Diana Brunner's (dianabrunner) Blog

203k MADE SIMPLE? Ok, maybe not, but I will attempt to make it as simple as possible for the client to understand and want to read on.  For many of us in the business who are " in the know"  we forget that we need to go back to the basics and spell it out in simple terms for others to understand....

With all the excitement of the first time home buyer tax credit, buyers often get confused and miss out on other important options. As a first time buyer, don't let the excitement of the $8,000 tax credit cause you to miss out on many other home buying options. It isn't uncommon for a buyer to co...

      This is an actual check from one of my First Time Buyers who bought a home last month, and immediately filed his 2008 tax return - which he had already filed an extension for - and this week received the above check !   ... before his home purchase, his return was going to give him a refund...

THE BIG BANKS WIN AGAIN.  Through the lobbying efforts of Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo, the "people"'s representatives in Congress again exhibited their skill in: Keeping home owners with negative equity safely imprisoned in their real property for the foreseeable future.  S...

                                            * * * *  HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK  * * * * LOAN MODIFICATION - The government's failure to help home owners is an open invitation to scam artists to swindle home owners out of what little they have left. George Souto post an interesting article today...

Goodie! I can write a spinoff of Jeff Corbett's Survey Says...Realtors Suck  Jeff said, "....unfortunately, a few GOOD apples don't ripen the bunch". In other words a few bad apples spoil the bunch. (and pardon the title...I was just counter copying Jeff :)  Goodie! I can write a spinoff of Jeff...

If insuring your home is taking a bigger bite out of your wallet each year, here are some ways to ease the pain. * Increase the deductible from $500 to $1,000 for a 20 percent premium deduction. * Combining auto and home policies could save you up to $300 a year. According to Money magazine, if y...

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