August 25, 2007
Carnival of Homeowners #10
Greetings! The 10th edition of the Carnival of Homeowners is up. We have selected 21 posts for this edition. I request all the carnival participants to give a link back to this carnival at their earliest convenience. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.
Tushar presents Features that add Resale Value to a Home posted at Everything Finance. Tushar says, "According to bankrate.com, the 10 features listed below add a lot of value to your home. Based on my recent purchase of a new construction single-family home, I have added my comments for each of these features."
Ryan presents The Dirty Dozen Credit Card Traps posted at CareOne Credit Counseling. Overview of the hidden traps in the terms and conditions for your credit cards. Learn how creditors juice you for extra dollars, and how to evaluate credit cards when you are trying to decide which one is right for you.
Bryan C. Fleming presents Buying into a Down Stock Market posted at Bryan C. Fleming. Did you ever think of playing the stock market? Why not just watch me loose all my money instead. In this artile I talk about buying into a down stock market. Yes, it's just like gambling... only legal!
Abdulrasool Sumar presents How to Create a Debt Consolidation Plan posted at Debt Consolidation. Home Equity Line of Credit can offer the lowest interest rates available because your house is pledged as collateral, thus the bank can afford to lend money at lower interest rates because it can confiscate your house in case you default.
Steve Faber presents - Two Things You Need to Know About Your Mortgage, Before You Sign The Loan Papers posted at Debt Free. The next time you're sitting in your mortgage broker's office, there are a couple of things you should know about the mortgage you're about to commit to.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents The American Nightmare: An Illustration Of The Subprime Lending Mess and Borrowing Bust posted at The Digerati Life. How many times have you heard of those stories of woe and bankruptcy caused by the subprime lending and borrowing crisis, currently in the forefront of real estate market news? Read more...
Charles H. Green presents The Deeper Message of Financial Markets Volatility posted at Trust Matters. The short story starts with a classic housing bubble.
Paul presents The deck is done! posted at Home Owner's Blog. Good materials list and costs for building a wooden deck.
Michael Emilio presents How To Recognize the Full Value of Your Real Estate Investment posted at South Florida Real Estate. As a real estate investor, one of the most important qualities you should develop in yourself is the ability to recognize what is the full potential of a property. This can give you a huge edge over your competition that only sees properties in their current state. Many times, this current state is much less profitable than what it could be.
Jason Elder presents Why Bankruptcy Filings Are On The Rise posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer's Blog. A big reason behind this is the slow and weak housing market as well as adjustable rate mortgages.
Eric Hudin presents Protecting Your Finances and Assets Offshore posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. If you’re self employed, you’re affluent, you’re married, you have direct clients, business partners or you’re just concerned that you’re overpaying your taxes, there’s a strong possibility that you should be protecting your finances and assets offshore.
Allen Taylor presents What is a Charitable Trust? posted at Investing World Today. A charitable trust is designed to create a path whereby your assets may be converted into a life long stream of income and not a source of governmental revenue though taxes. Your taxes are lowered, what you pay now is lessened and what your heirs or your children pay will be lessened too when the time comes to pay estate taxes.
Tim Ramsey presents You Are Not Alone In The World Of Debt posted at My Debt Relief Blog. The first seven years of the “new millennium”, has seen the birth of more millionaires than every prior generation, but also created a generation more in debt that any generation that has come before.
Ian Welsh presents Reaping What You Sow: Hedge Fund and Housing Bubble Edition posted at The Agonist. The policy decisions by the Fed and the Bush administration affecting the housing and financial markets make it clear that bailouts will be for lenders, not for homeowners. Be prepared.
Eric Stanley presents The Lure of Low Interest Rates posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles. Many of the financial decisions people make today are completely based on the current level of interest rates and have little consideration of long-term impact. Rates are so low it just makes sense to refinance or purchase now. We might as well do it or buy it now while rates are so low. Everyone has some debt no big deal rates are low.
Thomas Humes presents Baron Five-Step Action Plan for Building Wealth posted at Wealth Building World. It is important to learn disciplined strategies of sound money management, investing, and business administration. The more you learn about these areas, the more confident you will be in selecting advisors, making investments, and handling your business and financial affairs.
FIRE Finance presents Save Gas - Tips To Save Money On Gas! posted at FIRE Finance. Transportation is an integral part of our lives. Consequently we spend quite a large portion of our earnings for finding and sustaining a means to meet our transportation needs. But on careful reflection we felt we could save our hard earned dollars spent on purchasing gas aka "gas money".
T. Pettinger presents UK Property Price Speculation posted at Mortgage Blog. A look at whether house prices are volatile and subject to speculation. There are various factors which make the housing market volatile.
Kevin Fleming presents Satellite vs Cable posted at Satellite TV Guru. Satellite Television Vs Cable Television, Which service is right to have in your house?
Ian Welsh presents How Bad Will the Housing Bubble Hangover Be? posted at The Agonist. Parallels with the Japanese housing bubble suggest the housing market will be in for years and years of pain.
Plonkee presents investing in your own home? posted at plonkee money. Your own home does not a good investment make.
That concludes the 10th edition of the Carnival of Homeowners. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 03 Sept 2007. You can submit your posts using the Blog Carnival Submission Form.
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