When you are looking for advice you can trust about renting, home ownership, financing and other housing issues, choose reliable resources. Advice is only as good as the source that provides it. Let me put it another way, you wouldn't go to your Family Physician for accounting advice no more than you would consult with your Accountant about what is causing that pain in your chest. While they may have an opinion and even offer you advice on what they think you should do, you cannot rely on the source as to provide a credible opinion.
Let me offer something else for you to consider that you may or may not have pondered. A title is no guarantee of knowledge and/or experience. Any professional, whether it be an Accountant, Attorney, Doctor, Real Estate Broker, Financial Advisor or Mechanic, is only as good as their own personal knowledge and experience. Wouldn't you agree, that there are good Attorneys and there are bad Attorneys? There are also good Financial Advisers and there are those with the same title who have no right what-so-ever to be offering anyone financial advice.
People often share their thoughts or opinions with me about Property Management who have never managed or owned rental properties. Their advice and opinions are completely useless to me, because they have no first hand knowledge or experience in what they are talking about.
With that being said, I realize that some of you that find your way to this blog will have no clue who I am or why you would want to listen to anything I have to say. That's fair. So right from the start of this new little blog of mine I want to point you toward the most reliable resource for Tenants, as well as both Home Owners and future Home Owners.
You will find information on counseling services, subsidized housing, Landlord / Tenant Laws for your state, and a whole lot more. The information is rather formal and matter-of-fact, but this is a resource that everyone needs to know is available. Here is just one of the useful links you will find at http://www.hud.gov/; a calculator to compare the advantages and considerations of owning vs. renting a home. Check it out.
Let me offer something else for you to consider that you may or may not have pondered. A title is no guarantee of knowledge and/or experience. Any professional, whether it be an Accountant, Attorney, Doctor, Real Estate Broker, Financial Advisor or Mechanic, is only as good as their own personal knowledge and experience. Wouldn't you agree, that there are good Attorneys and there are bad Attorneys? There are also good Financial Advisers and there are those with the same title who have no right what-so-ever to be offering anyone financial advice.
People often share their thoughts or opinions with me about Property Management who have never managed or owned rental properties. Their advice and opinions are completely useless to me, because they have no first hand knowledge or experience in what they are talking about.
With that being said, I realize that some of you that find your way to this blog will have no clue who I am or why you would want to listen to anything I have to say. That's fair. So right from the start of this new little blog of mine I want to point you toward the most reliable resource for Tenants, as well as both Home Owners and future Home Owners.
(a.k.a. "HUD")
You will find information on counseling services, subsidized housing, Landlord / Tenant Laws for your state, and a whole lot more. The information is rather formal and matter-of-fact, but this is a resource that everyone needs to know is available. Here is just one of the useful links you will find at http://www.hud.gov/; a calculator to compare the advantages and considerations of owning vs. renting a home. Check it out.
