Packing Tips

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4. Convince your friends (or those who you've helped move inrepparttar past) to come over and help you. The more people you have,repparttar 110450 faster things will get done.

A few tips before you start filling boxes:

# Get everything on your AFTER THE MOVE LIST and put it inrepparttar 110451 bath tub of your new place. Whyrepparttar 110452 bath tub? Because it's just aboutrepparttar 110453 only place you won't be shoving boxes into, and it's usually already clean.

# Do not pack things in trash bags.... especially if you have a lot of people helping you move. Someone will throwrepparttar 110454 bags away.

# Don't just mark boxes KITCHEN, or BEDROOM. Break things down into sub-categories. It's easy to do and makes unpacking a breeze. For example you might have KITCHEN - Dishes and Silverware; BEDROOM - Sheets and Comforter, etc.

# When you move boxes, you'll be stacking them, so don't just writerepparttar 110455 contents onrepparttar 110456 top of boxes, write them on every side.

# Wait as long as you can to pack your stereo or T.V. You'll want entertainment while you're packing.

# To protect glasses from breaking, wad up paper to shove inside and then wraprepparttar 110457 glasses in several sheets of newspaper.

# Don't foget to wad up paper to shove between breakables.

Pack 'til you can't pack any more!

Hopefully, these little tidbits will help you pack for your next move.



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Marketplace Overtaking Rent Control,

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Third, we now discussrepparttar U.S. Constitution almost daily and how it might apply to current events in Washington. The Fifth Amendment, in words everyone can understand, plainly says thatrepparttar 110449 government cannot take your property without just compensation. And that's exactly what rent control is -- a "taking" that arbitrarily deprives landlords from receiving income they would properly earn in a free marketplace.

The good news is that more and more states are prohibiting rent control. There's more work to do, but at least we're heading inrepparttar 110450 right direction.

Question Of The Week

Q We have been advised that a land contract can be used to avoidrepparttar 110451 due-on-sale clause for an existing mortgage. Is this correct?

A This is a debatable issue.

Most loans today contain a "due on sale" clause which provides that a lender may call a loan under certain conditions such as an ownership change. This clause prevents loans from being assumed by borrowers unknown and not qualified by lenders.

A "land contract" is an installment sale where title is not transferred until some or all payments are made.

Some attorneys -- and certainly most lenders -- argue that a land contract can set off a due-on-sale clause becauserepparttar 110452 borrower has given up possession ofrepparttar 110453 property andrepparttar 110454 right to future appreciation.

Others say that until there is a transfer of title lenders cannot accelerate loans when a property is purchased with a land contract.

There is alsorepparttar 110455 practical issue that if a loan has a sufficiently high interest level and payments are timely and complete, a lender may not want to call a loan even if it hasrepparttar 110456 right to do so.

The view here is that one should not suppose an installment sale can prevent a lender from calling a loan. Land contract rules differ by state, not all loan agreements haverepparttar 110457 same terms, different conditions may apply to FHA and VA financing, and being wrong could be costly and terribly inconvenient. Before signing anything, please speak with an attorney inrepparttar 110458 state whererepparttar 110459 property is located.

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