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How to Assess Real Estate

Real Estate This seems to be a recurring topic. I know of no other investment that allows you to pay off the amount owed on that investment, increase the monies received monthly, and still have the investment plus appreciation left over. No, it is not super liquid but price moves the market. If you have to sell, you can decrease your pri
Recipes and Canned Goods

Just trying to do my best to help while being in quarantined. These are a few easy recipes I have learned as family members cook for me. I still do not like to cook but will try to like it. Recipes Pasta Fagiolo I chose this recipe just so I could use my canned goods. I thought they would be useful in quarantine but there are so many
Gas Bill Savings Today, What Next Tomorrow?

Our self-imposed quarantine began on Monday, March 16. Today is April 29. That means we have been in this house for 6 weeks and 3 days. It feels like it has been a lifetime. A few good things came out of all this. I finished my taxes yesterday. With the no penalty extension I always apply for, I never complete the paperwork until October
Foods – The Calories, The Carbs, and The Fats

Calories Are Not All Made Equal I always knew about calories. I grew up knowing that if you did not want to gain any weight, count the calories that you were eating. Well now the world knows better but I am still in the old way of thinking. I have an open mind and realize that new discoveries are made every day. Things we once thought we
Unfair Advantage
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COMPLAINTS My better half is working hard to master the concepts taught in his master's program. So what do the other master program students do? Complain, complain, complain. What are they going to do? Easy they all know the ropes. Complain to the dean's office. So what does the dean's office do? They apologize to my better half as t
Importance of Educaton
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Is Education Important? As seniors, we understand the importance of education. However, imparting that knowledge to the younger generation is like taking a horse to water and trying to make him drink. It will not happen unless he wants water. Today was my better half's 4th day of his class for Investments. You know, buy and sell stock
Reason My Better Half Returned To College
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Reasons for Seniors To Attend College Why go back to school at our age? Great question. I wish I had all the answers. Here are a few of the reasons my better half decided to go back to school. So how is that working out for him? Share his great ideas for humanity: Engineering is appealing to him as his ideas for future development are
How I Keep GuideForSeniors.com Running Smoothly

SupportMy.Website We all need help. OK, I really need help. It takes more fingers and toes than I have to count the number of times my website has gone down. I can not even tell you why. What to do? I call the website people and poof, it is back online. This is great but I can not tell you the amount of frustration, time, and yes, the m
My Better Half Goes To School
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Seniors Going Back To School No, I am not kidding. He has decided to go back to school. Several of our friends have said their children have 2 things that they do well. The main one is going to school. That certainly makes sense for a 20 something-year-old. But at our Senior age? My husband went to talk to the dean when he decided to go
Real Estate, Promise or Problem

Real Estate: To Buy or Not To Buy We are always interested in real estate. But the question is always, what makes this house a good buy? What is the compelling reason it begs to be purchased? We located a house that appears to be a good purchase. Why This Real Estate Is Good 1. The city it is in has an "anchor". This is a