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<title>Adam VanBuskirk - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Happily married and working as an IT Manager at a window manufacturer in Ohio. 

I also co-own a real estate investment company in a small college town in west central Ohio and an online retail company in Akron, Ohio specializing in sporting goods.]]></description>
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<title>Ways to Make Your Cornhole Set Stand Out</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:36:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customizing cornhole sets has become big business. Call it pride, bragging rights, or an expression of the creator, but people love customizing cornhole boards and bags to make them, well, more of them.]]></description>
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<title>The Sport of Bocce Grabs National Spotlight</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:44:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sport of bocce recently grabbed the national spotlight via a popular commercial from one of the nation's top retailers. The commercial itself is for a jean line they carry, but the buzz generated by the commercial is all about bocce.]]></description>
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<title>Water Filled Bocce Ball Sets - Affordable and Fun</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:01:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Families and friends have been playing sports at cookouts and gatherings for years. Most of these sports are easy to play, thus encouraging social interaction. Bocce, corn hole, lawn darts, horseshoes, croquet, and volley ball are a few of the many examples of sports enjoyed by casual players. In this article, we will be talking about bocce, but more specifically a set that is perfect for casual and social play, the water filled bocce ball set.]]></description>
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<title>Bocce Ball Sets - Different Materials Result in Different Qualities</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:13:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bocce ball sets are equipment sets sold to people who play the sport of bocce. A set generally comes with eight bocce balls, a smaller ball called a pallino, a generic rule book, and a carrying bag or case. In the below paragraphs, we will cover the three main categories of bocce ball sets and their differences.]]></description>
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<title>The Bocce Court</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:15:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bocce (often misspelled as bocci) is a game that consists of eight balls about the size of grapefruits, one small ball slightly larger than a walnut, and a court or lawn to play on. The large balls are called bocce balls and the small ball is called a pallino (also known as a pallina, pill, and polle). The goal of the game is to get the large balls closest to the small ball. The game is played in frames and a winner is declared when they reach the end point total before the other team. The end total is usually between 7 and 15.]]></description>
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<title>A Bocce Ball Set Away From Having Fun</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:29:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is bocce? Bocce ball is one of the oldest sports in the world. Behind soccer and golf, bocce is the most played sport in the world.]]></description>
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<title>View Your Free Annual Credit Report - Avoid Credit Repair Companies</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/5822860</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:12:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are in dire need of repairing your credit, you may be thinking about using a credit repair company. A myriad of these companies exist. In most cases, however, it is better to repair your credit by viewing your annual credit report, thus avoiding the help of repair companies.]]></description>
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<title>Vantage Credit Score - Overview</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:20:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Vantage score, a new comer to the credit scoring business, was developed in 2006 by a joint venture between the three largest credit bureaus; Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. The joint venture is named VatnageScore LLC.]]></description>
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<title>The Annual Credit Report's Details</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:54:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people have heard about the credit report and most know that they have one. Countless, however, have never viewed one and thus don't know what kind of information it contains.]]></description>
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<title>Annual Credit Reports - Getting Your Free Credit Score</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:48:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Getting your annual credit report is free. Getting your credit score is not. It costs money unless you sign up for a credit monitoring service. If you want to get it for free, sign up for a credit monitoring service. After you have your free report and score, cancel the credit monitoring service.]]></description>
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<title>Your Annual Credit Report - Who Can View It?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/5787033</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:47:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your annual credit report is used to consolidate your payment and debt information. It is a great tool for you to use for improving your credit, setting budgets, and ensuring that your credit information is accurate.]]></description>
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<title>Free Annual Credit Reports - How to Get Them</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:48:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reviewing your annual credit reports is essential to ensuring your credit is in good standing and accurately reported. There are three main credit bureaus that store your credit information; Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. These bureaus don't report your payment history and information; rather they store the information that others report (banks, utilities, etc.).]]></description>
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<title>Improve Your Credit - Five Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:57:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your credit is less than perfect, don't sweat it. Everyone has areas they need to improve in. Regardless of the subject, hard work and dedication are often the skills needed to improve the situation. If your credit needs some help and you are ready to dedicate yourself to improving it, then read on. Below are five tips to help you strengthen your credit and raise your score.]]></description>
