How To Be A Slumlord

Written by Steve Gillman


Be a slumlord? Okay, I got your attention, nowrepparttar truth. I really don't recommend that anyone endanger their renters with unsafe housing. Much of what people call slumlording though, is simply providing reasonable housing for those with low incomes. It is of benefit torepparttar 148798 renter ANDrepparttar 148799 landlord.

Why Do People Rent Dumps?

People rent not-so-nice places because they can afford to. A house that needs paint, has old rusty hinges onrepparttar 148800 doors, and a dirt driveway - this is a house that cost less to buy, and therefore can be rented for less. Anything major thatrepparttar 148801 landlord does to improve it will result in higher rents, and possibly driverepparttar 148802 renter away.

In fact, this often happens. A few years ago my own town enacted its first rental regulations. The fifteen pages of new rules included many non-safety-related requirements, like a minimum of windows, to allow natural lighting, bedroom square-footage requirements, and no peeling paint.

These things are done inrepparttar 148803 name of low income renters, and yetrepparttar 148804 result is alwaysrepparttar 148805 same: higher rent. With that andrepparttar 148806 regulations against mobiles homes, low income families are moving further away from town and jobs. I mention all this to let you know that if you offer an ugly, but safe and affordable rental, you are providing a real service.

Mortgage Information - Refinancing? Second Mortgage? Home Equity Loan? Understand The Basics

Written by Carrie Reeder


A mortgage is usuallyrepparttar biggest purchase that an individual makes, and because of that, many people tend to get nervous duringrepparttar 148788 process. But wouldn’t it make things easier if you felt that you had a “handle” onrepparttar 148789 process—or at leastrepparttar 148790 terminology? After all, in order to getrepparttar 148791 best deal on your mortgage loan, you will need to understand certain things such as points, interest rates and closing costs.

If you feel like you could stand to brush up on your mortgage loan terminology, why not readrepparttar 148792 following common terms and their definitions?

Points

A point is amount that a borrower will pay in order to reducerepparttar 148793 interest rate on their mortgage. One point is generally equal to 1% ofrepparttar 148794 loan amount. For example, if you were taking out a 100,000 mortgage, and wanted lower interest rates, you might have to pay anywhere from 1-3 points (or $1,000-3,000 dollars) to get that rate. It’s important to note that some lenders will advertise very low interest rates, and only when you readrepparttar 148795 fine print will you learn that you will have to pay points in order to get them.

Interest Rates

When a lender makes a loan, they make money by charging interest on that loan. With a mortgage loan, all of that interest is front-loaded, which means that forrepparttar 148796 first few years, every payment that you will make will go mostly towardrepparttar 148797 interest.

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