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Sell Your Home or Stay?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

How do we decide if we should sell our home or stay put? What bothers you about your current home? Do you love your home, but hate the neighborhood? How will moving to a new home benefit you? Selling a home is no easy task. What non real estate considerations are there?

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Selling Your Investment Property?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Not everyone is cut out to be a landlord or landlady. Some of the costs you may encounter in a real estate transaction can be quite expensive. Real Estate agent commission : Negotiable! We did have a home inspection which was around $200 as well. Home inspection. Selling Costs. Here are some examples.

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Smart Safety: Paying a Landlord by App

Motherhood Moments

The landlord asks you to secure the property with a quick payment. This includes numerous renters who believed they were paying a legitimate landlord, notes Jonas Bordo, CEO and cofounder of Dwellsy , a comprehensive free marketplace for renters and landlords that offers over 13 million verified residential rentals.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With interest rates at all time lows, more foreclosures coming on the market and prices at decade low levels, you may be looking to buy a home or investment property. Here is my take on the skills every homeowner or landlord needs to have. Perhaps the county appraiser raised the appraised value of your home, thereby raising the taxes.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Real estate business If property is your passion, there are several ways you can serve other businesses, or even individuals, with your real estate business. You could start your own real estate agency, working with businesses or private citizens to find the office space, house or apartment that’s right for them.

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Life Tips from Dad

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Financially, he moved from working for a living to becoming a landlord and property flipper to eventually trading in the stock market. He bought and learned how to use a Ham radio set, talking with truckers across the country from the basement of our home in the 1950s. Share what you know.

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

Motherhood Moments

Landlords will be more available. Just like movers, landlords tend to be less busy during the winter. Landlords might also have more time to devote to maintenance and repair work right now,” points out Bordo. “If Utilities: Your landlord probably isn’t going to pay your energy or Internet bill.

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