December, 2008

Words of financial wisdom from Ben Stein

Words of financial wisdom from Ben Stein

My fave real estate blog BloodhoundBlog gave a shout out to Ben Stein today who also happens to be a favorite of mine. He’s great on the Saturday morning financial shows on Fox, and they really should pair him up with Jonathan Hoenig someday but I digress – if you’re feeling kinda lousy because your financial situation isn’t so great right now – read what Ben Stein...

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New Year’s Resolution: Improve Your Credit Score!

New Year’s Resolution: Improve Your Credit Score!

As this current economic downturn has shown, those with good credit and some money saved, will weather a financial crisis best. So make one of your New Year’s Resolutions to improve your credit, so you can do much better during the next financial downturn. Yes, the economy will recover (we’ve been through a recession before!) and yes, eventually we’ll face another recession. (In...

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How to negotiate a lower rental rate

How to negotiate a lower rental rate

Lots and lots of people are renting these days, either because they’re forced to (foreclosure) or because they’ve decided to put off buying a home and continue renting for the time being. Whatever your reason, did you know you may be able to negotiate your monthly rent payment? This article on negotiating your apartment rent, in the Denver Post, gave me the idea for this blog post.It...

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