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Money Management Skills for a Happy Life - 03/11/08 03:01 PM
The stronger your money management skills are, the more likely you will live the happy life you want.  It doesn't matter if you're Middle Class or a Millionaire, you will probably feel a few dollars short of comfort as some time.  You need to have a plan if you are going to win - which are simply having discipline, goals, and desire.  Being prepared will help you get where you want to be.  Just follow these Seven Savings Strategies:
1.     Set Goals - This will help override the impulse to buy something not that important.  Write down your plan for short, medium, … (19 comments)

Wine Tasting at the MANETTE SIDEBAR - Bremerton - 03/11/08 01:33 PM

Come join me for wine tasting at the Manette Sidebar in Bremerton!  The 2nd Tuesday of every month, the Sidebar will be hosting a wine tasting party.  $10 buys you 7 tastes of the beautiful nectar of the vines! also...all very tasty appetizers will be 1/2 off! 
ADDRESS:2113 E. 11th Street; Bremerton, Wash. PHONE: 360-792-0801 HOURS: Monday-Friday 3 p.m. - 2 a.m. Saturday 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Closed Sunday
Manette is a great neighborhood for an afternoon walk along the waterfront and sunset views at the park.
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To REX or not to REX? It's your home Equity - 03/10/08 10:17 PM
Recently Komo 4 published a story called A new way to get equity out of your home.  Yeah...someone is trying to help us in this bear market (probably not).  A REX Agreement (sounds like wrecks) is an equity investment company in San Francisco.  They provide immediate cash with no loan, no interest and no monthly payments. 
To qualify for the REX AGREEMENT, you must have a stand-alone home that you live in. Second homes, condos and vacation property are not eligible.  You must also have a decent credit score and be financially responsible.  Other things to consider are:
The equity you take out determines … (2 comments)

I love Ben! - 03/10/08 09:34 PM
Benjamin Franklin that is!  Do you know how Daylight Savings Time Originated?  In 1784 Benjamin Franklin is thought to have come up with the idea for daylight-saving time. In a whimsical letter to a French journal, he said that Parisians could save thousands of francs a years by waking up earlier during the summer because it would prevent them from having to buy so many candles to light the evening hours.
Years later in 1905 the prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willett invented DSTduring one of his pre-breakfast horseback rides, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through … (8 comments)

Let me introduce Imants Holmquist - WA Real Estate Attorney - 03/06/08 01:17 AM
Imants contacted me earlier this week after reading my blog Favoring change for Downtown Kirkland - The McLeod Project.  He was kind enough to invite me to lunch so we could get to know each other better.  I really enjoyed learning more about his specialty.
He helped me understand that he works in a firm with about 5 other attorney's that also do estate planning.  Imants does "most things real property related including transactions, litigation, and entity formation. In terms of fees, we try to flat fee as much as possible. Condominiums we flat fee at considerably less than other firms."
He also … (1 comments)

BEWARE - Mortgage Lenders STOP BUSINESS with no warning - 03/03/08 03:01 PM
Has this happened to you? 
~ You're working with a borrower and have an approval, maybe even have completed their signing and then the loan doesn't fund. 
~ Or you have a file submitted and the account rep falls off the face of the earth.
~ I just recently had an approval on a VA Loan to find out now the product no longer is offered!
In this business time is of the essence.  We also have a responsibility to conduct our due dilligence when choosing a lender for our borrowers.
A very helpful website that I use to check on lenders and their … (7 comments)

 

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