Anxious About the Eviction Moratorium Ending? Here’s How to Apply for Rental Assistance.

By Rachel Puryear, Consulting Attorney and Real Estate Broker If you or someone you love has been struggling to pay rent during the Covid shutdown, you are likely dreading the upcoming expiration of California’s eviction moratorium at the end of June 2021. If you need help paying back rent owed, there is emergency rental assistance…

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REITS are a Way to Invest in Real Estate Without Owning.

By Rachel Puryear, Retired Attorney and Real Estate Broker Real estate can be a great investment – but for many people, it’s not feasible or practicable to own it. Maybe they cannot afford to buy any, maybe their credit is not good, maybe their lifestyle is not conducive to rooting in one place, or maybe…

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Got a Retirement Account? Watch Out Vigilantly for Thieves – Don’t Assume Someone Else Will.

By Rachel Puryear For many people, much of what they have saved is in a retirement account (which is a good idea). As this is now where a great deal of the money is at, such accounts are now becoming a popular target for thieves. You don’t want to work and sacrifice your whole life…

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Got Kids? What You Need to Know About the New American Families Plan

By Rachel Puryear If you have children, or someone you love does, there is some exciting news for you. The American Families Plan offers much-needed relief for families following the pandemic. This Plan can cut child poverty in half this year, and could help end child poverty in a generation if its provisions are here…

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A Bill That Could Help First-Home Homebuyers with a Downpayment – the Details

By Rachel Puryear As always, coming up with a downpayment is a major sticking point for many in owning a home. Proposed federal legislation – if passed – could give some first-time buyers a downpayment boost. The Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021 would offer at least $20,000.00 of downpayment grant assistance to qualifying buyers.…

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Know a Teen who Wants to be Vaccinated, but their Parents Won’t Consent? Here’s a Resource for Them.

By Rachel Puryear In the U.S., all persons 16 and older are now eligible to receive the vaccination against Covid-19. Needless to say, getting vaccinated offers numerous economic, social, and travel opportunities – in addition to protection against the virus – that have not been available until now since the start of the pandemic. For…

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If You’ve Never Invested Yet, Here’s an Easy, Low-Cost Place to Start

By Rachel Puryear Investing money regularly can add up to a lot of financial growth over time. And contrary to popular belief, you do not need to already have a lot of money to start investing. No matter what your financial and life goals are – retiring early, traveling, pursuing passions, starting a business, raising…

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DACA Recipients are Now Eligible for FHA-Backed Mortgages. Why this is a Big Deal for Civil Rights.

By Rachel Puryear, Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway, (DRE 02099554), Legal Consultant, and Mortgage Loan Originator (NMLS 2019354) Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the FHA would back mortgages for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. FHA loans are popular for first-time homebuyers, as they…

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Buying a Home with Student Debt.

By Rachel Puryear, Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway, (DRE 02099554), Legal Consultant, and Mortgage Loan Originator (NMLS 2019354) If you have student loan debt, and are worried how that affects your ability to buy a home (and achieve other financial milestones), you’re certainly not alone on either of those counts. In fact, as a law school graduate,…

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Want to Sell Your Home, but Short on Cash to Spruce it Up? Here’s a Program to Help.

By Rachel Puryear, Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway, (DRE 02099554), Legal Consultant, and Mortgage Loan Originator (NMLS 2019354) Before you sell a home to get the proceeds, it is usually a good idea to invest something into it to increase the curb appeal. If a seller is short on funds to do so, though, there is a…

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