A ThinkGlink reader is lives in a rural area and is having a very difficult time selling her home. Ilyce gives her tips on how to market her home to specific buyers.

A ThinkGlink reader owns a home with her ex-husband. He now would like his name off the mortgage and his equity out of the home. Ilyce and Sam explain how to determine an equitable settlement.

A ThinkGlink reader is planning on buying a home with the help of his family. Ilyce and Sam explain that the brother could help mortgage the home or become an investor in the home.

Would you like to protect your partner by legally sharing your home with her? This ThinkGlink reader signed a quitclaim deed for his partner. Now he is not sure of his ownership in his home. Ilyce explains the right way to protect yourself and your partner when planning your financial future.

things I paid:
1 month’s rent (I was still behind, now I’m 100% up to date!)
I’m left with $30 to “survive” until Jan 15th!
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still pending

from the toy sale:
cc
Ale’s bed
personal loan

From the translation:
infamous phone bill ($145.80)
technical dictionaries…

By Liz Morris

Online payment company PayPal is beta testing a new PayPal Virtual Debit Card that allows its users to disguise their debit or credit card numbers behind temporary card numbers that the virtual card creates.  PayPal members supply their real financial information to PayPal, which in turn generates one-time-only numbers that can be used for individual online transactions, with the one-time-only numbers being tied back to the real credit card numbers of the buyer.

Virtual credit card numbers are nothing new; Citi and Discover credit card holders already have the option to use them. PayPal’s offering would widen the number of credit card customers able to use such a service, as it is not tied to a particular credit card or debit card issuer.

For more on how virtual credit cards work, see our December, 2005 report Using Virtual Credit Cards in the Fight Against Identity Theft.

1. keep better track of my spending- managed to stay within budget this month (barely!)…we still have to buy the stuff for New Year’s Eve, but, I still have $79 “left over” for that…

4. continue to lower my overall debt - I started Jan 05 with ~$17K (out of which ~$4K were…

Would you like to buy a home for your parents? This ThinkGlink reader is being asked by the parents that he buy a home for them. Ilyce explains the financial benefits and risks.

we are tracking all expenses/payments with cousin on the school supply sale….I was commenting this with sis the other day and she said she doesn’t understand why I do business with cousin if it seems that I never make any money…I agree, profits are not as good as they could be…

Home prices began to moderate in 2006, with some sellers dropping their list price in order to make the sale. What’s coming up for 2007? Interest rates should continue at the current, historically low level rate.