My wife who has become so obsessed with finding a new house we can call our home shares updates on what we are thinking of doing with our old house that was devastated by Ondoy, what things to consider, our target locations, finding not just a house but also a sound real estate investment by searching foreclosed property listings, and applicable tax exemptions and pending articles about this and other taxes that apply to real estate, which I hope she finishes soon… Read the rest of this entry

Did your car get flooded at the height of Typhoon Ondoy (International codename: Ketsana) or Typhoon Pepeng (International codename: Parma) and now you’re still waiting for advice when it can be brought in for repair? What if your car was already under repair but it turns out you will have to wait for several months for spare parts like a computer box for example to become available? Maybe it’s simply too expensive to have the flood damage to your car repaired because your car insurance doesn’t cover Acts of God or flood damage?

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