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Marching Towards the Edge of the Cliff as the Government Shutdown Continues

Congressional Republicans flirt with ignoring the debt ceiling and letting the US government default on its obligations.

#Congress #debt ceiling #discretionary spending #government shutdown #mandatory spending #blogs

Same Government Shutdown, Different Day

The government shutdown drags on and on as Congress figures out the limits of its power and the difficulty of defunding Obamacare.

#Affordable Care Act #Congress #government shutdown #Obamacare #blogs

How To Make Plans For Your Pets When You’re Traveling

Thinking of traveling but you have a pet? There are options available to you whether you want to bring your pet with you or not.

#All American Pet Resorts #dog kennel #doggy day care #family vacation #pets #vacation #blogs

Where’s the Best Place for Vacation Homes?

Almost one fifth of owners have gone the rental route. How many of these homes are primary residences or secondary investment homes is not tracked. However, as readers here know, this is an obvious target market for investors.

#DIsney World #Orlando #vacation homes #blogs

Beating Inflation?

Worried about inflation eating away at your savings? Invest smartly in homes and other products that are inflation hedges.

#beating inflation #inflation #John Wayne #stock market #blogs

Want to Sell Your Car? Here’s What You Need To Know – Part 2

You may not think of eBay when it comes to selling cars but eBay Motors is one of the largest sellers of used cars in the country, selling a car every 2 seconds. eBay makes it relatively simply to list and sell your car and the fees are not at all expensive. To list a car with a few pictures is free and – if you sell it – you’ll pay anywhere from $60 to $125 to eBay (depending on the price you sell the car). There are many legitimate car dealers that also sell cars on eBay so it’s not limited to private sellers at all.

#CarFax #eBay Motors #Kelley Blue Book #used cars #VIN #blogs

Why Real Estate?

Yes, you say you will or do, but you won’t and don’t. That’s true with all of us. So real estate really is a “forced” retirement plan. But even more, buying properties for investment purposes is a forced commitment you have to maintain. Why that is good is obvious but two reasons are these: (1) hopefully, you will make money and (2) this keeps you in the “game” of life, busy, involved and interested in what happens to you next.

#investment #real estate #rental property #stock market #tax advantages #blogs

Tracking the Investment Climate: Read the Newspaper

Her study found sentiment peaked in 2004. Which was two years before actual prices peaked in 2006. The same pattern held with busts. Backing up her findings were patterns of homebuyer expectations in surveys by Case-Shiller and the U-M's Survey of Consumers. Soo combined prior work from other studies in behavioral finance and computer science to develop this index and empirical test. Text analyses that captured the qualitative tone of news coverage had been used in the past to measure stock market sentiment. When her fundamentals did not jibe, she accounted for it in other ways.

#animal spirits #Cindy Soo #newspaper #U-M #Will Rogers #blogs

A Reminder: When a Home is Only an Investment

As far as I can tell, the major reason most of us live in single-family homes (which require yard care and a variety of other often distasteful maintenance costs), is that we view our home as an investment. Prices historically have escalated. Yes, not so much in recent years, but values are again catching up. So much so in fact that homeowners may assume this will always be a case.

#federal reserve #home investments #RealtyTrac #us housing market #blogs

Are the Good Old Days of Real Estate Investment Gone?

A recent survey found that the US’s seven million investors (that seems to be the right figure) went on an acquisition diet last year. This group of large businesses and much smaller landlords as a group cut back their spending on investment homes by more than two percent.

#good old days #National Association of Realtors #Orlando #blogs

Thinking of Retiring? Forget it

If you thought things were bad because your last real estate investment only increased by 9% for the past two years, consider this recent poll: One in 8 workers today say they will never even retire -- much less find supplemental income to support body and soul.

#HSBC #poll #Retiring #UK #us #blogs

The Government Shutdown, Congress and What I Learned About the Constitution

Now that we’re in day 4 of the government shutdown and seemingly nothing is happening to resolve this, you can feel people getting more and more angry about what is going on. On Wednesday night, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met with Speaker John Boehner, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Mitch McConnell.

#27th Amendment #Affordable Care Act #Congress #government shutdown #blogs

Congress At Its Worst: Government Shutdown – Part 2

ast time we talked about some of the most notable things that have resulted from the government shutdown (which is now on day 3 as I write this). Federal workers furloughed without pay, the CDC not being able to monitor where to send flu shots, the closing of over 400 parks and museums, and the threat of our most precious citizens – our veterans – not receiving pensions or compensation for claims if this mess of a mess isn’t resolved soon.

#Affordable Care Act #Congress #government shut down #Obamacare #blogs

Congress At Its Worst Shuts Our Government Down – Part 1

For those of you who remember the great and lamented Pee Wee’s Playhouse, you’ll also remember that Pee Wee’s favorite retort was “I know you are. But what am I?” That’s what I hear in my head every time I see a still-being-paid member of Congress go on television and explain to a talking head why his/her party is right and why it’s the other party that actually shut down the government.

#Congress #government shut down #blogs

The Resurrection of Suburban Sprawl

In the recent heyday of housing, before the recession, suburban sprawl was all the rage.

#Home Buying #suburbs #blogs

What are Other Investors Doing These Days?

The answer is that “Signs (suggest) investors have begun to step back from the market amid higher prices,” answers the Wall Street Journal. That was part of a larger story that while home prices are still rising, the pace appears to be slowing.

#case shiller #home prices #investors #Robert Shiller #blogs

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