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Deal bolsters prospects for stalled marina project
A stalled residential marina development in Blue Island has been purchased by a south suburban company that built its name rehabbing foreclosed homes. Tinley Park-based Mack Cos. acquired 27 acres at Fay's Point, on a peninsula between the Cal-Sag...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Realty, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, MB Financial Inc.
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Lifestyle is keeping budget goal out of reach
Dear Liz: My husband and I are recovering from a job loss four years ago. We used up all our savings and home equity. My husband is now employed, but we are struggling to keep ahead even with a salary of about $100,000. I was a stay-at-home mom for the...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Budgets and Budgeting, Interior Policy, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Administration
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Avoid costly mistake when collecting last month's rent upfront
Q: When my tenant moved in, I collected a security deposit of one month's rent, plus last month's rent. Now, 10 years and two rent hikes later, the tenant is leaving and says she won't write a check for the difference between the current rent and the rent...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Rentals, Politics
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Technicality lets tenant assign lease to friend
Q: My tenant assigned his lease to his friend without my consent, and I didn't realize it until the new "tenant" withheld rent over repairs. I lost the case, which turned on the anti-assignment clause and the difference between "cannot" and "may not."...Tags: Laws, Litigation, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, Poverty, Barack Obama, Elections
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Programs help homebuyers clear mortgage hurdle
Hundreds of would-be homeowners stepped forward in the final two months of last year to claim $15,000 down payment assistance grants from Wells Fargo & Co.'s CityLift program. With no waiting list being kept and the funds all reserved, the program...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Services and Shopping, Rentals, Financial and Business Services
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Kevin Hunt: Is This A Federal Reverse-Mortgage Offer Or A Scam?
The Hartford CourantThe successful scam letter looks authentic. But what happens when an authentic offer looks like a scam? Shirley Stewart of South Windsor recently received a multi-color form letter — the old style, U.S. Postal Service type — inviting her...Tags: Mortgages, Homes, Services and Shopping, Real Estate, Federal Housing Administration
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Is recording tenant meeting a sound plan?
Q: One of my tenants wants to meet with me to go over some issues we're having with him. He has complained that we are discriminating against him, and has threatened to file a complaint. I think he's just trying to get some money out of us, and I want...Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Rental Service
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Reibman wants Callahan investigated
Valley 610Northampton County executive candidate Glenn Reibman said he wants Mayor John Callahan investigated further for using federal grant dollars to balance Bethlehem's 2010 and 2011 budgets. Reibman, a former two-term county executive, is in a three-way race... -
Greuel makes play for African American voters in L.A. mayor's race
L.A. NOWLos Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel made a play for African American voters Saturday, rolling out a list of endorsements from black leaders and invoking the memory of Mayor Tom Bradley at the opening of her campaign office on Crenshaw Boulevard.... -
Furlough Friday: Budget cuts mean an unpaid day off for many at IRS, HUD and other agencies
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5...Tags: U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Human Interest, U.S. Department of State
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Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: What about helping the homeless who live on our streets?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Mollie Lowrey, who asked: What will the candidates do to help...Tags: Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Local Government, Elections, Politics
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May 24, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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