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		<title>Why You Shouldn&#8217;t Invest Your Self-directed IRA in Real Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell D. Francis, CPA, CFP®</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might ask yourself, “With housing prices and interest rates so low, isn’t it a good time to invest my IRA in real estate?” Think twice before you do. There are a lot of disadvantages when purchasing real estate with your IRA funds even if you think property prices have bottomed out and you feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get the Best Mortgage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert Whitehead</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wondering how to secure the best mortgage for your next home purchase or a current refinance?  Let us walk you through exactly what you need to look for and how to get it. ]]></description>
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		<title>7 Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a House</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Alix LaRocca CFP® EA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the most important financial decisions of your life, when buying a house, you want to avoid making any critical mistakes that you will later regret and worse yet, leave you financially worse than before you bought the house. ]]></description>
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		<title>3 Tips to Eliminate Your Mortgage Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Blankenship, CFP®, EA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our mortgage debt is often our single biggest contributor to household debt, but with a diligent plan of knowing how to attack your mortgage debt, you can relieve yourself of this debt sooner than most. ]]></description>
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		<title>Your Homeowners Insurance Does NOT Cover an Earthquake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Fisher, CFP®</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After this past week's earthquake shook the east coast, many homeowners are double checking their homeowners insurance to see if they are protected against earthquake damage.  If you haven't found anything yet, you can stop searching now, because you won't find earthquake coverage for your home.]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Know If You Should Refinance Your Mortgage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey N. Bogue, CFP®</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who hold a current mortgage, just a quick note that interest rates for conventional fixed rate mortgages have dropped again to historically low levels. As a result you should compare your current mortgage with other alternatives available to see if it makes sense to refinance. How can you tell if it makes sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are REIT&#8217;s a Good Investment When Interest Rates Are Low?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low interest rates can act as a lever to enable investors to buy assets during a recession. Low interest rates can help to start a stock market or real estate market boom. So it is tempting to think that this is the time to buy a REIT, but ...]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Be Accelerating Your Mortgage Payments?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Hultstrom, MBA, CFP®, CFA, ChFC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the optimal mortgage an investor should have on his home? Should investments be liquidated to reduce the mortgage? Or, should the mortgage be kept or even increased in order to increase the investment portfolio?]]></description>
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		<title>Look Out Below &#8211; Jumbo Loan Limits Are Coming Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Fisher, CFP®</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) extended higher limits for so-called conforming mortgages, which helped keep mortgage rates lower for home buyers living in high-priced areas of the US]]></description>
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		<title>Why REIT&#8217;s Are Not a Good Investment Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What makes real estate go up is not inflation but rather it is a long period of low inflation and low interest rates coupled with rising income which increase demand for more and better quality real estate.]]></description>
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