by Lorri Keeney | Feb 16, 2020 | Blog, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips, Uncategorized
Money needs a place to park. So you can think of this column as an AI Parking Assistant. We’ll be working together to slide into the best parking spots with minimal effort, above average safety, and optimum results. But, unlike driver...
by Lorri Keeney | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Home Inspection, Licensing, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips, Uncategorized
Nov. 1 is the deadline for getting grandfathered into an Ohio home inspector license. Ohio’s grandfathering window was limited to 120 days. It closes just days from now. Most Kentucky inspectors should be eligible. Starting Nov. 1, 2019,...
by Lorri Keeney | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Tips, Uncategorized
The median real estate agent earned $48,690 in 2018, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. “The high commissions haven’t made most real estate agents rich,” The New York Times commented. “Instead, the commissions have created a bloated and...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 31, 2019 | News, Newsletter, Tips
Facebook has been breaking the federal Fair Housing Act for years, HUD claimed in a lawsuit it filed against the “social network” Thursday (3/28/19). Facebook was “redlining” in two big ways, said HUD (the U.S. Department of Housing and...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 30, 2019 | Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Tips, Tools
95 Mbps. That’s the average fixed U.S. internet connection speed today. U there? It matters. You can check yours with Speedtest. It will measure download speed, upload speed, and latency, thee three key performance metrics for connecting computers. Starting...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
Existing home sales jumped up 11.8% in February (2019). Interest rates on the basic 30-year fixed mortgage drifted down to 4.28% by the time the sales numbers came out in late March, 2019. That took mortgage costs back down to where they were in the last week of...