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PIA of La. Stresses Preparation for 2006 Hurricane Season Due to the upcoming start of Hurricane Season on June 1, the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Louisiana launched a public awareness campaign that includes the following tips for insurance consumers to prepare for the upcoming season, information regarding the availability and affordability of property insurance …
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A storm of trouble As coastal residents nervously await the start of a new hurricane season in June, they’re confronting another fright: the exorbitant price and short supply of insurance for wind damage. Huge losses from Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in 2004 and 2005 have sent the homeowners insurance industry into a panicked retreat …
No View, No Garden, Just a Wall Bridget O’Brian and Barnett J. Brimberg relished the small backyard behind their Upper East Side townhouse, bounded at the far end by a plain wood fence and their next door neighbor’s extensive garden. But when the neighbor died, new owners arrived with big plans: Gut the house, add …
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R-G Crown sorts out mess over developer [Central Florida] The Casselberry-based thrift lent millions to Barrington Homes’ would-be home buyers. R-G Crown Bank, one of the region’s fastest-growing financial institutions, has become ensnared by the problems of an Orlando home-building company whose former chief executive faces money-laundering charges. The Casselberry-based thrift has loaned millions of …
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Do Your Numbers and Think… Should I Buy a Miami Beach Condominium to Flip It? Question: Should I buy a condominium to flip in a couple years? Pre-building cost of a unit $300,000. Down payment is 10% or $30,000. If the unit is not completed for 6 months and the $30,000 was in a 3-month …
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Why you should (and shouldn’t) pay off your mortgage The question comes to investment adviser Jim Miller in various guises, but it comes frequently and it boils down to this: Is money better used to pay down debts or to build an investment nest egg? Most often the inquiry involves a home mortgage. The other …
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