REITs: A TIERed Investment For Dyslexics

“You can’t make money in real estate these days. It’s impossible.”

Of course you can. The market isn’t “bad” – no market for any worthwhile commodity is either unequivocally good or bad. Real estate, whether raw land or fully improved buildings, obviously has a function and will continue to. Real estate, in and of itself, is not subject to obsolescence. You know, like ambergris or Pets.com stock.

As long as people

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19 Things Your Suburban Millionaire Neighbor Won’t Tell You

That’s right.  Although having a million bucks isn’t as impressive as it once was, it’s still nothing to sneeze at.

In fact, Reuters reports that in 2009 there were 7.8 million millionaires in the United States.

That’s a lot of people, people.  And the odds are one or two of them are living near you.

Heck, one of them might even be your neighbor.  In fact, the odds are very good that it

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Flexible Spending Accounts Provide Free Money. Why Pass It Up?

The relentless rise of health care costs can really put a strain on your household budget.  Even with an insurance plan, health care expenses can add up when you consider most people still have to pay deductibles, copayments and other items not covered by insurance.

A great way to offset these rising costs is through the use of flexible spending accounts (or FSAs).  FSAs are employer-sponsored accounts that allow employees to

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Evaluate Your Options Before Selling Gold Jewelry

I was watching a King of Queens marathon late last night and my viewing enjoyment was continually being disrupted by those ubiquitous Cash4Gold ads that urge viewers to collect their unwanted jewelry so it can be turned into “cold, hard, cash!”

After the 40th commercial, I finally decided to give up and TiVo the rest of the marathon.

This cash for gold thing would have made a great episode of the King

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