'Real Estate Mailbag (Washington Post) Q DEAR BOB: I am a 65-year-old widow and own my home, which is worth about $550,000. I would like to do some remodeling and am thinking of taking a reverse mortgage lump sum for about $50,000. I also own four Rental properties and have a comfortable retirement income. Will the reverse mortgage put...
'Mountains of garbage hamper recovery (Chicago Tribune) NEW ORLEANS -- One way to figure out why it's taking so long for New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast to recover from Hurricane Katrina is to watch Andy Silva's crew.