Home maintenance is key.In the article "Preparing to Buy A Home" in the March 2006 issue, I noticed that it talked about preparing a budget, but didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do give details. As someone with a 15-year mortgage who is about to make my Sinai Sinai (sī`nī), triangular peninsula, c.23,000 sq mi (59,570 sq km), NE Egypt. It is c.230 mi (370 km) long and 150 mi (240 km) wide and extends north into a broad isthmus linking Africa and Asia. payment, I think you need to advise new homeowners to build plenty of flexibility into their budget for maintenance and upkeep. I live in a suburb suburb, a community in an outlying section of a city or, more commonly, a nearby, politically separate municipality with social and economic ties to the central city. In the 20th cent. of St. Louis Louis, titular duke of Burgundy Louis, 1682–1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. , and something I've seen too often is our people being given loans for homes and encouraged to buy as much as we can afford for tax purposes, with no consideration given to property upkeep and maintenance. Building wealth is important, but not taking care of the biggest asset most Americans have is a waste of money. Please encourage our people to consider home upkeep when configuring their budget, so our homes appreciate, especially in neighborhoods primarily occupied by minorities. Buying homes to build wealth but not maintaining them is living beyond our means and is just as bad as losing ground in any other area of our finances. Charlotte Petty Petty girl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.] See : Sex Symbols St. Louis Charpetty@aol.com |
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