Joanne Tarantino's (joannetarantino) Blog

When my daughter began shopping for her first home last year I was happy as her mother/real estate advisor to let her know that there was a great new $7,500 federal tax credit for first time buyers. Naturally, I began to research the program to assure that she was getting the most out of it. Was ...

A recent Forbes Magazine article evaluated 141 small towns to determine which would be   least vulnerable in our tough financial times.  Key West came in number two second only to Lebanon, New Hampshire, but I sure they don't have as good weather there.  If you would like to read the article in f...