Business & Finance - 29 August 2007

Many mortgage companies are going out of business.. is there a way I can find out who the employees are?

2007-08-29 13:56:43 · 3 answers · asked by Global 1 in Corporations

My husband owed on one credit card totaling $300.00. A collection agency called in June and stated he now owed $900.00...but they would take whatever he could give them at the time. My husband wrote them a check a month ago for $500.00 and the woman on the phone with the agency said things were squared away.....

.....then today, this same collection agency withdrew a total of $1565.00 in addition to the check my husband just sent...totaling over $2,000.00. We are beside ourselves but figure they had the checking account number and decided to withdraw for more money.

The bank will not stop payment and there is no answer at this collection agency.

Is this legal?? My husband and I are devastated and do not know where to turn next.....a lawyer??

2007-08-29 13:56:09 · 24 answers · asked by Lovin' Life As Mama & Wife 6 in Credit

My Sister Own a house and i live in it. I pay the mortgage 100%. I know i can't write that money off because it is on her name BUT can i have a rental agreement with her and write off the money i pay for the house as rent. Cause that's pretty much what i do. Is the rent 100% Deductible?

2007-08-29 13:53:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Business & Finance

i have steady employment, but struggling with paying on time

2007-08-29 13:52:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

Is Apartment Rent Deductible ? How does that work? Is it 100% Deductible?

2007-08-29 13:50:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Taxes

And what has Western Union done to protect their customers?

2007-08-29 13:43:47 · 4 answers · asked by 6th Finger 2 in Other - Business & Finance

all i can think of right now is a mansion, cars....corporations

2007-08-29 13:41:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

When I go to the Goodwill and get a slip for 50 dollars or 100 dollars, can I deduct that from my taxes? How does it work? Someone told me charitable deductions on taxes are only good for when you have donated at least 1,000 dollars worth of stuff...???

2007-08-29 13:39:56 · 3 answers · asked by norton2628 1 in United States

if you are called by a collections agency and they ask you if your able to pay a dept and you tell them you cant right now....but are working on it, and they say "nevermind ill just sugest they sue you" and then hang up, what can i do about this? i have disputed some of this since we didnt owe the amount they are saying we owe, and everytime i call them or go to them or anything asking for proof that we owe this much money they have failed to show it. i even went to the main managemnet company of the apartment complex. .... oh they also say we owe shure deposit even though we never signed anything for sure deposit and when i called sure deposit they were unable to find anything that i signed

thanks.

2007-08-29 13:37:32 · 7 answers · asked by ashleyhaddon 3 in Credit

are church deductions deductible from a business? up to 10% of income of the business

2007-08-29 13:37:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

i have heard that if you send a certified letter to the 3 credit agencies that says you want proof that you owe a certain company the amount they say you owe and they are unable to provide proof withen 30 days that they have to take this off of your credit... if this is true how does this work? (how can they do that) ....

also if you are called by a collections agency and they ask you if your able to pay a dept and you tell them you cant right now....but are working on it, and they say "nevermind ill just sugest they sue you" and then hang up, what can i do about this? i have disputed some of this since we didnt owe the amount they are saying we owe, and everytime i call them or go to them or anything asking for proof that we owe this much money they have failed to show it. i even went to the main managemnet company of the apartment complex. ....

thanks.

2007-08-29 13:35:32 · 5 answers · asked by ashleyhaddon 3 in Credit

2007-08-29 13:33:31 · 4 answers · asked by biggchipp17 1 in Personal Finance

pertaining to P.I. work and insurance claims work

2007-08-29 13:25:53 · 1 answers · asked by Jim M 1 in Insurance

The house is under my sister's name but it is mine and i pay for the mortgage entirely. Is there any way i can write off the interest? [LEGALLY OF COURSE]

2007-08-29 13:25:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

2007-08-29 13:20:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Business & Finance

2007-08-29 13:16:13 · 4 answers · asked by music loved by sheba 2 in Personal Finance

I need to gut my faot in the doer and makk same maney. I can do it. I have fath in myslef.

2007-08-29 13:14:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Small Business

I need to know the average yearly salary of a baker. I don't need someone to tell me the answer. I would just like to know a website where I can find salaries.
Thanks!

2007-08-29 13:08:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

I was recently hired as a part time employee at a local agency, and I have a bit of responsibilities that are solely mine. The pay is really not enough, and the job duties are below my competency (I have a BA); however, I accepted the offer with the knowledge that I probably will not stay for over four months.

I am currently going through testings and various interviews for full time and much better paying positions elsewhere. I know that the hiring at these places will take two+ months. Ideally I would be hired by the end of the 2007 year, but I really cannot say.

The people at the local agency are genuinely very nice, and I feel bad about the situation that I will probably have to put them in. There is only one woman training me, and she is just great. However, I have not told anybody about my situation since the full time position is still not for sure.

