The Six Month Rule Sometimes, the timing of home improvement projects is obvious: the best time to tackle updating a 50 year-old Kitchen, refinishing hardwood floors, putting in a new bathroom, etc. is definitely before you move in (think, dust, fumes, noise, intrusions, etc.) By contrast, there are other, functional home upgrades that are more...Read More
Consider the (Currency) Alternatives Democracy is the worst form of government — except for all the others. –Winston Churchill Substitute “U.S. dollar” for “democracy,” and “currency” for “form of government,” and you have a succinct explanation for the major rally in the dollar the last two weeks or so. Actually, it’s really not true that...Read More
Banker Arrogance, Exhibit #137 Pop quiz: who said the following, in what context? “We all benefited from the financial system. All of us.” A. President Obama, justifying using trillions in taxpayer money to fortify the nation’s too-big-to-fail banks.B. An anonymous retiree, rationalizing the .25% (as in 4 x .25% = 1%!) annual interest — before...Read More
Profile of a FSBO Are real estate brokers ” like travel agents and other middlemen coping with the increasingly digital culture ” in danger of becoming expensive anachronisms? After all, it is only logical that as people feel more empowered based on their access to information and their ability to connect without help, they are...Read More
