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How to leave no trace when hiking

Hiking is an amazing — and cheap — way of experiencing and enjoying the natural beauty of new areas to which you are traveling. It’s also one of the more socially-distant activities you can do. However, what seems to be a simple activity can, without us even realizing it, be very damaging to native species. …

5 things I wish I’d known before traveling to Pakistan

I threw myself out of my comfort zone and traveled to Pakistan in 2019. The main reason for the trip was to review the country’s flagship airline’s best product on a premium route. You can read my disappointing — but amusing — experience here. I’ve been to more than 70 countries, but Pakistan was unlike …

APR vs. APY – Difference Between Annual Percentage Yield & Rate

What is the difference between APR and APY? Read on to learn about these two rates, how each is calculated, and how you can use them.

Get access to valuable miles: Review of the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with the latest information and offers. Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card overview The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature® credit card is one of the best cards to use for earning Alaska miles. Alaska Airlines miles are exceptionally valuable, even if you don’t live on the West Coast, because you can …

United just made lap infant awards a whole lot cheaper – The Points Guy

Lap infant fees can vary drastically by airline and route. The fees for lap children traveling with adults on award tickets can also vary from paid fares. While the fee can be as low as just the taxes and fees, they can sometimes cost upwards of 10% of the adult fare. Well, good news: United …

Wall Shelves Market Rising Trends and Demands in Home Decor 2021 to 2027 – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper

Wall Shelves Market Rising Trends and Demands in Home Decor 2021 to 2027 – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper  KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper

Chase Sapphire Preferred vs. Citi Premier: Which mid-tier travel card is better?

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with the latest information.  As premium credit cards have raised annual fees, many cardholders are turning to mid-tier cards for earning travel rewards — especially while travel is in a lull for most. Two issuers who offer strong contenders in the mid-tier card space are Chase and …

IT Jobs; VOE, CRM, Non-QM Products; Conventional Conforming News; CPI: No Inflation Worries

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Here we are in the seemingly 58 th week of 2020. What’s new? The podcast of today’s commentary features thoughts from the Millennial host on how lenders can address that market, and it can be heard via Apple , Spotify , or Google : subscribe and download. In terms of news, the FHFA extended forbearance protection past March. (More below on that.) And rating agency Moody’s view is that the CFPB’s recent changes to the QM rules would “allow lenders to qualify more types of loans as QM, resulting in a non-QM market with loans of lower credit quality, since most of today’s higher-quality non-QM loans would qualify as QM under the new rules, making future non-QM more synonymous with non-prime… the rule, if implemented could incentivize some lenders to price riskier loans…(read more)

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