Dear Monty: 5 reasons your home can be tough to evaluate
Question: We plan on selling our home in the spring. When appraisers or real estate agents make adjustments between features in our house and the comparable homes features, we […]
Home seller wants to cancel the sale
Dear Monty: We entered into a sales contract with a buyer two weeks ago. As the realities of the change set in, we have decided we don’t want to move. […]
How to downshift GRACEFULLY
By Dominique Rodgers Monster.com What do you think of when you hear the phrase “career trajectory?” Most likely, you’re thinking of career advancement, professional progress. You’re movin’ on up. But […]
Letter to the Editor: Harrisburg rezoning reply
Editor’s note: Kent Olson is the owner of Development Solutions Group, a Charlotte company whose rezoning request for a 151-home subdivision in Harrisburg was denied by the Town Council on […]
Letter to the Editor: Queen City Express will connect NC
To the Editor: Governor McCrory recently announced the creation of the Queen City Express, a freight rail service connecting Charlotte to the Port of Wilmington. It’s a joint partnership between […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trash pickup changes harmful to homeowners in associations
Included in Charlotte’s next fiscal year budget is a proposal to stop trash service for multifamily units. The city aims to reclassify multifamily projects of more than four units from […]
OSHA penalties set to skyrocket
For 25 years, the maximum penalty amounts for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act have remained frozen. A thaw is about to set in — and quick. The […]
INVESTORS’ CORNER: Maintain a margin for the unexpected
The term “margin call” is generally associated with investments in commodities or stocks using leverage. As the value of the investments rapidly declines, the brokerage house facilitating the borrowing for […]
KASS: Committee balks at allowing docks
DEAR BENNY: We own a cabin on a private lake. It’s governed by an advisory committee (AC) working under our local county’s board of supervisors. On paper, we are clearly […]
BERKO: Millions of new cars sent overseas to die
Editor’s Note: The final three paragraphs of this installment of Malcolm Berko’s column are new, the previous version of this column contained errors. Dear Mr. Berko: I’m a married 43-year-old […]
INVESTORS’ CORNER: Set higher goals in new year
If you’re like me, the end of the year marks a time of psychological “bookends,” consisting of Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, with which to enclose the accomplishment, triumphs, defeats, […]
BERKO: Hedge funds benefit from carried interest
DEAR MR. BERKO: Please explain carried interest, which some of the presidential candidates are talking about. I know it has something to do with hedge funds (and I’m not sure […]
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