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--Uh-oh...?  It was kind of ironic to stick my ballot through the slot, with the volunteer exclaiming, "Beverly Boeck has voted."--To no one.  Funny in a way.  Roger Howell of Trinity Home Mortgage says, "It can be very confusing for people the way we handle these special elections.  I saw the st...

Here again is the full notice that explains in detail what the intended use of the money is.  If you are part of the Meridian School District Community, please take a moment to mark you calendars and turn out the vote tomorrow.  Also, please pass this link to this post to spread the word easily, ...

The Eagle High School donation fund for Cody is still open, and donations are welcome.  Way to go, Idaho!  All anyone has heard lately is that Cody is "doing better" and I'll try to get more information on Monday, March 2.  If anyone has heard anything, there seem to be a lot of concerned citizen...

--and have a better chance of selling.  Here is an Idaho Business Review Article by Dani Grigg, with one idea for areas with mounting numbers of vacant homes.  This could even be a business idea for some; coordinating the short term lease of homes to renters with nice taste in furnishings and dec...

Good stuff, from Roger--experienced in the mortgage business, and interesting how he thinks out what some borrowers might be thinking...  ;-)In response to the growing number of "buy and bail" scenarios, lenders have implemented new rules when someone wants to call their old home a "rental" and u...

Please click on "view detailed listing" below the photo below, as there are many details we'd like you to be aware of!  Pinebrooke Place is the premiere TownHome and Patio Community in NW Boise that is affordable, boasts fabulous asthetics such as granite, hardwood, stainless appliances, single-l...

First, you should know, I think of the word "short" not as a measure of time that it takes to work out a short sale.  On the contrary, it takes a while to make this happen, and get someone to help you who has experience and knows what they're doing if you've decided to short sale are up against t...

REO = Real Estate Owned (by the bank).  Put simply, whoever loaned out the money to "buy" the house in the first place, now owns the house.  Through a usually lengthy and expensive foreclosure process, generally culminating in a public auction, no one else buys the house at auction--private indiv...

3 common questions having to do with short sales.  I'm finding that Steven's answers are right on the money, too.  Especially the length of time it takes for "work-out"--and it seems that there are so many foreclosures that it just takes an inordinant amount of time to really get an initial ray-o...

"Some interesting statistics that show that the average modification increases the principle balance."  --This is from Richard Zaretzky, and the article is very interesting.  I've heard about a lot of mortgage modifications occuring, and brokers being very busy with them, but this is the first I'...