How to enact a credit freeze Here’s how to put a credit freeze in place: Make your request in writing and send the letter by certified mail. Send it to each credit bureau individually. One bureau does not forward your request to any other bureau. Provide copies of documents proving your identity, according to each …
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Speculators Cash in on Rebuilding Boom
Speculators Cash in on Rebuilding Boom Before Hurricane Katrina, Kyle Curry edited film in a New Orleans production studio. Now, he lugs a toolbox as a hands-on real estate speculator, capitalizing on one of the hottest housing markets in the nation. “This is my new career,” says Curry, 45, standing in the muddy front yard …
Gifting real estate may escape taxation
Gifting real estate may escape taxation DEAR BOB: My son and his wife live in a free-and-clear house I own. He pays utilities and maintains the property. He proposes I add both their names to the title so that in 24 months we can sell the property and he would then purchase in his name …
Foreclosure filings on Florida homes leap
Foreclosure filings on Florida homes leap Florida foreclosure filings jumped by 6 percent from April to May, according to a study by RealtyTrac Inc., an online data concern. That’s one new filing for every 821 Florida households. By contrast, national foreclosure filings rose by less than 2 percent, averaging about one new filing for every …
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Lending a Hand
Lending a Hand: Many benefits of interest-only mortgages There has been way too much negative press over mortgages that have the option to pay just the interest each month. In the first place, the very term “interest-only” is a misnomer. The implication is that such borrowers can only pay the interest that is due each …
Developer to cut ties with snake-bit center
Business: Developer to cut ties with snake-bit center [South Florida] Developer Ken Morin has made millions on other local projects. But he’s lost millions on Walter’s Crossing. Walter’s Crossing shopping center owns an enviable location at Interstate 275 and Dale Mabry Highway and has strong sales at its anchor stores, Target and the Wild Oats …
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