5 Ways to Insure That You Purchase a Home With Good Resale Value

Usually when you enter the house buying market, you and your family are looking for a place to call home for the foreseeable future. You don’t often consider selling at the same time as buying, but in today’s complicated real estate market that’s probably a mistake. Contemplating the day you’ll sell before you’ve even chosen a new home may sound crazy, but it’s the only way to insure that the house is an investment. And it’s simply too much money to put down not to think of it that way. Selling your home twenty years down the line may be...

Freedom Fund Update – July 2013 + MORE

Brocade Communications Systems Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing United States Steel – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASD: BRCD) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X), according to The Online Investor… Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » Long Facebook ($FB) & Short Blue Nile ($NILE) – intelligentspeculator.net Today I’ll start off by closing 2 stock picks, one is a loser and the other is a big time winner....

12 Easy Tips to Reduce Your Vacancy Rates and Find Great Tenants + MORE

33 Things You Need to Know About Columbus Before You Move There – movoto.com/blog/ 1. The Wexner Will Blow Your Mind Source: Flickr user TijsB On the campus of The Ohio State University, the Wexner Center for the Arts is the city’s go-to location for contemporary art. Film, concerts, dance, theater, and exhibitions—this place has it all. It’s one of the cultural hubs of the Central Ohio region, and for good reason… Continue Reading On movoto.com/blog/ » 12 Easy Tips to Reduce Your Vacancy Rates and Find Great Tenants – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ There are a lot of things I’m not good...

Green Dividend Stocks That Will Let You Sleep At Night + MORE

Scottrade's FRIP And Diversifying Brokerage Firms – dividendmantra.com Very recently, Scottrade announced a revolutionary new dividend reinvestment program called FRIP – which stands for ‘Flexible Reinvestment Program’. I currently use Scottrade as my brokerage firm so I took a look at this program and I think it is a great tool for those parties interested in automatically reinvesting dividends, but would also enjoy flexibility as to what securities the dividends get reinvested back into… Continue Reading On dividendmantra.com » Weekend Reading Links – June 30, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of...

Common Money Mistakes That First-Time Homeowners Make

Buying a home is harder than it looks. As the economy and housing market is on the rebound, many new homeowners will be faced with some of the most common pitfalls that people experience when they purchase their first home. Most of the pitfalls are financial. Many people aren’t fully aware of the fiscal responsibilities before they make an offer on their first property. Like most people, you might think you have the money to purchase a home, but there are many costs you might not be factoring in to your total budget. Falling in love with a home and...

ETF Pop Quiz: Gold, GBP, and Gaming + MORE

Is Pandora Hurting Artists, or Is It Paying Them Too Much? – dailyfinance.com Filed under: Investing The following video is from Friday’s installment of The Motley Fool’s Weekly Tech Review, in which host Chris Hill and analysts Eric Bleeker and Jason Moser look at the biggest stories driving the tech sector this week. Streaming Internet radio provider Pandora has been clashing with artists recently over the amount it pays them to use their content… Continue Reading On dailyfinance.com » Re: Introduction: New to investing and late to the game – bogleheads.org You could have done a lot worse over the...

Income Investing Articles to Enjoy: 6/29/2013 + MORE

Income Investing Articles to Enjoy: 6/29/2013 – dividendgrowthinvestor.com Thank you for reading my site. As most of you are aware, Google feeds is getting discontinued on July 1, 2013. As a result, if you are subscribed to receive email alerts through Google Feeds, you might not be able to receive updates in the future when I post an article on Dividend Growth Investor website… Continue Reading On dividendgrowthinvestor.com » Small-Cap Stocks With High Yield – dividends4life.com A low-priced small-cap stock with a dividend can look quite tempting to the inexperienced. That lower price should mean a higher yield, plus the...
Weekend Link Time + MORE

Weekend Link Time + MORE

Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) Dividend Stock Analysis – dividendgrowthinvestor.com Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes pharmaceutical products worldwide....