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<title>When to Get Help From a Credit Counselor</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As always, be proactive when dealing with credit problems. By reviewing your free annual credit report and scores, you can monitor your credit and take notice of any mistakes or issues, thus fixing them before they get out of control.]]></description>
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<title>Your Annual Credit Report - Who Is Interested in It?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:08:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With so many Americans in debt and the mortgage industry in disarray, the credit report has taken front stage. Long used by institutions, the credit report was rarely accessed by the individual it belonged to or other small, independent businessman and women.]]></description>
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<title>Reviewing Your Annual Credit Report Can Help You Manage Your Credit</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:03:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Credit is the ability to purchase a good or service with the promise that it will be paid for in the future. In today's world, credit is used to purchase everything from a fast food meal to a home. Credit is a great financial tool that allows people to conveniently buy things they can afford or purchase things they think they can afford in the near future.]]></description>
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<title>The Side Effects of Bad Credit</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:48:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To avoid bad credit and the unfortunate scenarios that come with it, view your free annual credit report. Viewing your free annual credit report allows you to monitor your credit report and score. It also allows you to proactively fix errors on the report, ensuring you that your credit is in good standing.]]></description>
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<title>Keeping Rental Properties Rented</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:37:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although many aspects come in to play when generating profit from rental properties, few are as important as keeping your properties rented. In the article below, we cover two tips that help keep vacancies low.]]></description>
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<title>Carpet - The Best Solution?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:18:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Carpet can be a great asset to a rental property. Unfortunately, it can also be the property's worst enemy. Below, we explore the pros and cons of carpeting rental properties.]]></description>
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<title>5 Things to Consider Before Investing in Real Estate - Part I</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:00:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Investing in real estate is full of obstacles, ups and downs, and challenges that try even the most seasoned of landlords. Below are five things that the future real estate investor should contemplate before making the decision to begin their real estate investment career.]]></description>
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<title>Five Tips for Keeping Rental Properties Attractive</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 08:05:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Owning and managing rental properties is a challenging business. With constant stresses like dealing with troublesome tenants and keeping vacancies to a minimum, landlords and property managers need every advantage they can get to "one-up" the competition. In the following text, five tips for keeping a rental property attractive are revealed.]]></description>
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<title>Five Tips for SEO</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 10:05:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a topic that people take very seriously. Good SEO techniques can generate nice profits for the web site owner, while poor techniques can create a web site that earns little or no income. Below are five tips that will help web site owners boost their search engine ranks.


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<title>Five Tips for Renting a Property Quickly</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 09:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Renting a property can be a tedious task. A task that can either make or break any small landlord. Ensuring that ones properties get rented quickly and efficiently is the key to generating and sustaining healthy profits. For this reason, five tips for renting a property quickly and painlessly are discussed in the remainder of this article.
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<title>How to Turn One Rental Property into Several</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:39:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Buying properties and renting them to generate an income is no new technique. It is, however, a technique that is never as easy as the T.V. gurus claim. In the brief article below, I will present a small, simple outline for building an empire of rental properties that can indeed impact ones life financially.]]></description>
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<title>5 Tips for Buying Your First Home</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:33:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When buying your first home, it is easy to get overwhelmed or feel like the financial decisions are out of your control. Unless you are a real estate junkie like me, you may not be highly educated in real estate finance or inspecting homes; actually, I'm not either. Regardless, buying a home is actually quite simple. You just have to educate yourself on the basics, so that you can keep the professionals that will help you along the way in order. With that said, below are five tips to get the education process started.]]></description>
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<title>3 Reasons to Own Rental Properties in College Communities - Part 2</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/214052</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:25:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having personally experienced the pleasure of owning rental properties in a college (university) town, there is a wealth of reasons to locate one's properties in a community that houses a center of higher education. Listed below are just three of the myriad reasons a rental property owner should add college-town rental properties to their portfolio.

