| Volume 27 Number 2 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
In Texas, a tenant who moves into an apartment is entitled to a working smoke detector, a peephole in the front door, and proper security on all doors and windows, including a dead bolt on the front door.
What to do when a seller reneges?
The purchase agreement may give a seller a way to wiggle out, so read it carefully. Even if it doesn't, some sellers are banking that you won't sue. Click here for more.
Your Financial Independence Day
It's up to you to create a financial future by making smart decisions about the things you can control. Here's how to plan for your own day of independence. Click here for more.
How To Curb Your Credit Card Spending And Stop Piling Up More Bills
We know how easy it can be to plunk down a credit card and figure, "I'll just pay it off tomorrow." But a "buy now, worry later" attitude is a surefire way to plunge yourself into debt, making it impossible to save and get ahead in life. Click here for more.
5 Ways to Unload a Gas-Guzzling SUV
Paying $100 to fill up the tank of an SUV is enough to make any car owner want to unload their gas guzzler for something more fuel-efficient. Click here for more.
Your Money
Will you save by refinancing your mortgage? Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Debtor must pay her share of marital student loan debt. The 5th Circuit has held that a Chapter 7 debtor's obligation to pay half of the student loan debt accrued during her marriage wasn't extinguished by her ex-husband's failure to submit a contribution claim in her bankruptcy case. Click here for more.