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Is Real Estate a Good Investment in 2023?

It’s no secret that investing in real estate is an excellent way to build long-term wealth as property prices tend to increase over time. But given the current economic conditions, it’s natural to have second thoughts about whether real estate is still a good investment this year.

Historically, the housing market has been one of the most influential and lucrative investment opportunities in the past decade, even more so in recent years. However, as investors, we also understand that no market stays hot forever. High-interest rates, growing inflation, recession, and many other factors can further interfere with our decisions to

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Top 5 Reasons to Retire Early

PIMD welcomes Physician On Fire as our guest post. POF is a personal finance website created to inform and inspire both physicians and our patients with insightful writing from a physician who has attained financial independence and the ability to retire early.

Cusack’s character, Rob, is a big fan of them; so am I. David Letterman had his Top 10 lists, but half the list was nonsense and the lame answers distracted you from laughing at the 4 or 5 funny ones. So I’m taking Rob’s approach.

my top 5 reasons to retire early are:

1. Retire Early Because You

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How expensive are Center County homes? Realtors say the median price grew yet again in March

The median home sale price in Center County in March was more than 11% higher than it was the year before, according to data recently published by the county realtors’ association.

The median sale price last month was approximately $345,000, checking in above last March’s median price of roughly $310,000. That’s an increase of about 11.3%, according to the Center County Association of Realtors’ residential market trend report for March.

Meanwhile, national real estate site Redfin reported a median home sale price of roughly $347,600 for Center County in March. Here is how that stacks up against the rest of

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Homebuilder sentiment rises for the fourth-straight month as housing steadies [Video]

Confidence among US single-family homebuilders rose in April, the fourth-straight month this measure has increased as declining mortgage rates and low inventory bolster demand for new homes.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo’s gauge of builder sentiment rose one point to 45 according to figures released Monday, matching Wall Street expectations.

This measure still reflects general caution among builders as we head into the heart of housing’s spring selling season. Readings under 50 for this index show a larger proportion of builders responding to the survey see conditions as “poor” than those who see conditions in the market as

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Florida realtor found dead in home, sister arrested for second-degree murder

A Florida community is devastated after a well-respected realtor was found dead in her home and police charged her younger sister with a second-degree murder.

according to the St. Petersburg Police Department, 54-year-old Sherry Lynn Howard was found dead in her home on in St. Petersburg. Petersburg, Florida on Tuesdays.

Sherry Howard was found dead in her St.  Pete home.

Sherry Howard was found dead in her St. Pete home. (Sherry Howard)

Police said Charee Howard, a licensed osteopathic physician, called 911 at about 3:30 pm saying that she had choked her to death. The sisters lived together at home and no one else was home at the time.

ILLINOIS

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Plane crash victims known for good works in Hamilton County

A private plane crash in Florida claimed the lives of two Hamilton County married couples widely known for their religious faith, civic engagement and business acumen.

The accident in the Gulf of Mexico near Venice killed William Lumpkin, 64, and Patricia Lumpkin, 68, of Fishers; and Ricky Beaver, 60, and Elizabeth Beaver, 57, of Noblesville, according to the Venice Police Department.

About the Venice plane crash victims

Ricky Beaver comes from a family with life-time ties in Noblesville’s business and political community. He owns Beaver Construction in Noblesville and is the cousin of Chris Beaver, owner of Beaver Materials in

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Thanks to a mailing mix up, a local realtor’s dream of attending the Masters has come true

An Atlanta man is enjoying the Masters for the first time in his life, and it’s not because he won the lottery ticket.

Channel 2′s sports anchor Alison Mastrangelo was live at August National on Channel 2 Action News at 4 p.m on how one mailing mistake turned into his golden ticket to the Masters.

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Scott Stallings is a realtor in Atlanta and he’s been trying to get tickets to the Masters for 15 years. He just had no idea that receiving the wrong piece of mail would help