Lifestyle Columns
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How to stem a rise in “strategic” mortgage defaultsOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - A strategic default arises when a mortgage borrower who has the capacity to make the payments on his mortgage decides not to pay any longer because of negative equity t...
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Buyer should wait out current mortgage loanOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I bought a new construction home four years ago when the market was high. The house is OK, but the value has dropped to less than the mortgage. I don't think I wi...
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Sister demands to expunge ex-to-be from familyOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My sister, “Becky, came clean a year ago that she had been cheating for nine of the 15 years of her marriage. She and her husband, “Bob, are living separately now...
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Ground under wood deck gets too saturatedOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Many years ago, a porch/deck was constructed across the back of my ranch-style residence. A little more than half of this structure has solid flooring and is now ...
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Juliette Lewis talks about 'Conviction'Oct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - If any Oscar nominations come out of Tony Goldwyn's fact-based drama “Conviction, I'm putting my money on Juliette Lewis as Roseanna Perry, a trailer-park denizen whose ...
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Marketing a condo to investors versus current tenantsOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I have a rental condo that I want to sell due to some financial issues and I could really use the money. My tenants have had three, one-year leases and asked that...
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Federal proposal would ban controversial new type of builder feesOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. We are interested in purchasing a newly built home in a nearby housing tract. In looking at the preliminary sales agreement, though, we got concerned because the ...
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Need to spice up a room? Consider a wallpaper borderOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Wallpaper borders are a very simple way to add some pizazz to a room. The cost is very minimal, and the results are big. Today it's even easier than ever, and the variet...
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Maria Owens makes pork and applesOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - This weekend dozens of people will travel to Maria Owens's property in Winfield for a day of apple picking, hay rides, apple sauce making, games and an unusual chili pot...
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Homemade peanut spread offers flavor with the fatOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - If you love peanuts as much as I do you know the thrill of popping open a can of cocktail peanuts and catching that first hint of roasted peanut aroma; the moment makes ...