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...
The Dodd-Frank Act was passed in 2010 in an effort to establish some regulation and oversight on a financial industry in free fall after the housing collapse of the previous two years. A far-ranging attempt to reform banking practices that led to the robosigning...
Regardless of their political leanings, real estate professionals and investors small and large watched this year’s presidential election unfold with an eye to its effects on the US real estate market. Although housing wasn’t a particularly hot topic during the...
One of the most critical things for any person to do in their personal, professional, or financial life is to make intelligent plans. When we simply ‘wing it’ for an extended period of time, it results in our missing opportunities because we weren’t prepared. It is...
Call it a superstorm, a perfect storm, or Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy plowed its way up the Eastern Seaboard on the last weekend in October, colliding with other weather systems to wreak havoc on the people and infrastructures of several states. As business and home...
