The Mortgage Fraud Task Force launched by the Southwest Riverside County AOR and the Inland Valley AOR almost 5 years ago, recently held a multi-regional meeting during the California Association of Realtors Mid-Winter Business Meetings in Monterey. What started as an effort to educate the publi
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01/29/2009
Attending the latest CAR Mid-winter business meetings it became readily apparent that the GREEN movement has become today's Beanie Baby, the 'Save The Whale' of the 2000's, the latest cause du jour. It's the same 'cause & effect' crowd updated from the 70's - for every effect in the world, someb
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01/29/2009
At our mid-winter Legislative Meetings in Monterey last week the California Association of Realtors moved forward with it's proposed statewide MLS system. The process, which started over 2 years ago, has now moved to the critical phase of product development and augmentation. Last week CAR debut
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01/27/2009
And the beat goes on - or maybe I should say the beatings continue. Always good to see miscreants get their come-uppance. Unfortunately for more than a thousand people the come-uppance comes up too late to save their 'investment' and, in some cases, their retirement. It's precisely this variabil
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01/23/2009
One of our local writers for The Californian just did an excellent expose on some of the mortgage fraud that’s run rampant through our region for the past few years. Zach Fox and Chris Bagley at The Californian and Leslie Berkman at The Press Enterprise have done an exceptional job over the past
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01/21/2009
Once in awhile they do get caught. Sometimes it seems like not often enough but then one comes out of the woodwork like this. Over 600 investors were taken advantage of! Promised returns of up to 50% in as little as a months time! My sweet Lord, people – does this not strike ANYBODY as being pre
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01/20/2009
I imagine you were all glued to the tube this morning or, like me, linked in via webcast to hear our Governor deliver his 'State of the State' speech. No? Am I the only one with no life here and a jones for politics? Well, you didn't miss much. Really. It was over and done in about 10 minutes. A
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01/15/2009
Just when you think the real estate fraud scamsters are all out of business along comes a timely reminder that they're not gone, just morphed into one of a myriad of other schemes designed to separate people from their money and/or their homes. When I told a few people about this latest one the
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01/13/2009
Five Year Housing Chart for Wildomar, California I've recently provided a copy of this report to our local officials for the City of Wildomar This information may prove helpful in determining city budget forecasts for the coming year as they evaluate the impact the downturn in our housing market
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01/12/2009
Five Year Housing Chart for Menifee, California I've recently provided a copy of this report to our local officials for the City of Menifee. This information may prove helpful in determining city budget forecasts for the coming year as they evaluate the impact the downturn in our housing market
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01/12/2009
