By Dave Spooner Many small to mid-sized landlords want to self-manage their rental properties, and for good reason. Above all, self-managing your properties means more take-home revenue—you won’t have to say goodbye to a large portion of your rental income each month to pay a property manager or company. Another benefit is that you’ll be…
How to Cut Costs by Self-Managing Your Rental Properties
April 20, 2023
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Buying an Annuity During Times of Inflation
April 20, 2023
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Inflation can throw a wrench into retirement plans. That’s because, over the long term, inflation erodes your income’s purchasing power. So even if you save and invest, your wealth may buy less and less with time. Commercial annuities often pay a fixed monthly income. This fixed amount is susceptible to inflation. But if annuities are…
Adult Summer Camps
The joys of summer camps are known to pretty much everyone, including those who didn’t attend a summer camp as a child. But rather than relying on nostalgic memories—or if you never went—why not go now? It’s easy to assume all the aspects of summer camp, from sleeping in cabins and campfire sing-alongs to canoeing,…
Man Spends 52 Years Building 160-Foot Rock Castle in Colorado Forest—Now He’s 79 Years Old
They wanted a castle. So Jim Bishop was going to build them a castle. It was 1969 when the ornamental ironworker in his late 20s set out building a stone cottage near Pueblo, Colorado, with the help of his father, intending to make a home out of a shack. But what began as a construction project…
Australian Shepherd Pet Treks 150 Miles Across Bering Sea Ice—Returned to Home in Alaska After Month
A 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles (241 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a seal or polar bear before he was safely returned to his home in Alaska. Mandy Iworrigan, Nanuq’s owner who lives in Gambell, Alaska, and her family were visiting Savoogna, another St….
PHOTOS: One of the 8 Oldest Castles in the World—The Fairytale Magic of Reichsburg Cochem
This 11th-century German castle, among the eight oldest castles in the world, was once partially destroyed but lovingly restored centuries later. Still standing today with some original features, the statuesque castle looks as though it fell straight from the pages of a fairytale. Reichsburg Cochem, otherwise known as Cochem Castle, stands on a hill some…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Born Free’
PG | 1 h 35 min | Drama, Adventure | 1966 We normally use “it” for animals. not sure we can do that it as it kind of works against his point. You could say that this story about lions is a very human story, because it’s told with traits you’d hardly expect in lion…
Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Apr. 19)
April 19, 2023
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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery fell $1.70 to $79.16 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for June delivery fell $1.65 to $83.12 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for May delivery fell 10 cents $2.65 a gallon. May heating oil fell 4 cents to $2.56 a gallon. May natural gas fell 15 cents to $2.22 per…
Documentary Review: ‘Civilization in the Danger Zone’
April 19, 2023
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NR | 1 h 5 min | Documentary | 2023 Anyone who compulsively engages in self-criticism and only remembers their worst mistakes rather than their greatest accomplishments would probably be diagnosed by psychiatrists with alarmingly severe depression. Young people are being taught to negate America’s founding principles as shown in “Civilization in the Danger Zone.”…
How to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden
Don’t be so quick to shoo that bee away. Virtually all seeds need to be pollinated; happily, there are insects and wildlife ready to help. The USDA reports that there are more than 3,500 species of bees alone increasing crop yields, and it estimates that one out of every three bites of food we eat exists…
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