Q How long does it take before your tenant/buyer cashes me out?

A That depends on a number of different factors. Many people with less than perfect credit can rebuild their credit and receive a mortgage from a mortgage broker within 6 consecutive payments.

Q Why don’t I just sell house myself? If you have little or no equity in your home, it will not be considered a good investment by most buyers.

Q What if my tenant/buyer doesn’t buy house? A It is important to pre-screen buyers to make sure that they want to buy house and are able to buy it at some point in future. However, circumstances can change in someone’s life, such as an unexpected job transfer, that make it necessary to move. In situations like that, a new tenant buyer would have to be found.

Caterina Christakos is an independent real estate investor and facilitator. For more information or help setting up your lease options and screening buyers email Caterina at Cchrist896@aol.com

5. Buy "cheap" brands

Most time cheap brand is just as good as name brand, minus fancy lable of course. If you are buying cheap brand for an ingredient in a home cooked meal, I doubt you or your family can tell difference.

6. Reusing SOS pads

A very small cost, but a way to cut it all same. Instead of just using that SOS pad once and throwing it away, use it several times. Be sure to put it back in box with rest of unused pads so that it keeps.

7. Limit shopping to once a week

We all know importance of shopping lists, so be sure that you have everything on your list. This includes all ingredients that you need for meals in that week. Limiting your shopping trips will help not only on costs for gas, but also on impulse buying costs.

There are many, many more ways to cut your costs, but I hope that these few simple ones will have a possitive impact on your budget!