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Foreclosure Process Affects Tenant
With the rise in foreclosures since the credit crisis, many renters or tenants find themselves directly affected. What options do tenants have if they're served with a lis pendens for foreclosure? Lenders used to evict tenants but in this housing market many landlords prefer to keep the tenants in the foreclosed homes. Foreclosure does not always have negative effects on tenants.  

Water Damage Leads To HOA Special Assessment
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Personal finance is the application of the principles of financial economics to an individual's (or a family's) financial decisions. It asks, "How much money will you need at various points in the future?" and "How do you go about getting that money?". It deals with questions like: * What is my annual income?* How can I increase my income?* What are my annual expenses?* How can I reduce my expenses?* How do I best budget my available income each year?* How much money can I save each year? ...