* This article is part two of a two-part series]]></description>
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<title>3 Reasons to Own Rental Properties in College Communities - Part1</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/214025</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:13:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having personally experienced the pleasure of owning rental properties in a college (university) town, there is a wealth of reasons to locate one's properties in a community that houses a center of higher education. Listed below are just three of the myriad reasons a rental property owner should add college-town rental properties to their portfolio.]]></description>
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<title>3 Ways to Get a Lower Interest Rate</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/209622</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 09:57:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As interest rates begin to creep forward, many people will not buy that next home or investment property because they can no longer afford the loan. Below are three methods that are quite common and can get a borrower a lower interest rate than the brand-new 30 year fixed mortgage laon. Of course, many negative side effects can crawl out of the wood work with these methods, so one should prepare themselves and be careful.]]></description>
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<title>5 Steps to Detect Bad Tenants Before It's Too Late</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/208842</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 11:39:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the rental property business, it is vital that the person interviewing or showing properties to tenants be able to notice any signs that the tenant is or will become a dead-beat tenant. Dead-beat tenants are among the top factors in real estate that can cost the property owner lots of money. They are also the number one reason that many people never get into owning rental properties or  have and have since gotten out of it. Below is a short list of five signs that people can use to detect the dead-beat tenant before it is too late.]]></description>
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<title>5 Tools to Effectively Manage Rental Property Investments</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/208843</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 11:06:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For small-time real estate investors, managing the "behind the scenes" aspect of the property investments can become a hectic mess. Often, the small investor does most of their property management tasks themselves, making it easy to get behind, lose receipts, forget about a ledger, and have leases spread out among their home office. To help one get organized, below is a list of five tools that every small-time real estate investor should consider to efficiently operate their small empire.]]></description>
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<title>Bad Tenants and the Five Worst Situations They Create</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/207029</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 20:19:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, a property owner will have a bad tenant that slips through the rental application cracks and makes their live a living nightmare. If one owns property and hasn't yet encountered this unique breed of individual; they will. In the following five situations, a brief explanation is listed on how to properly handle some of the toughest moments of one's rental property adventure.]]></description>
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<title>6 Tips for Advertising Your Rental Vacancy</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 07:02:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When a landlord's current tenant is leaving, a property owner must ensure that the property gets leased for the next term before too much time passes and they loose significant money from having to pay the mortgage, utilities, and other vacancy-related expenses. Below are six brief but reliable tips that one can practice to quickly and efficiently get their rental property rented.]]></description>
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<title>5 Tips for Increasing Rental Property Cash Flow - Part1</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/205620</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 17:32:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We've all heard about cash flow. The term that is most-used when speaking of rental property profitability. Cash flow is basically the cash that rental properties generate from various sources. The level of cash flow essentially evaluates the wealth of the property owner because even if a property owner owns 100 properties, the properties are worthless unless they are generating excess cash flow (cash after all expenses). Because of the importance of cash flow, below are five tips for increasing cash flow from rental properties.]]></description>
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<title>5 Tips for Increasing Rental Property Cash Flow - Part2</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/205622</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 17:17:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We've all heard about cash flow. The term that is most-used when speaking of rental property profitability. Cash flow is basically the cash that rental properties generate from various sources. The level of cash flow essentially evaluates the wealth of the property owner because even if a property owner owns 100 properties, the properties are worthless unless they are generating excess cash flow (cash after all expenses). Because of the importance of cash flow, below are five tips for increasing cash flow from rental properties.]]></description>
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<title>5 Must-Know Tips for Shopping for an ARM - Part 2</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/203843</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 13:20:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If one is investing in real estate and has decided to use an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM throughout the rest of the article), then they must be positive that they are well-prepared to push aside the lender's antics and evaluate the different loans using their own knowledge and information. In the list below, five vital tips for evaluating an ARM are mentioned along with a brief explanation of each.
