11.22.23 BEST OF: Know The Full Cost Of Owning A Home / Scam Alert: Online Searches

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Happy Thanksgiving Week! Please enjoy this Best Of episode. Clark returns from travel adventures November 27th. If you’re trying to decide whether to buy a home now or wait, beyond pre-approval are several cost considerations to add to your decision process. Clark discusses some of the basic costs of owning a home so you go in with a realistic budget for the expected AND the unexpected. Also today, when doing an online search, there’s something you’ve absolutely got to lookout for, or it can hit you hard in the wallet. The FULL Cost of Home Ownership: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 A KEY Internet Search Warning: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show Five Key Financial Aspects to Managing Your Home Cheapest Way to Rent a Car: Expert Tips When Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Instead of Investing? [The Washington Post] Scammers are using Google results to target desperate travelers When Do You Need a Travel Agent? Income-Driven Repayment Thank you for listening today, Clarkies! If you want to be part of our “Clarkie” segment, call 404-981-2071 to leave a comment or story. We may play it during a future episode! Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Krakhan.
0:03.0	Crypto is like finance, but different.
0:06.0	It doesn't care when you invest, trade or save, do it on weekends,
0:11.0	or at 5 a.m.
0:12.0	Or on Christmas Day, at 5 a.m. or on Christmas day at 5 a.m.
0:15.0	crypto is financed for everyone, everywhere all the time.
0:19.0	Visit crackin.com slash see what crypto can be to learn more
0:22.8	don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest this is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong
0:30.1	I am off on adventures so this is a best of edition of the Clark Howard
0:36.6	podcast. I hope you enjoy it. I want to wish you a very happy
0:41.8	Thanksgiving. We will see you the last week of November with our
0:46.4	podcast.
0:49.2	It's my pleasure to welcome you here to the Clark Howard Show for our mission is to serve
0:57.4	you and empower you so you make better financial decisions in your life. Yesterday I talked about how some
1:06.0	improvements you might want to make to your home are becoming more affordable.
1:10.9	It made me think I should talk about the costs of owning a home if you're thinking of buying one.
1:18.0	I'm going to do that straight ahead later in the show though.
1:22.0	I've got a key warning for you if you're doing a
1:25.4	Google search or Bing search or whatever search there's something you've got to be
1:31.8	absolutely on the lookout for
1:34.4	because what you don't know here could really hit you hard in the wallet.
1:40.4	Speaking of hitting you hard in the wallet, mortgage rates, 7% plus or less, plus or minus, and home prices have stalled out generally around the country.
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