Filed under: Renting 101 Is your teeny tiny apartment full of clutter, now is time to get your decluttering groove on! September 25 will be the next Give Your Stuff Away Day, where you’ll find free stuff all over neighborhoods in American. Founder Mike Morone’s goal is to hold this “worldwide twice annually. The event [...]
With home sales declining to record lows, many homeowners who can’t sell their homes are turning to rental brokers to ease their financial burden. Instead of paying the mortgage on an empty house, they opt to rent it to help cover the mortgage until the market turns around. However, things don’t always work out as [...]
Filed under: Renting 101, Savings Experiment Renting is too often considered a stepping stone for people busy saving up for that prototypical American dream: homeownership. But what if we looked at renting as a sound investment choice, rather than a runner-up prize? There’s a new school of thought doing just that. With the disillusionment brought [...]
Filed under: Renting 101 When Nora Hill was six months pregnant, she and her husband Dietrich moved out of their $650-per-month apartment and in with his parents in Atlanta. That was about a year ago. Hill, a nutritional assistant in Cobb County, Ga., and her 31-year-old husband, a supervisor at UPS, didn’t receive pay raises [...]
Paying too much for rent will only bring on debt. Yet some fail to make this connection. Such a hefty rent might get paid every month, but there will be nothing left to cover gas, food, utilities. Before leasing a “financial burden,” or just getting by every paycheck, consider the benefits of figuring out an [...]
Filed under: Renting 101 How much will it cost to replace my belongings lost in a fire? That’s what might have crossed Ricki Lake’s mind right after “Thank God, we’re alive.” The Malibu rental home of the actress and former talk show host burned to a crisp this weekend after she was attempting to refuel [...]
Most people would agree that having a big shade tree on their property is a good thing. One renter in Charlotte, N.C. was under that impression — until it started growing through a wall of his apartment. His first course of action was notifying his landlord of the problem. He called the landlord, e-mailed him [...]
The codes, covenants and restrictions, or CCRs, stipulate that anyone who bought at Mar-A-Lago in 2006 or later isnt allowed to rent. Jourdan has to evict his renters and is now forced to pay $1,500 a month for empty space or sell it as a short sale. Originally from Community Associations Network National
House and condo owners are fighting a rise in rentals, via homeowner and condominium associations. Restrictions that some enact could face legal constraints and challenges. Originally from Community Associations Network National
The codes, covenants and restrictions, or CCRs, stipulate that anyone who bought at Mar-A-Lago in 2006 or later isnt allowed to rent. Jourdan has to evict his renters and is now forced to pay $1,500 a month for empty space or sell it as a short sale. Originally from National Community Associations News