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<title>5 Must-Know Tips for Shopping for an ARM - Part 3</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/203871</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 13:05:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If one is investing in real estate and has decided to use an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM throughout the rest of the article), then they must be positive that they are well-prepared to push aside the lender's antics and evaluate the different loans using their own knowledge and information. In the list below, five vital tips for evaluating an ARM are mentioned along with a brief explanation of each. This is the final part belonging to a three-part series about ARM shopping tips, so if one missed the first two parts, they may want to go back and check them out.]]></description>
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<title>5 Must-Know Tips for Shopping for an ARM - Part 1</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/203822</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 11:24:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If one is investing in real estate and has decided to use an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM throughout the rest of the article), then they must be positive that they are well-prepared to push aside the lender's antics and evaluate the different loans using their own knowledge and information. In the list below, five vital tips for evaluating an ARM are mentioned along with a brief explanation of each.]]></description>
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<title>Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) - Advantages and Disadvantages</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 10:58:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An ARM is a mortgage that has an interest rate that adjusts periodically, often every six or 12 months. At these intervals, the interest rate is adjusted using an index and a margin. The index is a financial index that is used to gage general interest rate trends. Treasury Bills (T-Bills), Certificates of deposit (CDs), The 11th District Cost of Funds Index (COFI), and others are examples of financial indexes that are often used to determine interest rates. The margin is the markup that the lending institution places on their loans; put bluntly it's the cost that they charge borrowers to use their money. The index is then added to the margin resulting in the interest rate the borrower pays.]]></description>
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<title>Beware of Negative Amortization when Using ARMs to Purchase Property</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 10:47:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When buying a property, a loan from the mortgage broker or local bank is often needed by the purchaser to purchase the property. There are two mainstream types of loans (with different variations of each); fixed-rate loans and adjustable-rate loans (from this point forward referred to as ARMs). The paragraphs below outline the dangerous possibility of negative amortization when using an ARM to finance a real estate purchase.]]></description>
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<title>Mistakes to Avoid in Real Estate Investing - Part1</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/199828</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 15:34:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Entering the real estate market as a real estate investor can be a challenge; Receiving funding, getting the residence rented, setting up bank accounts, figuring out how to handle utilities, etc. The list doesn't end. Of course, if one has done their research before beginning, the above tasks aren't near as complicated as they sound. However, often the same mistakes plague new investors as they begin to experience the field of real estate investing instead of just reading about it. Below are five of the top mistakes that people new to the game seem to repeat.]]></description>
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<title>Mistakes to Avoid in Real Estate Investing - Part 2</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/199843</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 15:15:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Entering the real estate market as a real estate investor can be a challenge; Receiving funding, getting the residence rented, setting up bank accounts, figuring out how to handle utilities, etc. The list doesn't end. Of course, if one has done their research before beginning, the above tasks aren't near as complicated as they sound. However, often the same mistakes plague new investors as they begin to experience the field of real estate investing instead of just reading about it. Below are five more of the most common mistakes that people new to the game tend to repeat.]]></description>
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<title>Security Deposit Itemization Form</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/199239</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/199239</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 16:50:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Almost every landlord requires a tenant to pay a security deposit when they rent a residence to them. Security deposits help ensure that the tenant doesn't damage the property, but is also often used as the last month's rent if the tenant gets behind on the rent (although in some areas this practice isn't legal). One legal form that is priceless when it comes to managing security deposits is the "Security Deposit Itemization Form."]]></description>
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<title>The Bare Necessities of a Residential Lease</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 14:00:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the small-time landlord goes about getting started managing the rental property they just bought, they are sure to discover that there are literally thousands of different variations of the residential property lease. It is always best to have a lawyer draft a lease, but let's be honest, how many people can afford to have a lawyer draft them a real estate form every time they need one; and still make profit? More realistically, the landlord will often navigate the web or travel to brick-and-mortar office stores to buy an affordable version of a lease. With so many to choose from, the list below highlights a few of the bare-minimums that one should check to ensure that the lease includes them.]]></description>
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<title>5 Methods for Finding Bargain Properties</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 16:59:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Finding a bargain property, one that is being sold well-below its worth or potential worth, is not as easy as riding a bike or watching T.V. Not that it is that difficult either, but the task of getting a good deal on an investment property can at times be cumbersome. In the brief list below, five methods for finding and grabbing that good deal are explained, and although the descriptive nature of the list is brief, it will give you just enough to ignite your thought.]]></description>
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<title>Excel at Owning Rental Properties by Creating a Niche</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 14:19:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Owning rental properties is a profitable business and or investment the rentals are properly managed. But what happens when the local rental market is a renter's market, meaning that the supply of properties for rent exceeds the number of people looking to rent a property. Whether a landlord's rental properties are already making lofty profits or are stuck in the market just explained above, the following paragraphs explain how they can create a niche in the rental market and watch their bottom line increase.]]></description>
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<title>Funding Rental Property Purchases</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 14:16:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The single most obstacle that barricades potential real estate investors from entering the lucrative arena of owning rental properties is funding. Finding different means of obtaining funds to pay closing costs, putting money down on loans, and minor repairs if needed upon purchase is not an easy task unless your are already wealthy. Getting the money that you need to get started isn't necessarily easy, but below are a few methods that I personally found to work along with a few that I have heard work well but not yet tried.]]></description>
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<title>Rental Properties - Persistance is Profitable</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 11:08:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Real estate money-making ideas and programs are often pitched to eager viewers on televison and through radio as "get rich" opportunities, but the fact is there is no "quick" in get rich. Rental properties are a great means of building wealth, but patience, persistance, and excellent interpersonal skills are all necessary to make it happen. ]]></description>
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