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Don’t Buy a Car – or Did You Already Buy One?

Don’t Buy a Car When an individual’s income starts growing and they manage to set aside some savings, they commonly experience what may be considered an innate instinct of modern civilized mankind.  The desire to spend money.  Since North Americans have a special love affair with the automobile, this becomes a high priority item on …

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Important Things To Avoid Before Buying a Home

Other Things to Avoid Before Purchasing a Home Don’t Move Money Around When a lender reviews your loan package for approval, one of the things they are concerned about is the source of funds for your down payment and closing costs. Most likely, you will be asked to provide statements for the last two or …

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The Benefits of Owning Your Own Home

Benefits of Owning Your Own Home: The Best Investment As a fairly general rule, homes appreciate about five percent a year. Some years will be more, some less. The figure will vary from neighborhood to neighborhood, and region to region.  Five percent may not seem like that much at first. Stocks (at times) appreciate much …

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