Tips to stay on top of finances in 2008 As we wind down 2007, certain financial trends seem to be accelerating: As a nation, we’re still spending more than we earn. Credit, which has been the backbone of our ability to live beyond our means, appears to be tightening. And, home values have fallen nationally …
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The Gardner Family
The Gardner Family Joann Gardner admits to feeling overwhelmed. Along with providing care each day for her elderly parents and 4-year-old great-niece, she worries about losing the family home. “I don’t know from one day to the next what’s going to happen,” she said. Gardner, an outgoing woman with a warm demeanor, seems increasingly deflated …
Move to new state, update the wills
Move to new state, update the wills Q:My elderly parents (dad is 90, mom is 86) had been living in Florida for the past 20 years, but due to bad health, I moved them to California. Do they need to change their wills or do the provisions still apply “as is?” I have power of …
The Court House: How One Family Fought Foreclosure
The Court House: How One Family Fought Foreclosure Faced with the threat of foreclosure, many homeowners give up and abandon their homes. Then there’s Richard Davet. He and his wife, Lynn, lived in a six-bedroom home in this Cleveland suburb for nearly 20 years when, in 1996, he was served with a foreclosure lawsuit. Rather …
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Centereach woman’s home foreclosure is reversed
Centereach woman’s home foreclosure is reversed She’s already been home for the holidays. Now, all Janet Beck needs to make that home officially hers again is a new loan in the new year. Three months ago, Beck’s home on Alden Lane in Centereach was foreclosed upon, even after she said she did everything she was …
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Dealing with those holdover tenants
Dealing with those holdover tenants The question of “holdover” comes up often with commercial properties that we manage for our owners. This will occur when the original lease agreement has expired or terminated and the tenant does not have any option to renew contained in their original lease agreement. In its simplest definition, it is …