Looking for some creative Halloween food ideas for your next haunted Halloween party? If you are hosting a Halloween party, making Halloween-inspired food is just as important as hanging eerie decorations. Sarah Finlayson, former Creative Manager at Blue Plate Catering, gives us some great Halloween party food ideas and describes clever ways to use spooky [...]
Have you tried to refinance your mortgage and were denied? An owner-occupied loan on an upside down mortgage could be why you can't refinance your mortgage. Q: I listen to you on Sundays after I leave the station on my way home. I have a real estate question that I hope you can answer since [...]
I'm off this week! Enjoy an encore presentation from the October 7, 2012 Ilyce Glink Show. John Wasik, Lynn O’Shaughnessy, Dr. Stan Humphries and Liz Weston join me to talk about hot topics in personal finance and real estate. And as usual, providing personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer advice on the Ilyce [...]
A reader asks if bonds are still a good idea. Consider the risks of investing in a long-term bond portfolio and talk to a financial advisor. Q: On your radio show, you were discussing the possible problems in the bond market. You stated that in your opinion the bubble would eventually pop. In 2010, when [...]
If you can pay off your mortgage early, but you have a very low interest rate, should you? Or should you invest your money elsewhere? Q: I tried to get on your radio show this past weekend, but I called too close to the end. I refinanced two years ago to a 3.625 percent loan. [...]
Housing and transportation costs continue to burden the middle class, rising 44 percent since 2000 making up 60 percent of household budgets. For every $1 increase in income, housing and transportation costs rose $1.75. In total, a family with a moderate income (defined as 50 to 100 percent of area median income) spends nearly 60 [...]
If you are renting your condo, it's important to know your condo association's rules and regulations and try negotiating rental fees. Q: I read your column every Sunday. I own a condominium in Virginia and rent it out. I realize condominium associations try to limit renters to make sure they are an FHA-approved building and [...]
Typical investment management fees can range depending on the type of investment, the type of account and the type of investment manager. Q: I am 64 years old, retired, with a pension from a state government. I am considering investing a portion of my IRA funds in a managed portfolio. The proposed portfolio is 83 percent [...]
If you were left with debt after the death of a spouse, gather bills, check credit, talk to the IRS and consider contacting an attorney. Q: My home is underwater, I’m at risk of foreclosure, and I have a deceased deadbeat husband. Add to that that my dead husband liked to sign my name to [...]
If you want to pay the mortgage on a home you don't own, giving home ownership to your family, there are several ways to do that. Q: My parents are divorced and my father would like to sign his half of the house over to my brother and me. The only problem with this is [...]
