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"For investors with a portfolio of properties, greater opportunities exist to save on premiums, and thereby increase your investment income, by purchasing insurance on the portfolio, just like insurance carriers do on their portfolios as a whole," according to Patrick Nugent, CCIM, JD with Commer...
10/29/2008
In the spirit of maverick lawmen like Wyatt Earp, Chicago's Sheriff has said "no" to enforcing eviction orders against renters when the landlord's property is foreclosed. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart held a press conference Wednesday to announce that he has ordered his deputies to halt evictions ...
10/10/2008
How One Landlord Saved $86,000 in Premiums Insuring the Market Value Wastes Your Money "What property owners need to understand it that there's a big difference between market value that lenders use and the replacement cost carriers use," says Patrick Nugent, CCIM, JD, with Commercial Insurance S...
10/06/2008
So, where's the party? On November 8th and 9th, 2008, the Washington D.C. Convention Center will open its doors to Green Festival. Over 350 eco-friendly businesses will be attending. Scrolling down the list of vendors, I was surprised to see an entrepreneur from my own home place, Boulder, Colora...
10/06/2008
One of the world's largest financial institutions, Bank of America, announced this weekend that it has settled the massive litigation brought by eleven states against it's Countrywide loan portfolio.   The bank purchased Countrywide's loans over the summer subject to the claims for predatory lend...
10/06/2008
Money spent on kitchen upgrades has remained a good investment for your rental property.  But with the housing market is flux, saving money on kitchen upgrades makes even more sense.  There are three easy ways to add big impact in the kitchen without the bloated price tag of an overhaul:  Read mo...
09/24/2008
Women's Voices for the Earth, a national environmental health group is on a mission to remove an insidious health threat hiding under your kitchen sink: the chemicals you use to clean.  Daily exposure to these popular household cleaning products has been linked to a myriad of health problems, fro...
09/16/2008
So, your renters are not interested in looking at those old coffee stains or lovely series of stripes from years of not using a cutting board on the formica countertops?  Hmmm. Why not consider an easy, cost effective solution -  overlay countertops?  Several types of materials can be used right ...
09/15/2008
California lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 375, the first bill to link housing, land use, and transportation funding in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions and stop urban sprawl. The California League of Conservation Voters(CLCV) and the Natural Resources Defense Council co-sponsored the...
09/12/2008
Is chlorine in swimming pools hazardous to your health? Chlorine is commonly used in swimming pools to provide disinfection in the water, but it's a known respiratory irritant to mucous membranes and lungs. There are now healthy alternatives.  This chlorine alternative is totally renewable, hasn'...
09/02/2008
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