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Dear Mr. Berko: We have a $17,000 certificate of deposit coming due and are thinking of buying 300 shares of Southern Co. because of the 5.3 percent yield. We found that the stock has fallen by 9 points in the ...

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Q:     We live on a use-in-common road that has a small bridge serving 3 families. According to our deeds, we shall share maintenance and repairs, and/or costs thereof, evenly. However, there is one family that refuses to pay for, or ...

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Q:   I read your regular column. I hope you will treat this topic in afuture article, although I realize it may be less an issue of the law and more issue of economics. And, it’s true that you have covered ...

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  You’ll find endless debate in real estate circles about whether you should buy houses, mobile home parks, apartment buildings, raw land, or commercial buildings.  It’s impossible to say that every person should concentrate on one or the other, but ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: My husband and I are both 73 years old and in excellent health. Both of us retired 10 years ago from Monsanto, and we get a nice pension. We discovered your column about nine months ago. You ...

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              Late last week I began reading information from various credible tax authorities indicating that Congress had collectively slapped their hands to their foreheads when they realized that the Tax Reform Act of 2017 had disallowed deductions for business ...

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RESPONSE FROM A READER: As for the settlement referred to in your column, I wonder how any action a Board might take could be kept secret from the owners. Only the owners have a titled interest in the condominium and ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I have a large portfolio of conservative issues that pay good dividends. Now I’d like to be more aggressive and own some issues that could improve my portfolio’s growth better than the dividend stocks I own. I ...

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By Nasar. El-arabi Did you know a good deal of your success in real estate investing is attributed to getting to know and working with the right people? No kidding. It is my guess that you’ve heard the phrase, ‘It’s ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: You’ve never expressed your political opinions. Some of us had hoped you’d comment on Donald Trump’s presidency. You’ve made many pointed comments about the House and Senate, but you have never commented about our country’s political direction. ...

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