Over the weekend, I had a very interesting discussion with a friend of mine about the economy and the rising unemployment rate. This particular friend works in the financial sector, so he doesn’t have some wonderful insights about the market, money, and how all of this is effecting us in ways that we don’t even [...]
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5 Affects of the 2010 Financial Reform Bill
If you are out house hunting or looking for investment property, then you may want to pay attention to the new legislation that was signed into law by Barack Obama on July 21st, 2010. This new financial reform bill will make a few key changes to the mortgage market as we currently know it. No, [...]
How to Appeal Property Tax Assessment
Learning how to appeal property tax assessment in a down economy is something that every savvy homeowner, investor should learn. We are all trying to figure out ways to save money, cut expenses, and build the future that we are desiring. A main element in all of this trimming of the fat is taxes. As [...]
Top 10 Cities with the Most Millionaires
This country is infatuated with millionaires and rich people to the point where you can become famous just for having money. And there is the kicker, you don’t even have to earn the money yourself. You can just be the descendant of someone that built an empire and you can be famous in this country [...]
Cities Where Renters Should Buy
Believe it or not, there are cities out there where renters should buy instead of renting because the gap between what you are going to pay for a mortgage and what you are going to pay for rent is shrinking. Why would anyone continue to just throw money out the window if they have an [...]
5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE BUYING A FORECLOSURE!
This post is geared towards the first time Buyer that wants to capitalize on the rock bottom pricing in the current housing market and oversupply of inventory. First and foremost, I would like to congratulate you on your decision! You see, I wholeheartedly believe that now really and truly is a great time to buy! [...]
Existing Home Sales Indicate Housing Market Plunging
Wasn’t there suppose to be a recovery sometime soon? Could have sworn that was the music that everyone was singing a few months back, which many in the real estate arena thought was premature. But when you deal with a Government and news media that doesn’t want to report the truth on the extent of [...]
Retirement Spots Best
Every entrepreneur, investor, person, or someone learning how to invest in real estate has a goal of a glorious retirement. It is one of the main reasons we all work and study so hard in the first place. With this knowledge in mind, we set out to find the retirement spots best suited for the [...]
Down payment Aid Programs
Are there any good down payment aid programs still available out there for home buyers and investors these days? This is the question we were pondering as we prepared to write the article for today. With the White House, banking industry, and advocates focused on the foreclosure crisis and helping out those that have been [...]
4 Reasons Increased Home Refinances Demand Does Not Matter
According to the MBA, Mortgage Brokers Association, demand for home loans are at a 15 month high. This is great news to the people in the industry and the real estate environment because that means that people are creating transactions, which in turn puts money and food in the mouths and pockets of everyone involved [...]
Should the Obama Administration Be Spending $3 Billion on Unemployed Homeowners Facing Foreclosure?
Undoubtedly, this is one of the worst economies in the nations long and storied history. If you are being real about the situation, this is ranking right up there with the great depression, although things have not gotten as bad as they did then, but many think they will. In an effort to curve what [...]
Illegal Immigrant Ban on Renters in South Carolina
In an effort to curve the rise of illegal immigrants in the state of South Carolina, more specifically, the city of Summerville, officials have drafted and approved an ordinance that aims at banning illegal immigrants from living in their town. According to the Huffington Post: Under the ordinance, up for final approval next month, renters [...]
Struggling Property Market Cause for Creativity to Sell Your Home
Just in case you have been under a rock for the past 36 months, the real estate market has been in a bit of a down slump. Sure this may come as a surprise to many of you, but I doubt it. Many of us were in the middle of our real estate careers when [...]
Foreclosures are up 6% over July of Last Year
It amazes me how you can watch television and come away with the impression that the property values, foreclosure situation, and even the job market are all on the rise. But when the data comes out it seems to all ways contradict these reports and provides a sobering reality to the situation that we find [...]
6 Reasons the Housing Market Hasn’t Recovered
Everywhere you turn in the media or the Government, there is someone telling us that the housing market and the economy is turning around. Are you sure? When you look inside the numbers at the truth, it all doesn’t seem to add up. That is why when a friend of mine sent me this article [...]
How to buy foreclosure property
The steps on how to buy foreclosure property began with these other two articles called how to buy a foreclosure and how to buy a foreclosure home. Be sure to read those two articles to get all that you can out of this series on foreclosure property. And just for the record, when you are [...]
Mortgage Rates Hit Another Record Low: Good News or Fair Warning
After reading another Yahoo Finance report on how the mortgage rates have hit another record low. They have fallen to 4.54%, down from 4.56% on 30 year mortgages. In fact, several weeks in a row this has been the tune that is playing and it started to make me wonder. The average rate for 30-year [...]
Why Philanthropy?
Over the last few years, I have been thinking to myself that it is time to get involved with the world and specifically my community around me. As I enter further and further into my 30′s, I am realizing that it is time for me to give back and the desire to do so grows [...]
Tax Cuts Expire: Mortgage Applications Drop to a 13 Year Low
We know this is going to come as a great surprise (hope you sense the sarcasm), but the mortgage applications have suddenly dropped. The drop is reportedly do to the tax breaks expiring from the Federal Government. Here are the words “Purchase applications plummeted 27 percent last week and have declined almost 20 percent over [...]
Do you tell yourself the truth?
Have you be struggling with staying committed to the goals you have set for YOURSELF? Well you are not alone…millions of Americans struggle with self-control and self sabotaging habits. Myself included. I find that when I get too comfortable or when I allow a cheat meal to become a cheat day that I lose focus. [...]
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