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I'm getting ready to sell a rental property and I was looking over the papers. A couple of things caught my eye. 1- If the buyer were to back out of the sale, this contract says the earnest money would go to the broker. Is this typical? 2- Listed is an additional transaction fee (other than...

About a year ago I wrote here requesting help with another ( similar) question. This time it relates to umbrella insurance. I have 5 acres with a 26 x 66' shop and a separate house foundation ready for framing. I sold my house last August and put a 5th wheel on this property while I build this...

A year ago I bought a property with an old mobile home on it. I do not currently live on the*property and never have.* Last summer I built a large shop with a room attached to it for a home gym (with toilet and shower). This summer I intend to build a house on the same property. I have removed...

I don't know much about reits in terms of the up and down cycles. Obviously real estate has seen major appreciation in the past 8 years or so. I've owned a duplex in Oregon for about 6-1/2 years and I really don't like being a landlord (the politicians*in Portland keep coming up with new laws...

I'm looking for a very specific type of real estate (a small house on 2 acres or less in an area where most of the lots are between 5 and 10 acres. To make it every harder the area I'm looking is a 7 mile long valley). When said property does come up for sale I would like to be able to pounce on...

I very seldom post at this website but read it often because it's made up of people that are bright and well educated. Over the years I have learned a lot here. This post is mostly venting and a little bit asking questions. I live in Oregon and just shopped for my health care for 2019. (61 year...

Apologies if this has been covered but I only stop by this site periodically. I want to buy an inexpensive computer that will not be used for anything excerpt banking and dealing with my brokerage account. Would a cheap tablet work? Would a netbook be better for this. Since there won't be...

I'm 55 and my girlfriend and I have split up and we have joint ownership of the house. House was purchased around 10 years ago for 210,000. I think the current value is around 180,000 (after putting tons of improvements into it, but that's another story). She has choosen to live in another town...

There are a lot of people here and collectively a ton of knowledge so I'm hoping I might get some investment advice. I want to retire in about 5 years when I'm in my mid-50's. I plan to do it early with personal savings and not touch my pension until age 62. When I'm retired I'd like to be...

I'm hoping to get some input from investors on the best way to go from 100% security's to the fixed income market. A summery of where I'm at: I would like to retire in 4 years at age 55. I would be penalized if I tap into my union benefits before age 62 so I'll leave that alone until then. I've...