Living Right In N.C.

As we speak, our local tax assessors are hard at work.  Mecklenburg county tax assessors have just finished a year-long review of our area's property values.  Their results will then be presented to county commissioners where city and town boards can make final decisions on our property taxes.  T...

I cannot open the paper these days without reading about mortgage defaults and "strategic mortgage defaults."  A strategic default is based on the notion that defaulting on your mortgage payments can actually help you renegotiate lower payments or allow you to walk about from your obligation and ...

Today I read an article warning buyers to beware when they are purchasing a home from a divorced couple.  The article shared a story or two about experiences which would send a buyer running in the other direction.  One where at the last minute the wife disappeared and was the fear was she wouldn...