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Five-Minute Ways to Save Money in 2015 01/14/2015 07:00pm • After the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, it's easy to get swept up in the ritual of making resolutions. The year stretches out before you like a clean slate, making anything seem possible. But when the party dies down and it comes time to get started on your new healthy, frugal or charit 8 Tips for Managing a Rental Property Overseas 01/12/2015 07:00pm • Buying an apartment or a house in a place where you want to spend time in retirement and vacationing there until you retire can be a great retirement planning strategy. Even better is when the property you buy can be rented out when you're not using it, generating cash flow to cover the associated Personal transit devices make a quirky drive toward future 01/09/2015 08:04am • By Steve Winter, special to wtop.com LAS VEGAS -- What’s the best way to get around Vegas during the Consumer Electronics Show? Shuttle buses?  The monorail?  A rental car?  Good old fashioned shoe leather? How about the Hovertrax? A feet only, hands-free contraption created by a Cassidy Turley marketing Van Dorn Metro development to prospective investors 12/30/2014 02:03pm • Cassidy Turley has been tapped to seek investors for Cameron Park, a proposed mixed-use project tied to the Van Dorn Metro that is one of several set to transform Alexandria's Landmark-Van Dorn corridor over the next several years. The JBG Cos. and its partners, JBGR Retail and The Pinkard Group, ar The second Wal-Mart to open in D.C. gets new out-of-town landlord 12/29/2014 02:04pm • Wal-Marts, it seems, don't last long in the hands of the firms that develop them. The Foulger-Pratt Cos. has sold its Georgia Avenue Wal-Mart in Northwest D.C., one of the first to open in the District, to a San Francisco investment management firm for $32.1 million, or roughly $302 per square foot. For one Vienna landlord, incumbency still has its advantages 12/29/2014 11:15am • The General Services Administration has inked a long-term renewal for a Treasury Department agency in Vienna citing the higher costs it would incur by moving to a new location, countering the argument by many in the commercial real estate industry that it can be more efficient these days to move tha Are You a Naughty Renter? 4 Ways to Get Back on the Nice List 12/23/2014 07:00pm • Landlords sometimes get a bad rap for not communicating, raising rental rates or failing to fix what's broken in an apartment. The truth is, though, renters can be just as bad -- and you don't want to make a habit out of being a terrible tenant; it could ruin your chances of securing an apartment in 5 questions to ask before buying a winter home 12/23/2014 06:00am • If you have unpleasant memories of polar vortexes, you've probably daydreamed of having a winter home. And if you're retired or your kids are out of school, you may already be planning your escape. But before you stuff your suitcases full of sunscreen, here are some questions to help you determin How to Buy a Retirement Home in Mexico 12/22/2014 07:00pm • The largest number of Americans living outside the United States is in Mexico. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City estimates that more than 1 million Americans live in the country either full or part time. The U.S. Census Bureau forecasts a doubling of the nation's 65-and-older population, which will g 5 Ways to Increase Your Retirement Income 12/17/2014 07:00pm • Social Security is the primary source of income for over half of older Americans, but the average payment is only about $1,200 per month. And the median individual retirement account balance was $59,000 in 2013, according to an Employee Benefit Research Institute analysis of Federal Reserve Board d Rental Report: 10 Gifts Under $50 For Apartment Dwellers 12/16/2014 01:15pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. The season of giving How Could America Get Its Medical Debt Problem in Check? 12/10/2014 07:00pm • American consumers are deep in debt, and the lion's share of it -- more than a third -- is medical debt. A recent study by personal finance website NerdWallet found that $21 billion in medical debt was collected from consumers in 2012, representing 38 percent of debt in collections. Unlike most t What Real Estate Trends to Expect in 2015 12/08/2014 07:00pm • As housing recovers, prices in many markets across the U.S. have shot up. In fact, RealtyTrac reported that the median sale price of U.S. single-family homes and condos in October had reached its highest level since September 2008. Price appreciation and the lure of foreclosures created a feeding f 8 Strategies for Investing in Real Estate 12/08/2014 07:00pm • The rules of real estate investingInvesting in real estate, either directly or through funds or real estate investment trusts -- or all of the above -- can add much-needed diversification to your investment portfolio. However, real estate is a unique investment, so you can't apply the same rules as 6 Sneaky Fees to Avoid When Traveling 12/04/2014 07:00pm • Long-distance travel in the United States ticks up 54 percent over the Thanksgiving weekend and 23 percent during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. No matter how you cut it, that's a lot of people moving in, out of and around the coun