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Qualifying buyers and identity theft

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Qualifying buyers has become harder than it used to be mainly due to the poor credit profiles.  However one area that I think is being abused is the aspect of identity theft.  Now more than ever identity theft is a big issue.  Thieves are now more advanced in the ways of obtaining YOUR information and [...]

President Signs the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 Into Law

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, July 30, 2008, the President signed into law The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase obligations of housing Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs); reforms the regulatory supervision of the housing GSEs; provides reform of the Federal Housing Administration; provides homeownership assistance [...]

Housing prices post record declines

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Las Vegas, Miami and Phoenix all saw prices plummet by at least 20%. And so far, there is no sign of a bottom.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Home prices have posted another record decline, as most of the nation’s largest markets suffered double-digit drops over last year, a survey released Tuesday shows.
The S&P Case/Shiller Home Price [...]

BUY ANY HOME WITH ZERO DOWN-100% FINANCED!

Friday, July 18th, 2008

In this market where the homes below market are plentiful is the absolute best time to buy a home with zero down.  The plan is simple, locate a home that is being sold below market value.  Where? Contact a Real Estate Investor or a Real Estate agent with access to shortsales.  The question to ask [...]

Facing Declining Markets, Lender Resorts to Emergency Financing

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

By Eric Dash
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Even as financial shares led a stock market rally on Thursday, the crisis in the credit markets threatened to engulf one of the nation’s largest commercial finance companies.
The CIT Group, a century-old company that lends money to small businesses and midsize corporations, was forced to draw on $7.3 billion of [...]

Common Mistakes In Business Plans-What you need to know

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Your business plan is typically the first impression potential lenders of investors get about your business idea. Even with a great product, team, and customers, and you are unable to convey to properly convey your image, it could be the last impression if your plan has some of the following, common mistakes.Lenders and investors review [...]

Talking with a Foreclosure Guru

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Talking with a Foreclosure Guru
Ralph Roberts gives key tips on how to make big money in a down market.
By Matthew Bandyk
Posted in USNEWS February 13, 2008
Ralph Roberts is a Realtor who has written many books about the real estate market and flipping homes, such as Foreclosure Investing for Dummies. U.S. News talked with Roberts [...]

Everything Google Wants to Know About You, and Doesn’t Bother Asking

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Found this in another bulletin board..
Everything Google Wants to Know About You, and Doesn’t Bother Asking
Please read the following, add it all up, then really think about what it all means. This may be the most frightening stuff you’ll ever read on the Internet…
To be perfectly honest, Google is no longer a search engine “company”, [...]

Real Estate Agents Marketing Shift

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

I have noticed a definite shift in the marketing strategy of Realtors, starting with their Association Advertising campaign. Their whole mantra for the last few years while we were in a seller’s market was to convince the sellers that this was a good time to sell, often helping the process of overbiding a home [...]

Sell homes to Buyers down to 520 Credit Score!

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Slowly but surely we have been working the system to be able to sell our homes to buyers in the 580 range (We are doing one with 520!). This is the time to pick up as many houses as possible with large profit spreads that you can flip quickly. Even deals with less than [...]

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