Robert R. Rowley PS

Attorney at Law


Category: Real Estate

Work in Retirement? Don’t Be So Sure. – Wall St Journal

Work in Retirement? Don’t Be So Sure. – Wall St Journal

Two new studies find an increasingly worrisome disconnect between Americans’ plans to continue working in retirement and their ability to do so. Retirees have long depended on three sources of income to pay their bills in later life: Social Security, employer retirement plans and personal savings. In recent years, though—and, in particular, in the wake […]

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Title Insurance: A Friend in Deed – Wall St Journal

Title Insurance: A Friend in Deed – Wall St Journal

But only one title matters when buying a home.Before a sale is complete, both the bank and the borrower want to be sure that the title—the formal document that shows proof of ownership—is free and clear. That means there are no delinquent taxes, unpaid liens, undisclosed heirs or other disputes that must be resolved before […]

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Five Bedrock Principles for Investors (Wall St Journal)

Five Bedrock Principles for Investors (Wall St Journal)

Brilliance isn’t the only key to Warren Buffett’s investing success. See rule No. 5…and these other fundamental truths that can help any investor, says Wall Street Journal columnist Morgan Housel. Source: Five Bedrock Principles for Investors

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City of Spokane ‘Air BnB Rules’ – Short Term Rentals

City of Spokane ‘Air BnB Rules’ – Short Term Rentals

A short-term rental is where a residential dwelling unit or bedrooms in a residential unit are rented to overnight guests for fewer than 30 days. Short term rentals are a permitted use in residential zones. The City ordinance creates two categories of short-term rentals. One category is for lodging only, which requires a business license […]

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Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball – WSJ

Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball – WSJ

But MLB faces headwinds that have been years in the making and forces that are outside its direct control. In 2002, nine million people between the ages of 7 and 17 played baseball in the U.S., according to the National Sporting Goods Association, an industry trade group. By 2013, the most recent year for which […]

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Housing Waits—and Waits—on Millennials – Real Time Economics – WSJ

Housing Waits—and Waits—on Millennials – Real Time Economics – WSJ

By KATHLEEN MADIGAN CONNECT The 17% plunge in February housing starts would suggest the roof is collapsing on housing. In reality, harsh weather probably caused most of the free fall: housing starts in the Northeast alone fell 56.5% in February. Still, home building–especially construction of single-family stand-alone residences–has not rebounded as might be expected given […]

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Using Google Alerts For Your Business To Know What People Are Saying

Using Google Alerts For Your Business To Know What People Are Saying

Have you set up Google Alerts for your business? Step by step how to: http://buff.ly/1FPQSzC

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Many Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure in Last Decade Won’t Return — NAR – WSJ

Many Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure in Last Decade Won’t Return — NAR – WSJ

Tight credit underwriting and lack of desire to buy again. http://www.wsj.com/articles/many-who-lost-homes-to-foreclosure-in-last-decade-wont-return-nar-1429548640?mobile=y

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Middle age now lasts until 74 as baby boomers refuse to grow old

Middle age now lasts until 74 as baby boomers refuse to grow old

Middle age now lasts until 74 as baby boomers refuse to grow old http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11539573/Middle-age-now-lasts-until-74-as-baby-boomers-refuse-to-grow-old.html

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If I Marry You, Do I Marry Your Student Loans Too?

If I Marry You, Do I Marry Your Student Loans Too?

Is it true if I marry my boyfriend that his student loan debt becomes mine too? –Rennette Fortune @RFortuneMedia viaTwitter. Short answer: No. His student loan debt is his alone and his payment history for those loans stays on his credit history, not yours. When you are ready to buy a house together, though, his […]

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