Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

Key takeaways Home equity loans and HELOCs are both financing tools that allow you to borrow against your ownership stake in your home. Both act as second mortgages, using your home as collateral, and may offer tax deductions if the funds are used for substantial repairs or upgrades. Home equity loan: What is it?

Home 52

Home Work Debt Credit 52

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 24, 2021

Our home owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, there have been years where we also owed the Federal government. Our list includes: home owner’s insurance – due yearly. auto insurance – due yearly.

Bills 130

Bills Budgeting Budget Emergency Fund 130

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2015

Our home-owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, we also owed the Federal government this year. I started our personal escrow account years ago, when we refinanced our mortgage. So I came up with my own system.

Bills 100

Bills Real Estate Insurance Taxes 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Remember the excitement of signing the contract for your first home? Unfortunately, many home-buyers over-extend themselves financially when taking out a mortgage; these days they seem to be encouraged by lenders. Are we going to lose our home? If you are in the speculative real estate market, your situation is different again.

Refinancing 203

Refinancing Taxes Real Estate Money 203

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Yeah, There’s a Calculator for That Refinancing your mortgage to a lower rate and paying the same amount is an interesting sound-byte from Personal Finance Bloggers – but has anyone really run the numbers? 20′s Finances: Hiring a Property Manager: What it Offers You Real Estate Investments can be time consuming.

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October 2011 Finance Personal Finance 200