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Welcome back. ist im for the massi minute. we showed you former gangster lefty rosenthals house. if you are buying an historic home or even just an old home, well, you need to look out for certain things. in some cases you could get tax credits if you are restoring the property. of course, historic homes, well, by their very natures, theyre old, and, this of they need repairs. look for a wallfied contractor and get multiple bids. make sure they work on aged or historic hoemt homes. get a detaile...

The ottoman? thank you. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions. so get your credit swagger on. go to experian.com, become a member of experian credit tracker, and take charge of your score. next week important court hearings will begin in the freddie gray case to determine if the trial should be moved out of baltimore, if states attorney mary mosby should be recused. freddie gray died while in custody. gray was awarded a structural settlement after his family filed a lawsuit in 2008 b...

Would have received $146,000 in small amounts, but by agreeing to sell his right to that 146, he received 18,000 up front as a lump sum payment. according to the paperwork gray signed, it said gray wanted to pay off debt and improve his credit. an investigative report in the "washington post" this week details how companies like access funding approach recipients of structured settlements. the companies offer quick cash for significantly less than what would be the cumulative total. access fundi...

Professionals to remove lead paint from their homes or who could afford to move did so. what about those who couldnt afford it? lets look at two cities. in chicago the rate of lead poisoning in children under six growing up in poor black communities is six times the citys average. in 1995, more than 80% of children tested in the citys upper class lincoln park neighborhood had elevated levels of lead, nearly the same rates as those in the low income austin neighborhood. by 2013, the percentage of...

Babies and small children want to put anything and everything into their mouths and lead paint chips are very sweet tasting. even lead paint that isnt peeling can shed harmful dust which can settle on toys and beds. children inhale it faster than adults, and because theyre still growing, it can result in permanent learning disabilities, behavioral problems and stunted growth. many countries in europe band lead paint in the first decades of the 20th century, and the league of nations pushed for a...

However rose sold it all for less than $36,000. the money she would have gotten was sold for a mere pittance. its a free market, right? people are free to make bad deals. heres the thing, many with lead poisoning, including rose, suffer from cognitive impairment because of the lead poisoning. the secondary market of buying those structured settlements adversely affects scores of lead paint survivors, it is not adequately regulated and heres the kicker. in a seemingly unrelated story, we learned ...

People are free to make bad deals. heres the thing, many with lead poisoning, including rose, suffer from cognitive impairment because of the lead poisoning. the secondary market of buying those structured settlements adversely affects scores of lead paint survivors, it is not adequately regulated and heres the kicker. in a seemingly unrelated story, we learned the housing chief for marylands republican governor larry hogan wants to loosen that states lead poisoning laws because -- hope youre pa...

There are lead paint lawsuit settlements, many are structured settlements, agreements delivered monthly payments across decades to protect vulnerable recipients from immediately spending the money. unfortunately, that has spawned a highly aggressive largely unregulated secondary market in which companies come in to buy the rights to those years and years of payments for a lump sum -- a lump sum far less than the value of those payments, no matter how you slice it. heres a classic example from th...

People are free to make bad deals. heres the thing, many with lead poisoning, including rose, suffer from cognitive impairment because of the lead poisoning. the secondary market of buying those structured settlements adversely affects scores of lead paint survivors, it is not adequately regulated and heres the kicker. in a seemingly unrelated story, we learned the housing chief for marylands republican governor larry hogan wants to loosen that states lead poisoning laws because -- hope youre pa...

Heres how it works. there are lead paint lawsuit settlements, many are structured settlements, agreements delivered monthly payments across decades to protect vulnerable recipients from immediately spending the money. unfortunately, that has spawned a highly aggressive largely unregulated secondary market in which companies come in to buy the rights to those years and years of payments for a lump sum -- a lump sum far less than the value of those payments, no matter how you slice it. heres a cla...