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Where to find the solace of silence
By E. Readicker-Henderson

Spend a day walking the downtown streets of almost any city, and odds are, you’ve just gone over the government’s safety recommendations for exposure to noise. We are everywhere blasted by sound: traffic, construction, passing radios, the blare of TVs, and the constant ring of cell phones not quite drowning out the sound of airplanes passing overhead.

The problem is, noise has been proven to raise stress levels,… Continue

You have heard about them: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn tomorrow's next big thing and diving into the world of Social Media is a daunting task when you don't know where to start, what to focus your valuable time and energy on and ultimately what provides a real return on investment.

The Real Estate industry is unique. Social networks thrive on user interaction, sharing quality content, business transparency, building connections and networking. Constantly PUSHING products, listings, marke… Continue

by Derek Thompson

Here are the cities with the worst credit card debt in the country. Conclusion: Orlando is inundated like a family at the bottom of Splash Mountain. What stands out to me is that eight of the top ten cities are in Florida and California, which, as the map after the jump demonstrates, is also pretty much exactly where we've seen the glut of home foreclosures. I've been thinking recently about America's foreclosure/consumption crisis. But is real F/C problem really a Florida/Cal… Continue

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Home sales in Wisconsin are making a comeback after a rough first quarter.

First quarter national average for home sales dropped almost 7 percent compared to last year. And Wisconsin as a state dropped 22.6 percent.

But since the start of the $8,000 tax credit for new home owners, consumer confidence is coming back and things are looking quite different.

Jodi Lynne O'Brien, president of La Crosse Area Realtors Association, said new home owners account for more than half… Continue

TALLAHASSEE -- With tens of thousands of homes across Florida left abandoned, government officials from Miami to Orlando have responded by sending crews out to mow lawns, clean pools and do other basic work and billing the banks once they take possession of the property.

The state's banking industry wants to put a stop to the practice.

Banking lobbyists have quietly crafted a measure in the Florida Legislature that would prevent cities and counties from forcing the banks that hold mortgages on… Continue