Feb 21, 2017

Years ago I heard the old Chinese proverb, “Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn.”  I was blessed with an excellent memory, so I didn’t quite understand the forgetting or not remembering parts, but the involve me part always made sense.  Despite my great memory I learned much, much faster when I was involved in the learning....

Feb 13, 2017

If you ask 10 people why the market is going up you will receive 10 different answers.  It appears that the market is breaking through ceilings despite the technical indicators, but the rumors of tax adjustments, job generating, relaxing regulations and slowing down the move-out of American companies and manufacturing are spurring the move to the upside. I...

Jan 18, 2017

Numerous foreclosures suggest that cities and states do not get the residential or commercial property taxes they require streaming into their coffers, and they experience a spending plan crisis themselves as an outcome. These cities and states, then increase home taxes on the staying property owners, which then puts even more stress on individuals who are...

Jan 18, 2017

Counties around the country live and die by property taxes.  They rely on those taxes to pay for schools, firefighter, police, etc.  When property owners have residential, or commercial, properties on which they can no longer maintain the property taxes, regional (county) and federal governments will put these properties up for auction. The reality is that...