Success is Just an Intelligent Plan Away

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...

Hurrican Sandy’s Impact on the Housing Market

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...

Tax Lien Sales: Another Kind of Foreclosure

Outdated property tax laws in several states allow investors to pick up properties for next to nothing, as municipalities sell liens placed on houses owing back property taxes or even municipal bills such as water and sewer charges. Although this practice has been...

The Clock is Ticking on Mortgage Tax Breaks

A recent report by CNN states that a key tax break designed to help struggling homeowners forced into a short sale or, failing that, foreclosure, may expire at the end of 2012 unless extended by Congress. The possible end of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of...