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My First Podcast About Buying a Home and Presented by Charles Schwab is Finally Live

I mentioned this quite a few weeks ago, and we had hoped to get everything finalized then, but there were a few technical difficulties that delayed the launch. That’s fine, because it is better late than never.
This first podcast is just one of many in a series that is being developed by About.com and Charles […]

Poll: Do Mortgage Bailouts Encourage Irresponsibility and Punish Prudent Borrowers?

Ever since the announcements began coming out that there were going to be some bailouts to help the mortgage “crisis”, I’ve been a bit ticked off, and according to a recent Yahoo! Finance article, I’m not alone.
An Absurd Example
The article talks about one common example that I find absurd:
For example, one subprime borrower had a […]

When Owning a Home Isn’t Always All It’s Cracked Up to Be

You’ve probably heard the advice over and over again about how owning a home is one of the major milestones in achieving financial independence. It is certainly true that by owning a home you can take ownership in something that has the potential to build equity and provide you with the freedom you might not […]

The Real Estate Generation Gap: The Baby Boomers Are Trying to Sell, but Who’s Buying?

A reader recently forwarded an interesting article to me (which I encourage everyone to do) about the real estate generation gap. This article does a fantastic job in presenting a very real problem with our current real estate situation. With an already soft real estate market the prospect of even more homes fueling the inventory […]