201604.01
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True Life Lessons on Building Your Dream Home

These are some very helpful recommendations that one of our long time clients took the time to compose and share.   The client prefers to remain anonymous but you should know that this gentleman has an incredible resume’ which includes running multi-million dollar businesses and overseeing commercial construction campaigns as well as several of his own…

201512.17
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Good News Comes Early This Year

Rather than the White Knuckle Ride of 2014, Congress and the President appear to be treating short selling home owners in 2015 to a White Christmas.  The black mark of debt forgiveness is being washed clean, at least for tax purposes.    For those successfully completing a short sale of their primary residence  in 2015…

201510.09
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The Reason for all the Hassle – NPPI

The reason we must sometimes encrypt your email from our office is “NPPI”.   “Non-public personal information” about you is just about the most precious commodity we handle.  You entrust us with this information to enable us to represent you and protect your interests in suits, closings, and all kinds of legal processes.  What kind of…

201504.28
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When a Deal is not a Deal

A wise man once said, and many wise real estate investors have repeated it :  “You make your money when you buy, not when you sell.” The point is that you don’t want to overspend on an investment or you can forget realizing a profit in this lifetime!  Sometimes it makes sense for a buyer…

201503.31
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The Triple “I” Intersection

At the intersection of Inventory, Income and Interest rates, we find the biggest pool of eligible buyers of new homes.     New road projects at that point on the map appear to be moving to a place that will reduce the pool of eligible buyers.   Take a minute and listen to the Real Estate Industry Blog…

201502.04
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Lingering Missinformation on Short Sales

Among our sustained flow of new short sale clients, we still have surprising instances of absolute misinformation about the process that causes many homeowners to suffer from the paralysis of analysis and delay starting their short sale for far too long.   Sources of misinformation are plentiful, and that is before you even get to the…

201501.06
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Another Reason to Avoid Foreclosure

Our firm was recently contacted by a borrower who formerly took advantage of our free consultation on foreclosure prevention cases.   The homeowner ultimately decided to allow his home to go into foreclosure and not fight for a short sale or other remedy.  I don’t remember all the details why the decision was made to take…

201412.30
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Short sale tax break signed into law

No wonder our legislators and President are suffering such low approval ratings right now – with just 2 days to spare, they have finally re-enacted the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Relief provisions which keep Short Selling home occupants from facing stiff taxes on phantom income.    Unfortunately, 2015 is upon us and once again the collection of…

201412.16
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Timing Your Short Sale

Southeastern Virginia is blessed to have a relatively high percentage of military homeowners and therefore a higher percentage of homes than in most parts of the country with VA loans and therefore, thanks to the low down payment requirements for VA loans,  a higher lingering inventory of “upside down” or “underwater” homes.   Military homeowners…