5 Reasons to Rent-to-Own Vs. Renting

When it comes to big decisions in your life, buying a home is probably one of the biggest.  There will be many factors that will determine whether or not you will be able to purchase a home and get your own mortgage today.  If you can’t, there are alternative options to renting.  Yes, rent-to-own.  Although  [...]

10 Ways to Sabotage Your Financial Future

Do you consider yourself frugal?  A good saver?  Think you could come up with a 10% down payment on a house in three years?  If you answered yes to these questions, good for you but believe it or not, you are part of a very small percentage of people who are able to do this.  [...]

Is Your House Key to Your Retirement Plan?

Should I sell my house now to benefit from the peak of the market? This is the fundamental real estate question, and it is one that weighs heavily on many retirees. My mother, who is a real estate agent, has often mentioned to me that if you live in a city your whole life, the [...]

9 Ways to Earn Money in Real Estate

So you own your own house, or maybe you are contemplating jumping into the real estate market since the interest rates are still quite low.  Have you wondered how you can make the most of your investment?   Here are some obvious and not so obvious ways you can use real estate to boost your bank account. [...]

The Matter of Affordability

Housing-price increases mean future challenges for both owners and renters. Sales of both low- and high-rise newly built homes cooled significantly in April from the near-frenzied pace of the previous month. Why that happened, and whether the pace will pick up again as summer progresses remain matters of speculation. The only thing that appears certain [...]