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Welcome back. ist i'm for the massi minute. we showed you former gangster lefty rosenthal's 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, they're 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 detailed home inspection with a licensed and bonded inspector many of these homes have safety issues, su...

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 state's 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 based on the lead paint exposure freddie and his siblings suffered in their rented home. two years 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 funding, one of the many companies that buy structured settlements, says the industry helps people who ha...

Professionals to remove lead paint from their homes or who could afford to move did so. what about those who couldn't afford it? let's 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 city's average. in 1995, more than 80% of children tested in the city's 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 children exposed in lincoln park had gone to zero. but in austin, children still had dangerous ...

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 isn't peeling can shed harmful dust which can settle on toys and beds. children inhale it faster than adults, and because they're 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 worldwide ban in 1922. at the time, the united states was the world's largest producer of lead, s...