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Is your current mortgage payment (Including property tax and insurance) more than 31% of your income? The governments “Making Home Affordable” program is incredibly generous, the home equivalent of the “Cash for Clunkers” program.

We (At www.illinoismortgagemods.com) have achieved mortgage payment reductions of over 50% for clients that were never late on their mortgage- they had just experienced or were about to experience a reduction in income. This includes clients that had their new mortgage payments calculated and reset based on their impending pension income rather than current employed income!

There are 37 lenders participating in the “Making Home Affordable” program and working with them makes predicting an outcome easier however, we have also achieved mortgage modification for Non-participating lenders (Including West Suburban Bank and Key Bank). We achieved our first mortgage modification in April of 2008 and have now successfully worked on behalf of our clients with most major lenders. Please contact us ASAP so that we can review your situation and determine whether the “Making Home Affordable” program is likely to be available to you.

Our attorney can be retained for only $500 upfront with any/all remaining funds due AFTER a loan modification has been offered to you. Do not pay ANY upfront loan modification fees to ANYONE that isn’t an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois. Retain an attorney and pay for results! Please either submit the brief free evaluation request or call us at 630-687-5012. Falling Behind? Don’t Wait! If you are currently delinquent, have experienced a reduction in income or are going through savings to keep up on the mortgage then act now

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Tax Law Changes Affecting 2008 Tax Returns

Unlocking Your True Shopping Potential

You work hard to earn money. This is why you deserve to enjoy the experience of shopping. Whether you just want to grab a new pair of jeans or are dying to totally change your wardrobe, having a good credit card can help you make those purchases without even touching the cash in your wallet. Thanks to credit cards, you can make purchases that are slightly beyond that of what your current cash budget may be. While you still have to pay for entire costs, the time you are given is equally valuable and in some ways, make a credit purchase wiser than one you make with cash.

Keeping Tabs on Your Expenses

By now you have probably heard all the horror stories associated to credit cards, from over inflated interest rates to huge untracked bills. Sadly, the causes of most of these misfortunes are the credit card holders themselves. Credit cards are a means to an end, but they should not be handled irresponsibly. Like any other form of financing, keeping track of the transactions is something you should do on your own. Every time you make a credit card purchase, make sure you keep the receipt and the transaction slip so that you are able to make a log of all your daily credit card expenses. This allows you to see the whole picture and understand your spending habits more.

The reason for doing this is simple. First, knowing your spending habits allows you to budget both your time and money appropriately. It also helps you trim down on what may be unnecessary expenses. Since you are able to see and track each purchase you make, you will be able to assess the most optimum spending scheme that works best for you.

Second, knowing the total of your credit card bills is very important. Since you are not spending the cash in your wallet, you are not directly aware of how much you have really spent in total. While you are aware of each individual purchase, and may even be able to give a good approximate of how much you have spend in total, there is just no way to ensure that you know exactly what your bill will be unless you kept track of all the purchases made.

Neglecting to keep track of this is one of the main reasons why people complain that their credit card bills are too huge, because they over use their credit card thinking that their expenses are not as big as they thought.

Budgets and the Power of Impulse Buying

Naturally, shopping brings the impulse to suddenly want to buy an item. There is nothing wrong with this, in fact it is a perfectly normal sensation and may often be good if you follow through with the purchase. The only important part is that you keep track of the purchases. As stated, if you know how much you are spending, then you will not go over budget. Naturally, when you feel that you are close to your spending limit, then you should wait until your next paycheck before you go shopping again.

Mortgage Bond Rally May End, Rates Rise as Fed Stops Purchases

Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — Mortgage bonds are poised to slump after a record rally as the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented buying of $1.25 trillion of the securities ends as soon as March, driving up interest rates on new home loans.

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Question: What do you think of Republicans screewing us again for big oil companies?

The tax changes would have channeled $11 billion over 10 years into development of renewable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel and power from wind turbines. It provides an additional $18 billion in other tax breaks — from tax credits to clean and renewable energy bonds — to support improvements in energy efficiency, clean coal technology, development of gas-electric hybrid cars that could be plugged into the national power grid and other alternative energy programs.

Major oil companies would have paid most of the tab.

REPUBLICANS REJECTED THE CHANGE AGAINST DEMOCRATS 57YES-34-NO VOTES….60 VOTES NEEDED TO PASS

Answer: The first thing that should pop into any sensible person’s head when the Dem’s want to tax the oil companies is higher gas prices. Why do they not reduce the state and federal taxes on gasoline? You also (evidently) are not old enough to buy your own food, ethanol (a hoax) is driving the food prices up. Food is rising faster than gasoline.

Leader Short Term Bond Fund (LCCMX) Declares Capital Gain Distribution

PORTLAND, Ore.—-The Leader Short Term Bond Fund announced a short term capital gain distribution of $0.10 per share on December 28th, 2009 to shareholders.

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A lot of people nowadays think that soaking in a hot tub or a spa is the best way to relax after a tiring day. If you have your own spa at home you can relax as you use it in the privacy of your home. A hot tub can bring you healing properties like relaxation, better sleep and an overall feeling of well being. A spa is said to help in the healing of the body and is a great cure for broken bones and joint ailments. But you must note that your spa or bath tub has to be covered when not in use with the help of a spa cover or one of the many hot tub covers available in the market today.

You may be wondering already what the importance of a spa cover is. Hot tub covers help in keeping your spa or hot tub safe. If you have little kids or pets it is extremely essential that your hot tub is covered securely to guard against cases of accidental drowning. Yet another good thing about the spa cover is that it helps in conserving energy. To heat a spa we need energy and it takes a while before the water gets heated. So if your spa is covered with a hot tub cover, it behaves like a blanket trapping the heat within the hot tub providing better energy utilization when your hit tub has the lid on.

Besides, hot tub covers make sure you keep out all the unwanted stuff from your hot tub. If your hot tub or spa is out of doors, then it becomes the ideal holder for twigs, leaves, bugs and other kinds of dirt from outside. And you need to use the spa cover inside the house as well as it is very easy for debris to get inside too though not as much as you can get outside. If you don’t buy a spa cover then you will only end up cleaning the hot tub more often so you can decide which one you would rather do.

If you have finally bought one of these hot tub covers you have to make sure you keep them in excellent condition. Normally they lose their strength as time goes by so select a spa cover that is durable and do not let anything rest over it. Bear in mind that of the cover folds, it will get damaged. Also note that these spa covers can take on water and end up becoming waterlogged. This will mean that your hot tub cover will get heavier by the day until you can use it no more.

If you are looking for the perfect deal in hot tub covers pick the thickest one as this will be able to hold the maximum heat. Also, they will be stronger. To avoid water log select a spa cover that allows you to remove the inside core of foam that you then can dry out. You should be able to clean your hot tub cover easily but make sure you don’t use any abrasives like alcohol, silicones or wax. And don’t forget to enjoy that much awaited soak in your hot tub.

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Question: Does the government still give tax credits to hybrid car owners, or was that phased out?

If it still exists, how much is the tax credit, and does it count if I were to buy a used hybrid instead of a new one?

Answer: It’s on new ones only, and has been phased out for many models but still exists for some. See irs.gov for more info – type “hybrid” into the search box.

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