WANT A FEW HUNDRED MORE A MONTH? While inviting a foreign student to live in your home is not a new concept, for American households who’d never considered the idea but are feeling a bit strapped these days, it may offer a way to earn some modest additional income in a [...]
No state has been hit harder by the foreclosure crisis than Nevada. In Clark County, Nev., where Las Vegas rises in the desert sun, the metro area saw 4.2 percent of its homes enter foreclosure in 2007, with 59,983 foreclosure filings on 30,375 properties. That was up 169 percent over 2006. Sin City had the [...]
In Florida’s Treasure Coast, buyers for Palm Beach oceanfront properties are some of the wealthiest people in the world. Ever since the 1920s, when the Vanderbilts and Biltmores built palatial winter estates on the sunny beaches of South Florida, northern snowbirds have flocked southward to Florida.
“I’m working with several foreign buyers right now,” said Deborah [...]
Fizber.com, the leading online real estate search engine on the web today announced a co-branding agreement with TitleSearch.com, the Web’s most comprehensive title search site for legal professionals, individuals and investors.
You might not consider yourself part of your neighborhood’s welcome wagon, if there is one, but it is a good idea to help new neighbors feel at home in the area. While moving into a new home can be exciting, it can also be awkward trying to find one’s place in the neighborhood.
Introducing yourself [...]
How long have you lived in the neighborhood?
What do you like best about living here?
What do you like least about the neighborhood?
If you could change one thing about this street, what would it be?
Do all the neighbors get along with each other?
Have you ever noticed anything odd about this house or yours?
How is the crime [...]
Christina Aguilera loves to skinny dip with her husband at night in her pool and it’s getting on her neighbors’ nerves. One of them told a newspaper:
They don’t just splash around – they laugh, scream, swear and make sexy noises. We’re happy that they’re happy, but we wish they would keep it down [...]
You can tell a lot about a neighborhood by driving through it. Manicured lawns and well-kept homes indicate pride of ownership. Junk cars parked on overgrown lawns and overturned mattresses at the curb are signs of decay. However, if you rely on these indications alone, you could face a rude awakening when you move in. [...]
Wow, my friends just bought a four bedroom, 2 bathroom house at one-third the price it would have cost them just two years ago. We are all happy for them . . . and they are so cute because they are so proud of themselves for their great financial find. They bucked the system. When [...]
You find a home you love, and the asking price makes it practically a steal. But you wonder: how do you know it wasn’t built on top of a "relocated" cemetery? Or what if it’s only a few blocks away from the city’s longest-running crackfest? Thanks to several websites and blogs, new home shoppers can [...]