Minding My Own Business

According to an old saying, the only three things that matter in real estate are “location, location and location.” It is clear that a ten bedroom, eight bath home with cathedral ceilings and a swimming pool that is located next to a garbage dump is not desirable to many people.
On the other hand a little [...]

Manage money and learn about personal finance at the 176th edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance hosted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.
This week’s edition features my recent article on the myriad ways you can outsource your Money Handler tasks so you can make the transition to money management.
While you peruse the carnival, take some [...]

The main point for real estate investors to consider first is what their strategy will be for making money from the investment.  Buying is only half of the equation and whether the property is good or bad depends upon that crucial profit strategy.
If an investor is going to invest in a property with the intention [...]

The following is a guest post by Charles Rotblut of Zacks Investment Research.  Charles raises some interesting discussion on trading in the commodities markets and offers his opinion on the potential longevity of the current financial crisis.
I’m surprised by the indiscriminate selling in commodities and commodity-related stocks.
Were there bubbles? Yes, but demand remains high and [...]

This is second of two posts covering my recent interview with nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Scott Burns Scott is the chief investment strategist for AssetBuilder where he advocates a low fee approach to investment management and has co-authored the new book “Spend Til the End” with economist Larry Kotlikoff.
Check out part one of my [...]