The Fiscal Cliff Deal: Helping the Housing Recovery?

With a flurry of heated, last minute negotiating in the early hours of the New Year, the warring houses of the US government struck a deal on the “fiscal cliff” of the budget crisis. While the compromise deal left major spending cuts in place and eliminated some...

Financing and Refinancing Rental Property

Even as the country continues to teeter on the fiscal cliff and the housing recovery exhibits a slow rebound, mortgage interest rates generally remain astonishingly low. Those low rates make current conditions ideal for getting started in rental property investing –...

The Fiscal Cliff: How Hard Will Investors Land?

Soft descent or splat at the bottom of the ravine? With only a few days of 2012 remaining, the “fiscal cliff” of financial budget troubles remains unresolved, and, according to recent reports, is likely to stay that way, except for small adjustments that lawmakers can...

Falling off the Fiscal Cliff: Investor Impact?

Since November’s re-election of President Barack Obama, talk of the “fiscal cliff” has filled news headlines around the country. Both parties are faced with the dilemma of dealing with massive budget cuts and shortfalls as the Budget Control Act of 2011 is set to...