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My car began blowing white smoke when I started it up - took to dealer for 90K check up (replace timing belt, oil change, etc...) & they told me I had engine sludge & it would cost $3500 to clean & it still may not be totally cleaned. I want to keep my car! I called my mechanic & he suggested I buy a bottle of Rislone & put in the oil - that was a week ago and car is still smoking & putters when i am going up a hill or starting from a stop light...is the engine treatment working? How can I tell if it is? I don't want to burn up my engine - do i go back to dealership to have them clean it? help!!

Our Carport is semi- attached to our house - We put up a trellis wall with french doors to make it an open air room (it now is part of our deck area) It's a great space and have added furniture & plasma TV- Can we add the 500 sq feet of this new space to the overall square footage of our house?

If I consumed 1000 calories per day & did aerobic excerise for 1 hour each morning (5 days per week) - How much weight will I lose in a month? I am a 40 yr old female and my current weight is 175 lbs

Private school is very expensive & I woulld not be able to afford to contribute to my daughters 529 plan and also private school at the same time (she is in kindergarten) - I'm thinking of buying a house in a very desireable school district, use this address to obtain residency & rent the property for the next 12 years - upon her graduating, then sell the property - hopefully the appreciation in value of the real estate, as well as her 529 would fund her college expenses - Is this a sound financial idea?

My BMI is only 29 (Must have BMI of 40 to qualify for the procedure) , but I would like to have the lap band surgery..I will be paying for the surgery out of my own pocket - are the BMI minimum numbers to have the surgery written in stone? Or can I choose to have the surgery myself? I'm not morbidly obese, but have been a yo yo dieter for years, and as such my weight has gone up and down since I was a teen - (120 - 180 - 140 - 175 - 130 etc....) I'm looking for a permanent solution...I know my weight flucuations and sometimes accompanying diet pills can't be healthy....currently I am 175 lbs & my height is 5ft 5 1/2 in, and I'm a pretty healthy 39 year old female (do have slightly high blood pressure) .I would like to get to my ideal weight between 125 -130lbs and STAY THERE!

Your guidance is greatly appreciated!

I want to start my own business, and think I have a pretty good idea.....I am in the process of writing a business plan...where can I find "comps" as to what similar private businesses are grossing monthly/ yearly?

I have found several vacation home rentals that offer a complete "staff" as part of the pacakge (usually Mexico)...can't find any of these "staffed" homes in the US (specifically Texas Gulf Coast) Is there a website that offers listings of "staffed" vacation home rentals?

Approximately how much money per year does a proprietor of a twin screen drive in move theatre make? Thinking of reviving one in my home town in Texas

I came into some $ via an inheretence recently...and it is enough to pay off my 30 year mortgage at 8.1% completely.....I want to pay myself back this money monthly, and it would only take 15 years to do so.......or should I continue to pay the mortgage and invest this money in the stock market? Which would be the better investment?

I pulled a 3 in 1 credit report ....I have 1 creditor that listed payment status on Esperian as " Current, was past due 30 days"...on Equifax & Transunion the payment status is "pays as agreed"....How should I go about getting the creditor to change the Esperian entry to "Paid as agreed" - I was late & don't want to raise a flag and have them change the other 2 negatively Can I print out the page & send to Esperian directly to change?

How much money would I have to make to qualify for a mortage of $200,000 with a FICO score bewteen 650-700? Currently making in the low $60K's

I would like to receive an answer from someone who works at one of the bureau's - I had a bad Credit Card that began to show negative on my report in 1998 - on a Credit report dated in 2001 it still showed from the CC with an open date in 1998 - then I pulled a credit report in 2003 & it showed a company called FMS (open date 06/2000) - On last years report it showed that the debt was estimated to fall off in 01/2006) - I pulled my credit report a few days ago & FMS then sold to a new collection agency with an open date on 09/2005 meaning it will stay on there until 2011!!!

I've disputed it with the credit bureau's - & tried to explain what had happened….will they delete off?

Has anyone ever gone to one of their all inclusive resorts? Is it really all inclusive? & how nice are the accomodations? When would be the cheapest time to do one of these vavcations? Do they have off seasons that are cheaper?

I have an old college friend that I would like to find....she probably is married by now...only info I have is her name & the city she used to live in...thought about the alumni assoc, but not sure she graduated from that school...anyone know of any cheap ways of accomplishing this?

I have a book that states you can request the credit bureau's to add good credit ...say if Equifax has a good credit item listed but Trans does not, you can request Trans to put it on there.....my question is this.....what if the acct is a closed account? Will they still add it? Or does it have to be an open acct?

Anyone know any good marketing companies that can solicit manufacturers for licensing? Would much rather collect royalties than produce myself