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Save Taxes: Negotiate A Reduction in Your Assessed Value

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you own real estate, you have been, or someday will be, confronted with a rise in your assessed property value. This usually leads to an increase in your real estate taxes! Assessed value is the value that will be used in determining how much you will pay in real estate taxes. Real estate market movement.

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Smart Safety: Paying a Landlord by App

Motherhood Moments

Since Zelle is owned by major banks—and since you may even be accessing the service through your banking app or website—it’s easy to assume that your bank has your back. Sure, it may actually be a business consultant who wants to sublet her fantastic apartment while she’s working in Europe for a year. It seems safe.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Welcome to the May 11, 2012 Edition #236 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. ’ Financial Planning Ashley presents Should I Get Married with Debt? YFS presents What Is Asset Allocation and Why Is It Important? PPlan presents U.S. This edition is arranged by subject heading, so that you can browse efficiently.

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House & Home - Don't Rent a Single-Family Home Without Asking These Questions

Motherhood Moments

Sure, you may never find the perfect rental, and you should expect to compromise on small things—but make sure they are, indeed, small. If your monthly housing budget is $2,500 and rent alone is $2,350, you may want to keep looking,” advises Bordo. Just because an SFR is available to rent doesn’t mean it’s right for you,” he adds.

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Money Matters: Why January is the Best Time for a New Rental

Motherhood Moments

Now that Bordo has your attention, here are six reasons why you should start preparing to sign a new lease sooner than you may have planned: Asking rent typically drops in January. But in the winter, landlords might not have many (or any) prospective tenants—and they may be more willing to negotiate in order to fill a vacant unit.

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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you push in one direction, the organism may pop in several different directions. The intention was to get some extra money and get the real estate taxes paid. This caused the home to be condemned as unfit for human habitation and the real estate taxes not to be paid. Examples of unintended consequences.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Wayne presents Purpose of Budgeting posted at Young Family Finance , saying, “Are you left wondering why you should budget? David presents Wired Capital Markets posted at Wall Street History , saying, ” Looking into the workings of modern securities markets is like looking under the hood of a Prius hybrid car.

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