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Real estate is a flexible financial tool. Depending on what you need, it can become a job, an investment, or both. Here’s the difference: Job – you want or need to use real estate for current income (i.e. to pay the ...

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Named in honor of Charlotte of Mecklenburg – the wife of King George II – Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina. This modern city is fondly known as Uptown and features the state’s major museums, shopping and dining ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker had me buy 200 shares of Apple last November at $221. His firm has a bullish report that says Apple will turn back to my purchase price in the coming six months, and he wants ...

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by Bob Freitag Hurricane Matthew and others since, has reminded us that we need to regularly review our insurance policies, to ensure that our largest assets are fully protected when disaster strikes. First, start with your homeowner’s insurance policy. You ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’m looking for higher yields, and my stockbroker is recommending that I buy 500 shares of CenturyLink. It pays a wonderful $2.16 dividend that yields about 17 percent. Sometimes the dividend exceeds the company’s net income. For ...

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  Forming a general partnership is an incredibly easy and incredibly risky way to operate your Real Estate Business. A general partnership is an association of two or more people caring on as co-owners of a business for profit – ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’d like to speculate with about $30,000 and buy six or seven stocks selling for less than $10. Could you recommend some cheap issues that have a chance of doubling in price over the next few years? ...

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  My recent emails have been covering topics related to real estate closings. I’ve shared the following before, but it bears repeating and is applicable to what I want to share with you today. In the summer of 1961, legendary football ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 500 shares of AT&T at $32 in 2012, and I’m losing money. I should have sold the stock in 2016 when it hit $44, but my stockbroker talked me out of it. Now I want ...

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  Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence …The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”        – Calvin Coolidge Even if you fixed the first four ...

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