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An Emoji Guide to Buying and Selling

Better Homes and Garden Real Estate shares the top five tips for buyers and sellers for the spring home-buying season, all expressed in emojis. 

8 tips to successful estate-sale buying

Shopping estate sales — sales that include the entire contents of someone’s home, after a death or because of a move — can be a great way to get a deal on high-end and antique furniture, artwork, jewe

Is the Customer Always Right? Not a Chance.

How the golden rule of customer service makes employees resentful and untrusting.

6 Tips for Buying Properties at Foreclosure Auctions

If you're thinking of using this strategy or have tried and not been as successful as you’d like, then reading this article will help you to decide if foreclosure auctions are right for you and, if they are, how to navigate the process successfully.

Give Your Ideas a Fighting Chance With These 5 Actions

Creator of postage printer talks about how he launched his company and kept it going for two decades.

Want to Be a High-Frequency Trader? Here’s Your Chance

Alpha Trading Labs, a startup, is taking an unusual approach to high-frequency trading: crowdsourcing. The company, which has a do-it-yourself platform, has invited anyone with a trading idea and coding skills to try it out.

Mom always said, "Choose your words wisely."

Moms give the best marketing advice. At least, my mom always did. As a mom of three, I find that I’m often repeating things to my children that my mom once told me: choose your words wisely; know whom you’re talking to; you only make one first impression. Are these not straight from a Marketing 101 textbook<br>Having celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday, and as a tribute to all the moms out there giving their children great “marketing” advice, I thought I’d take my…

Single mom builds multimillion-dollar trolley business

A single mother of two put everything on the line to turn around a trolley manufacturing company.

Can I Sell My Home Using a Gift of Equity?

Real estate can be a tricky business. You put your home on the market, people make offers and there’s a…

Is buying an abandoned property a good investment?

Where should I stash my down payment savings?

If buying a house is on your short-term to-do list, experts said to keep your down payment funds liquid. Looking to buy farther down the road? You have some more options.

9 Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Chances for More Financial Aid

There are ways to ask your college for more money—and ways not to. Here are a bunch of the latter.

When Home Buyers Ask Mom and Dad for Cash

Home buyers having trouble making a down payment can turn to mom and dad for help. But it is best when financial aid is in the form of a gift—not a loan.

Financial Guide: Buying vs. Building a Home

When my husband and I took out a mortgage for our first home, the loan officer looked us straight in the eyes and said, “You gotta pay to play.” Argh, such crushing advice. In her defense, she knew we weren’t ready to buy the home we wanted. We were full of dreams and short on …

How To Improve Your Chances Of Qualifying For A Mortgage

If you'd like to take out a mortgage, don't expect an easy application process. Lenders aren't willing to give out thousands of dollars for a home loan to just anyone. However, while qualifying is…

How to Improve Your Chance of Getting a Mortgage

Tips and ways to improve your chances of getting a mortgage.

How your parents affect your chances of buying a home

Another big advantage some adult children have in buying a home.

5 tips to boost your chance of winning approval for a personal loan

Loan companies have one thing in common: They want to get paid back on time, which means they approve only borrowers who meet their requirements.