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Q: My son is leasing a small condo. The lease includes “a sofa, TV, TV stand, table, 2 chairs, bed and mattress”. He did not want the mattress, and the owner’s brother removed it, leaving the used bedding behind. A few unwanted small appliances, pans, and dishes were left in the kitchen cabinets. The condo is small, and my son needs the ...Read more

San Diego County was on track for its lowest-ever home sale year as mortgage rates and prices stayed high to end the year.

Through November, CoreLogic data shows 25,998 home sales. At that sales pace and with interest rates near 7% at the end of December, 2024 could take the crown for slowest year from 2023, which recorded 26,906 sales, data ...Read more

DETROIT — One of the two shorter office towers that are part of the Renaissance Center complex is heading to auction in March.

The 600 Tower is set to be auctioned online March 17-19, with a starting bid of $2.75 million, according to a listing on Ten-X.com.

"We wanted to market this to the widest possible pool of potential buyers and we ...Read more

When Gordon Gekko, the main antagonist in the 1987 film "Wall Street," declared in no uncertain terms that "Greed is good!" people flocked to the theaters. And cheered.

Please don't base your belief system on a movie line that might have been memorable and entertaining but is dead wrong.

Greed is like cancer that, when left untreated, can ...Read more

Just as I was knee-deep in researching, testing and learning all I could about electric space heaters, this letter popped up in my inbox.

Dear Mary: I need your help to figure out how we can reduce our home heating bills. It's killing us to pay so much to keep our house warm in the winter. We have a gas furnace, and where we live, the cost of ...Read more

I just asked Siri, "How do most people relax?" She rattled off a list of activities including "Nosh on chocolate," "Rub your feet over a golf ball," "Count backward," "Meditate" and "Drip cold water on your wrists."

Siri completely missed my favorite way to relax. I iron (not to be confused with "I pump iron," which I do not). No, really. There...Read more

It’s now the norm for Americans to file their taxes online — the IRS reports that more than 90% of individual tax returns were e-filed in 2023, the most recent data available. Even most professional tax preparers are required to electronically file returns on behalf of their clients.

If you file your own taxes, you have a few different ...Read more

It took me a long time to fully understand this profound truth: Money is not for spending. It is for managing first and then for spending. No one knows better than I do that it takes courage to believe that, but when you do, it will transform the way you think about and then manage your money.

Imagine this: It's Friday, a day you have come to ...Read more

Q: I live in a zero-lot-line community. The side of our house, a patio wall, and a wood fence extension on the end of our patio wall form the property line with our neighbor. The builder installed the wood fence extension to meet city code and enclose the neighbor’s yard since it has an open, non-enclosed pool. We do not have a pool. The fence...Read more

The most important thing you can do to make your personal economy strong is to have an umbrella, an emergency fund with enough money in it to pay all your bills for six months. And it needs to be safe and secure in a bank account.

You read that right: half a year's income! Wait. You can't even imagine being able to save $50? No worries. The ...Read more

If you're in debt, you have to get out. The best way to do that is to put together a plan -- but remember a plan is only as good as your ability to stick with it. Just like diets, all of them work; the true test is sticking with one. No matter how effective the plan is in theory, if the regimen is outlandish and impractical, you will not stick ...Read more

Just when I think I've heard every possible way to save time and money, here comes the mail to teach me something new. "Everyday Cheapskate" readers just have to be the smartest and most clever on the planet -- good-looking, too. Enjoy!

If you have more apples than you can reasonably use in the short-term, they'll last up to six months if you ...Read more