Make sure you understand what you’re buying and what it covers. If I pay an insurance premium, does that mean I’ll get paid if something goes wrong? That question is difficult for the average insurance agent as well as the typical insurance consumer to answer. Understanding some insurance basics—such as covered loss, exclusions, underwriting and the difference between a bond and insurance—will help with the answer. Bond Versus Insurance Most
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The industry isn’t sexy or magic, but self-storage is a powerful asset that can grow your finances and solidify your future. It isn’t likely that you’ll find a self-storage facility on Madison Avenue or Rodeo Drive, and you probably won’t find one next door to a trendy, high-end restaurant owned by a celebrity chef. Ordinary looking warehouse-type buildings stuffed with people’s possessions don’t typically offer much “sex appeal.” The self-storage
Read MoreReal estate technology company HouseCanary has introduced ComeHome, a proprietary platform built for mortgage lenders to attract, retain and convert customers into their suite of loan products. ComeHome is a co-branded mobile and desktop experience that offers an integrated digital home shopping and homeowner experience embedded into mortgage lenders’ existing digital properties—both websites and native mobile apps. ComeHome integrates property search tools into the lender’s existing digital products by coupling
Read MoreFormer Fannie Mae executive Robin Belanger joined Nationwide Title Clearing as vice president in October. In her new role, Belanger focuses on enhancing NTC’s offering in the document certification, custody and capital markets area of the industry. Belanger has more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage banking industry. For the past 10 years, she worked in multiple positions at Fannie Mae, most recently as a director of governance
Read MoreRocket Dollar, a digital self-directed IRA and solo 401(k) provider, has introduced Rocket Dollar Gold. The new service tier combines premium services such as priority phone support with a checkbook and debit card. Additional features include four courtesy wires a year, expedited rollovers and transfers, and Roth conversion reporting; tax reporting for the IRA or Solo 401(k); and a custom-named LLC to hold investments.
Read MoreMedian Prices Rise Year-Over-Year in Two-Thirds of Zones Targeted for Tax Breaks ATTOM Data Solutions recently released its second special report analyzing qualified Opportunity Zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs act of 2017. In this report, ATTOM looked at nearly 3,700 zones with enough sales data to analyze, which included home sales prices with at least five home sales in each quarter from 2005 through the
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