5 ways to find apartments for rent

Finding the right apartment or house to rent can be difficult and stressful. You may be competing with many others for a quality unit in a prime location. The secret, real estate brokers say, is to plan ahead. Renters often wait until the last minute to look for another apartment. However, when tenants are in a hurry, they tend to […]

Are you looking for Auckland city apartments for sale?

So you’ve decided to invest in an apartment in the city of Auckland? Apartment living in the city center is a growing trend in Auckland, especially among young professionals and recent university graduates. Finding apartments for sale in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, is as easy as typing ‘Auckland City apartment for sale’ into your favorite search engine, checking the […]

Writing Essays: Seeing the New Perspective on Carl Sagan’s Essay, The Abstraction of Beasts

If you follow and learn this three-step method for analyzing published essays that I show here, you will be able to understand published essays and write your own essays about them. Carl Sagan has written an excellent essay, “The Abstraction of Beasts,” which provides another strong example of the old view: the new pattern of view used intuitively in all […]

The problem of real estate management is education

The investment property conundrum Investors seeking diversification have often turned to a rental property or collection of rental properties to balance and spread risk in their investment portfolios. As with any investment, people must consider all the issues, problems, and pitfalls along with the potential benefits. Unfortunately, many investors are not aware of potential problems and do not take the […]

Should I buy that house for two families?

Some people buy a two-family home because they hope to live in one apartment and rent the other to significantly lower their cost of living! While this is a great solution for some, it’s not for everyone. For some, they need more privacy and/or don’t want the responsibilities that come with owning. Other people buy houses for two families, for […]

The Texas Bootstrap Loan Program

In 1999, Texas State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. introduced legislation intended to make affordable housing more available to low- and very low-income residents. Senate Bill 1287 required the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to create a loan program through which it partners with nonprofit organizations to help Texans buy, build or renovate homes. Called the Texas Bootstrap […]

Cabo Houses For Sale in los Cabos

Cabo Houses For Sale If you’re in the market for a home in the Mexican Riviera, you might want to consider a Cabo house for sale. These properties are often inexpensive and are located on the southern tip of Baja California. If you’re looking to buy a house in Cabo, then the following tips may help you make the right […]

Change is inevitable Porta Potties then and now

The war effort of the 1940s required solid, sterile portable toilets that could be erected while military installations were being developed or personnel were being moved into fields without foundations. The earliest eras of porta potties were huge, bulky structures made of wood or metal, and were an ordeal for transportation from one site to another. The rise of plastics […]