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  • Mar 23, 2010

    Buy to sell?

    Question: I have an offer on my house for $350,000 (asking price $374,900) BUT the buyer is asking me to buy their house for $160,000 as part of…

  • Mar 20, 2010

    Buy now–or rent

    Question: After waiting out the overheated Northern Virginia market for several years despite lots of peer advice to buy, my wife and I are now…

  • Question: I am self employed, and have a mountain of high interest (above 7%) private student loan debt (approx. $55K). I also have federal student…

  • Question: Do you know if anything was ever done to eliminate the repayment of the tax credit for those who purchased in 2008.We purchased our home…

  • Mar 16, 2010

    Free credit score

    Question: My husband and I have been pretty good about keeping on top of our credit history. We get credit reports on a revolving basis from the…

  • Question: I looked at my 401K for the first time in a quarter and noticed that my employer match stock amounts are a huge part of my overall value …

  • Question: If I put most of my retirement savings into a fund that takes the year of my retirement into account, (Vanguard Target Retirement fund…

  • Question: I am trying to pay off my credit card. However, the interest rate is so high (%17.9) that it's really hard to get ahead. I owe &7,000…

  • Mar 11, 2010

    VAT? What is that?

    Can a value-added tax help us get out of a big budget hole? Bill Radke talks to Marketplace economics correspondent Chris Farrell about how the VAT works and why it's had a rough time finding followers in Congress.

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  • Question: My parents in law are 89 and 90 yrs old and have $300,000 in assets. My father in law is a retired military officer but if he dies, our…