's a story from New Zealand about how people on above average wages ($70K annually) cannot afford to buy a house, even in the face of tumbling prices. Yes, home ownership is in mortal peril there. Let's hop across the Big Pond to America. Is the same scenario at work here? We don't even have to...

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