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House Rich, Cash Poor

“As a family we were making great income and we took the money and invested in properties not thinking about the possibility that both of us could get laid off,” she reflects. Barrett says when her ex-husband was laid off in 2007 and then she lost her job in 2008, the couple had a lot available in credit, but not enough cash savings at the time, with only between $1,000 to $2,000 in savings. Barrett says: “We were swimming in debt and the tenants were not paying their rent. It was a domino effect from there.”

The 10 Biggest News Stories of 2014

The 10 Biggest News Stories of 2014

There are the ten biggest news stories of 2014, from the disappearance of the Malaysian flight to the first soft-landing on a comet.

Ricky Fountain: Chief Academic Officer Positions Schools To Win

Primarily, my life's work has been turnaround work in schools. Most schools I've worked for and/or districts I've worked within have been in literal struggle circumstances relative to academic achievement, institutional health, and well-being, etc. Therefore, I have tried to align systemic practice with earnest humanity to collaborate with others for the purpose of rapid transformation.

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