Written by: Louis DeNicola Confused about how to build business credit? You’re not alone. Many business owners and entrepreneurs don’t realize the key differences between business credit and personal credit, so let’s start there. Your business credit and personal credit aren’t linked — but they may be related. Business and personal credit contains different information, soContinue reading “How to build business credit with poor personal credit”
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Does the Home Inspection Happen Before or After the Offer?
By Brandon Cornett | December 10, 2019 | © HBI, all rights reserved Reader question: “We will be purchasing our first home in early 2020. My question has to do with the home inspection and offer process, and the timing of those two things. Does the home inspection usually happen before or after the offer isContinue reading “Does the Home Inspection Happen Before or After the Offer?”
How To Actually Teach Your Kid The Value Of Money
Raising a financially literate child doesn’t have to be difficult.By Taylor Pittman In a world of credit cards, online banking, tax codes, investments and retirement plans, keeping up with money can be tough for adults, and even more so for kids. So, for the many parents who want to teach their kid economic ideas and prepareContinue reading “How To Actually Teach Your Kid The Value Of Money”
National Bank Act Of 1863
How Did The Civil War Change The American Currency? The Act entitled “An Act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof,” approved June 3, 1864, shall be known as “The National Bank Act.” The National Bank Act of 1863 was designed to create a national banking system, float federal war loans, and establishContinue reading “National Bank Act Of 1863”
Who’s Ready for Big Social Security Changes in 2021?
The pocketbooks of working Americans and retirees could be directly affected by these changes. Sean Williams(TMFUltraLong) The New Year may bring with it big changes. Promising late-stage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine results may soon end the pandemic. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, will usher in a new era for politicsContinue reading “Who’s Ready for Big Social Security Changes in 2021?”
Pre-emption
United States history: WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica Title: squatter’s rights. Preemption, also called Squatter’s Rights, in U.S. history, policy by which first settlers, or “squatters,” on public lands could purchase the property they had improved. Squatters who settled on and improved surveyed land were at risk that when the land was surveyed and put up forContinue reading “Pre-emption”
Opportunity Zones 101
Q: What are Opportunity Zones? A: Opportunity Zones are economically-distressed communities, designated by states and territories and certified by the U.S. Treasury Department, in which certain types of investments may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. The tax incentive is designed to spur economic development and job creation in distressed communities by providing these tax benefits to investors. Continue reading “Opportunity Zones 101”
Expiration of state eviction protections led to 434,000 extra COVID-19 cases, study finds
Dhara Singh·ReporterDecember 1, 2020·4 min read The expiration of state eviction protections led to 433,700 additional coronavirus cases and 10,700 excess deaths from March to September, according to a new study. “We expected there to be a relationship between moratoriums lifting and COVID-19 outcomes,” said Kathryn Leifheit, an epidemiologist who was a lead researcher onContinue reading “Expiration of state eviction protections led to 434,000 extra COVID-19 cases, study finds”
Highlighting Heirs’ Property Ownership and Land Loss
by Teresa Jackson, SRS Public Affairs • July 30, 2020 ETHICS & VALUES FOREST LANDOWNERS HEIRS’ PROPERTY INTEGRATING HUMAN & NATURAL SYSTEMS A USDA Forest Service publication on heirs’ property ownership across the southern U.S. highlights a kind of land ownership prevalent among lower wealth, African Americans in the Black Belt South, central Appalachian whites, and Hispanic Americans inContinue reading “Highlighting Heirs’ Property Ownership and Land Loss”