201608.17
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Fear Mongering to Motivate Home Ownership?

The ever entertaining and thought provoking NREP (National Real Estate Post), formerly known as TBWS (Think Big Work Small) challenges our national leadership and loan regulators to promote home ownership by easing qualification regulations.  /Shocking Zillow Renter Report The NREP blog also points out that the 50 year low in the home ownership index  may…

201606.29
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Short Selling in Divorce

For most divorces, a driving objective is closure.   One or both of the parties has generally reached the state of being “over it”.   Child custody, division of assets, and support issues are challenging.   But there is another issue which can rain frustration on a divorce like a monsoon, and that is the disposition of real…

201605.27
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The Decade After

In the past roughly ten years, emphasis on roughly, nearly ten million (10,000,000) American homes were lost in foreclosure, short sales or deeds in lieu of foreclosure!   While our current tepid recovery continues at an underwhelming pace, there is clearly a lack of enthusiasm for home ownership.    The “American Dream” seems out of reach to…

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…

201603.31
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True Life Borrowing Experiences

This is an actual email from a real life potential client: “Subject: Consultation for Mortgage inquiry To whom it may concern, I was wondering if it would be possible to set up an initial consultation in person, regarding an issue that I am having with understanding my rights as a first time home-buyer.  I am…

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…