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A new Federal Trade Commission rule bans providers of mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification services from collecting fees until home owners have a written offer from their lender or servicer that they decide is acceptable.   "At a time when many Americans are struggling to pay their m...
11/29/2010
  Great video of the general public commenting on how they chose their Realtor....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT9zzA0biic   The individual agent is what really matters
11/23/2010
Trees When purchasing an artificial tree, look for the label "Fire Resistant." When purchasing a live tree, check for freshness.  A fresh tree is green, needles are hard to pull from branches and when bent between your fingers, needles do not break. The trunk butt of a fresh tree is sticky with r...
11/19/2010
The perception of a two-story addition is that of a complex and expensive project filled with "hidden costs" that will bust your budget. In truth, most of those costs are in plain sight if you identify and manage them early in the planning process. Others, such as surprise (but necessary) repairs...
11/18/2010
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A typical family spends about a third of its annual heating and cooling budget-roughly $350-on air that leaks into or out of the house through unintended gaps and cracks. With the money you waste in just one year, you can plug many of those leaks yourself. It's among the most cost-effective thing...
11/17/2010
I know you're thinking to yourself.... I'm going to do that, I really need to do that!  WELL,  DO IT!  Being in the real estate business, let me tell you that things DO happen.  I have had clients go away for a trip and their house caught fire due to an electrical malfunction, or a water main bro...
11/08/2010
Don't file away that unopened real estate assessment letter you just received!  This is the driving force behind how much you pay in Property Taxes!  The tax assessors generally use one of two methods to calculate your properties value.  Most commonly are the recent sales of comparable homes in y...
11/04/2010
Last updated 11 a.m. 10/6/2010 What is the Texas Attorney General doing regarding foreclosures? Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has sent a demand letter to 30 mortgage banking and servicing institutions asking that these institutions immediately "suspend all foreclosures, all sales of properti...
10/15/2010
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Foreclosure proceedings come under fire Mortgage industry heavyweights slow pace of properties entering REO pipeline In response to the recent "robo-signing scandal," JP Morgan Chase and Co., put 56,000 foreclosure filings on hold last week, following similar actions by Ally Bank (formerly GMAC M...
10/04/2010
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