Creative Financing For Home Purchase

Those who have never bought a home before may be unaware of how extensive and stressful the process of buying a home could become. Lenders require many documents to verify income, employment, credit among others.Sad, but true, many people hoping to purchase their first home are unable to do so because they fail to meet [...]

The ZIP code debate

To understand the issues, let’s start with a quick tour of ZIP codes. They are used by the US Postal Service to sort the mail faster. Once sorted, bundles of mail are delivered by staff who know the ground. This plan was not devised to help set insurance rates. Indeed, when you look at the [...]

Where to Get Cheap Renters Personal Liability Insurance

Without renters personal liability insurance someone could hurt himself in your home, sue you, and take you for everything you own. Here’s how to get cheap renters insurance so that won’t happen to you.What is renters insurance?Renters insurance provides financial protection for anyone who rents a home, apartment, mobile home, or condo. It includes three [...]

No-fault insurance explained

In the long-distant past, the law of the land was directly administered by the rulers. They sat as judges on all major disputes and dispensed justice as they saw fit. It was not until civilization spread a little that we saw anything like today’s courts and lawyers emerged. This was a law-and-order strategy. Before courts, [...]

PIP coverage

Personal Injury Protection (PIP) covers against medical expenses and some of the losses that inevitably follow a traffic accident where drivers and their passengers are injured or killed. So, for example, you can claim loss of earnings and the equivalent of damages for pain and suffering. Where the driver dies, funeral expenses are also recoverable. [...]

Plain English please

The Brits sometimes have a quaint way of saying things but, when you understand what they mean, it make a lot of sense. They say, “Never buy a pig in a poke”. In the good old days of selling in markets, some farmers used to offer animals in a sack or poke. This was a [...]