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To receive SSI benefits (Supplemental Security Income) you have to meet certain criteria. You are allowed to own a home and receive SSI benefits provided it’s the home you live in. But you may also know that there are limits on how much money you have access to while still being able to receive SSI. … Continued

Getting ready to sell a property? If so, what you’ll be most interested in is making sure you can get as much money for it as possible. There are numerous factors that drive property prices up and down, some of which are readily in your control, and some of which aren’t. Regardless, it’s a good … Continued

We all know people who are a little messy or untidy. Often, this untidiness is down to a busy life or a love for the things they surround themselves with. But there’s a big difference between someone who enjoys lots of things, and so has knickknacks on every surface, and someone who hoards. Hoarding is … Continued

Selling your home can be an exciting prospect, but also a stressful one. Besides the stress of actually moving, one of the things that gives us the most anxiety is the administrative tasks required to sell, and that’s largely because we don’t know what to expect and do not feel prepared. The good news is … Continued

Medicaid is a program that helps millions of Americans by providing the finance to pay for healthcare. That includes elderly adults, low-income adults, pregnant women, children, and people with disabilities. With healthcare costs climbing, Medicaid is vital for many, many people and helps them have a quality of life that would be otherwise impossible. It … Continued

Modern medicine is a wonderful thing – it has greatly increased our life expectancy and children that are being born now have a life expectancy well over 80. While this is certainly something to be celebrated, many of us are now facing seeing our parents and grandparents facing different difficulties in their twilight years than … Continued

Whether you’re getting ready to sell your own home or gearing up to tackle the home of someone who has since moved on, decluttering is an overwhelming task. Decluttering isn’t always a necessary step on the road to selling your home, but it is a requirement if you want to sell your home for the … Continued

Interest rates are on the rise, which means mortgages are costing homebuyers and homeowners more. No one enjoys paying more for borrowing, but what does this mean for anyone who wants or needs to sell their home in the near future? Do rising rates mean you should sell your home now, wait until they settle, … Continued

Thinking of selling your vacation rental property? The decision of whether or not to sell an asset like this is always a tough one – after all, it makes you money. But running any kind of business is never a walk in the park, and for most, a vacation rental property is a side hustle. … Continued

Moving is stressful; most of us try to go as long as possible between having to do so. Even if we want to move somewhere new or move to a bigger home, the thought of putting our current home up for sale is daunting. There’s just so much to do! This is probably why, according … Continued

Buying a home is a time full of excitement, and you happily sign your mortgage agreement in the belief that you’ll be living in the home for many years to come. You never imagine there will be a time when you can’t cover the payments or want to free yourself from such a big financial … Continued

When you first think about buying or selling a house, you think purely of the major transaction of paying for the home or getting paid. It’s only once you really think about the process that you realize just how much buying or selling has the potential to cost you. Closing costs are an area of … Continued

If your home was built before 1978, there’s a good chance that there’s some lead-based paint in the home. Lead-based paint was a popular choice for interior and exterior paints in the early 20th century, with its popularity peaking in 1922 and then declining until it started being banned in the 1950s. While old homes … Continued