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A new reader of The Dough Roller sent me an email asking how she should invest $15,000. She initially considered investing in P2P loans with Lending Club or Prosper, which is how she found my site. But now she wonders if she should use the money to refinance her mortgage instead. Here [...]
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A terrific group of personal finance bloggers got together to write about the current real estate and mortgage crisis. The result was a collection of great articles that I’ve linked to below. And if you were ever curious where the phrase–things that go bump in the night–came from, make sure you read to [...]
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It’s been some time since I shared with you some of the articles and websites that I’ve found interesting or helpful. The holidays were an extremely busy time for us, due in part to a family emergency (everything is fine now). So since Mrs. Dough is away for the weekend and the kids [...]
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Freddie Mac has posted a video on YouTube to warn of foreclosure scams. It’s a 2 minute video that describes certain foreclosure scams that have surfaced in the wake of the sub-mortgage debacle. Here’s the video:
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Welcome to the 123rd Carnival of Personal Finance (The Boo! edition). October is a scary month. Not only is it home to All Hallows’ Eve, it is also home to some of the scariest stock market crashes in our history. For this edition of the CoPF, I’ll trace the history of some [...]
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Ever since a basketball injury in college, I’ve had lower back problems. Sometimes it’s so bad I can’t walk for a week. It’s not that bad now, but it’s bad. If you have back problems, check out The Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body & Your Life. [...]
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This morning I wrote about a real estate deal being offered by Metro Dream Homes. The news came from a Washington Post article by Elizabeth Razzi. Well, she reported again on Metro Dream Homes and its CEO. Apparently, in 2001 Andrew H. Williams consented to a permanent shutdown order for his business [...]
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The captain has turned on the seatbelt sign as an indication that the housing market has been cleared for landing. Please bring your seat backs and tray tables to their upright and locked positions. Turn off all electronic devices, and most importantly, assume the crash position.
With housing prices falling, I thought this would [...]
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A few days ago I wrote an article entitled, Real Estate or Stocks: Which is the better investment? In response, Enough Wealth wrote a comment worth reading. Of interest here, Enough Wealth wrote:
The problems experienced with both stock or property investments are more often due to the investor rather than the asset [...]
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