When should I let my employer know about my desires to leave?? Is it weird to be feeling guilty?

2007-08-29 13:04:58 · 6 answers · asked by frogdog06 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

i bet my friend $5 thats its not possible

2007-08-29 12:55:57 · 10 answers · asked by chris s 1 in Renting & Real Estate

we had a baby in april. were not married. i was on intermittent leave before that this year. i just went back to work so ill only be full time for 4 months this year. who claims my son and can my bf claim me since he was the primary provider??? furthermore, since this is our first child, what should each of us claim now and then when we file to get the most out of our paychecks now and still get a refund? in the past ive claimed zero, then one. thanks

2007-08-29 12:51:09 · 4 answers · asked by Heidi 1 in United States

2007-08-29 12:50:02 · 3 answers · asked by lovepets 6 in Corporations

For example, in LBS Union or Bank of America or Washington Mutual? Or does it depend on the bank?

Do banks allow you to withdraw 3000 dollars cash in thousand-dollar bills? If not, then how much cash can you withdraw? And/or in what bills?

2007-08-29 12:46:23 · 8 answers · asked by shanishikaru 1 in Personal Finance

fire insurance and hazard insurance. are they the same?? or how are they different?

2007-08-29 12:44:58 · 11 answers · asked by XY/XX 1 in Insurance

Ok, I have a HUGE credit card bill...like, 15k. i have only one credit card, so this is it. i take home about 2,600. i have a home, i have been investing for 3 years in my Roth IRA and 403b.

so far i have put my car up for sale for a less expensive car, that will make my payment about 1/2. i've also cancelled my retirement contributions for this year (i know that's bad but that's my motivation...to get back on track and contributing again ASAP) and i have taken a roomate who will may about 1/3 of my mortgage and 1/2 the bills.

i'll have about 1,100 a month after i've covered all my bills. but obviously i have to buy food and gas. i've already informed friends to NOT ask me out for dinner, etc... and i don't need any clothes for work or anything.

i feel like i've done all that i can as far as freeing up my income to start attacking this bill.....yet it's not enough!!! i'll still be doing this for maybe 2 years...but i need to get it done THIS YEAR.

2007-08-29 12:42:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

Hello. I subleased my apartment back in November 2006, and the old tenant and I went together to the management office. They switched over the lease to my name and charged her $50 for carpet cleaning, which she paid at that time.

My lease then started immediately, the same day. They never inspected the apartment. They never cleaned the carpet. I'm pretty sure I would have noticed the furniture slightly out of place or the carpet wet, something. At the very least a note on the door saying someone had been in the apartment for maintainance. Nothing. I never complained because it wasn't like they charged me for the cleaning.

Now that I moved out, I left a note with the keys when I dropped them off reminding them that the previous tenant already paid the carpet cleaning fee, but you never cleaned my carpet. Now, 2 weeks later I get my deposit partially refunded to me... minus a $50 fee for carpet cleaning.

Can they actually charge me for this? Doesn't seem right.

2007-08-29 12:40:33 · 4 answers · asked by Alyssa and Chloe's Mommy 7 in Renting & Real Estate

I am renting a house in California, approx 2500 sf. I need to know water, trash, Gas and eletric etc.... Thanks som uch

2007-08-29 12:37:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

The feature that displays headline news, aggregated by stock ticker for those companies in my portfolios within my.yahoo suddenly stopped working yesterday. Is this a yahoo problem? If not, does anyone know how to recover this feature? I no longer can find this within the content selection offerings. My email to yahoo customer support has gone unanswered (not even an auto-reply)! :-(

2007-08-29 12:33:08 · 2 answers · asked by Timothy G 1 in Investing

i am currently a part time accounting student and I am starting to think about sitting for the CPA, I was wondering what were the requirements and also if my credits had an expiration date, (i've been in school for a while with a couple of breaks)

2007-08-29 12:25:48 · 2 answers · asked by re_love1 3 in Other - Business & Finance

I recently was brought on as the manager of a small department. I have a pretty hardworking employee who had a task assigned to her today. I got the feeling that she cut some corners on this task, so I asked her how she did it. She basically said that she did it the right way. I went back and checked later in the day after she left, and it was clear that she lied to me about one particular which probably won't cause any problems, but certainly could.

So this leads me to my main question. I have only been there 1 month. I have used this month to learn the business, and have been pretty laid back with them. I didn't want to address something with someone and then find out I'm wrong. I've really only gotten stern with people on serious issues. Now that I know she lied to me about this, how should I address it? There is a very small chance that she did it on accident, but I highly doubt it.

2007-08-29 12:20:53 · 13 answers · asked by Hmm 2 in Other - Careers & Employment