10 Easy Easy to Give Up Your Privacy

10 Easy Easy to Give Up Your Privacy

Buy a House

Even with a 2.8 percent mortgage, people have had second thoughts about handing over volumes of paper about every asset they own to nameless, faceless bank.  The financial reform bill, Dodd-Frank, has made the process more onerous while at the same time making it harder for some to get housing loans.  What do you have to reveal?  Every investment, all property--whether you own or lease--your tax returns, your bank accounts.  You have to hand over everything except your first born!

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