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Real Estate 101 Sheba T. King-Simms
In life, there are only two surefire guarantees: breath and death. Still, preparing for the future does have its rewards. In fact, most aspects of life involve some degree of planning—it’s the way we, as inhabitants of 21st Century America, have been taught to exist. Financial security holds true to this grain of living now for later.
Considering the uncertain stock market, investment trusts, and 401K options, it may seem as though the safest place to store money these days is under a mattress. Yet despite appearances, the current situation is a nesting place for get-rich-quick schemes, success-in-a-few-days books, and a plethora of pyramids and chain letters promising wealth with little investment. Grandma’s old adage that anything worth having is worth waiting for is whisked away by new sayings fed even by some Christian evangelists who proclaim supernatural debt-cancellation in 2003. Such spellbinding messages can leave the average middle-class investor perplexed, suspicious, and purse-clutched. The query of the day may be simple, but it is full of meat and potatoes: will the real financial savior please stand up?
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