Catch Of The Week: Rental Scams
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
Spring is in the air, and soon the summer students will be upon us … if you or someone you care about is looking for a rental, watch out for scams.
Lately I’ve been seeing quite a few obvious scam listings on Facebook, like the one below.
These usually stand out because they are always too good to be true. Who in the area would charge that little for a huge house, and also “rent to own”? Note the very generic pictures.
Also if you were to check out the account listing this, you will see it’s an account that just joined the group, has no posts, and is likely a throwaway account just Read More
Posts From The Road: San Antonio Riverwalk
San Antonio River: The San Antonio Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, Texas is the crown jewel of the city. Shown is the river lined with limestone rock and a walkway on both sides of the water. Also shown is one of several arched bridges for visitors to cross from side to side. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Walkway and Street Bridge: Visitors walk below a street bridge, which crosses the San Antonio River in downtown San Antonio. The downtown riverwalk sits several feet below street level which isolates the area like a city park away from downtown traffic. The umbrellas on the left are Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘We Have No King But Caesar’
Well, we come to Easter this weekend (April 9)—THE biggest and most important celebration of the Christian faith and year. Those looking in from outside may think that Christmas is Christianity’s biggest celebration because of all the decoration, well-known songs, gift-giving, etc., and certainly the event that Christmas commemorates—the birth of Jesus—is an essential preliminary, but the whole and purpose of Jesus’ life leads to His resurrection on Easter morn and the affirmation of the eternal life that God has prepared for humanity.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah; you dreamer Read More
All Shall Be Well: A Day Of Resurrection
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By DEACON CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
AKA Cinema Cindy
ELCA
Easter/Pascha: it is a Sunday and a season of the year, when new life and freedom are preached and possibilities are endless. For the Christian, the resurrection of a man named Yeshua/Jesus, after a torturous death by crucifixion 2,000 years ago, is the centerpiece of our faith. More important to us than the day of his birth, celebrated as Christmas (Christ-Mass) each year, is the morning when Jesus Read More
Houck: The Process
By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty LLC
You have interviewed Brokers and you have decided who to work with, NOW WHAT?
While every transaction is different, a common transaction may include:
- We suggest the Seller having a whole home pre-listing inspection done, it’s not required, but suggested. By the Seller having an inspection done, Seller’s can address any, some, or none of the inspection issues and usually reduce selling time and further Buyer negotiations.
- Next, a flurry of paperwork will come your way for electronic signature – Don’t worry your Broker should take care
Tarantello: Markets Continue To Showcase Their Resiliency
By SHELLY TARANTELLO CFP®
Financial Advisor/Branch Manager
Wiemann Wealth Strategies/Raymond James
Events through March would again test a market that has continued to demonstrate resilience. While volatile conditions remain, and despite equities’ February retreat carrying into mid-March, the major indices ended the first quarter of 2023 up.
If one were to look solely at the headlines, this may have come as a surprise. In the days before the Ides of March, the failure of Silicon Valley Bank for lack of liquidity stoked concerns of panic-induced bank runs and a bank-collapse contagion. Read More
An Open Book: Passover, Glazed Donuts, And Graduate School
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
Passover, glazed donuts, and graduate school do not mix well. This is a fact that I encountered, for five consecutive years, while laboring on my doctoral degree. Full appreciation of this physical law requires some background, so please bear with me for a paragraph or two.
Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is the Jewish week-long holiday celebrating the Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. There is a ceremonial dinner, called the Passover Seder, that begins the holiday week and introduces the observance of the ritual laws surrounding this holiday, and central Read More