Archive for June 10th, 2009

Let’s say you are renting a house that your parents own.  Based upon comparable properties for rent in the general area, the house should rent for $1,000 a month.  But this is a family deal, your parents want to make things easy for you so they set the rent at $400.  It’s their house, they can… »

In 1610, The settlers of the Virginia village of Jamestown set sail to go back to England…but met three ships with supplies and reinforcements, changed their minds, and turned back.
In 1610, the first Dutch settlers arrived in Manhattan.
In 1639, the first American log cabin was built at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware).
In 1652, John Hull opened… »