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2011 

One of California's largest real estate brokerages, Sacramento-based Lyon Real Estate, is moving forward under new leadership after its former CEO pleaded guilty to charges related to video recordings he made of encounters with four prostitutes without the women's consent. Michael Patrick Lyon, w...
03/27/2011
Your tax return is due by April 18, 2011 (the deadline was extended three days this year because of weekends and holidays). If you haven't filed yet, make sure you haven't forgotten the following 10 tax deductions, which are often overlooked by real estate agents and brokers. 1. Business clothing...
03/27/2011
SFR  Detached  RES Active  18 Wellbrook Pl  Coto De Caza (CDC)  Price $1,700,000   Coto De Caza (CC) Zip 92679-5149 TGNO 923C6 Orange County (OR) XSTS River Rock Aerial Map U11000693 Media: 30 Builder Tract Other (OTHR) Bed 5 Model (3) Baths 5 Style Tuscan Stories Two Levels Floor View Canyon Vi...
03/26/2011
While working with one of my clients today, helping her to release her self-limiting beliefs; she brought up the old belief that she had been carrying for decades. "I have to be lucky to succeed." I asked her how she would benefit from releasing and reprogramming that belief and she answered, "I ...
03/26/2011
Over recent years, a favorite past time of most real estate shoppers, watchers, and pundits, has been to make multiple guesses as to when the market bottom has arrived, will arrive, or is arriving. Buyers who seek to time a market and purchase at the exact summit of the decline appear to be most ...
03/26/2011
A listing exclusion can be a dangerous device that can destroy a real estate commission if not handled properly. For example, Larry Lister put Sammy Seller, his neighbor's home on the market. Sammy wanted Ben & Betty Buyer excluded. Larry agreed and placed the property in MLS. One week later Larr...
03/26/2011
Meredian Financial Corp., a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based mortgage lender and broker, is being sued by Minnesota attorney general Lori Swanson for charging state homeowners thousands of dollars to refinance their mortgages without actually providing consumers the promised services. "Meredian targeted ...
03/25/2011
Breaking news from Diana Olick... ...many of the states Attorney Generals are opposing the proposed settlement with the 5 major banks. Specifically, they are not happy with the provision in the settlement that would force lenders to do principle reductions. They cite.. the (totally played out) Mo...
03/25/2011
Rent or buy? Often it depends on where you live, and where you are in life. It can also depend on how far you can stretch your dollar. Using Zillow's monthly payment search feature, we've identified some homes you can get for paying up to $1,500 a month, whether towards a mortgage or in rent, in ...
03/25/2011
I've been kicking some tires the past few days, trying to get to the bottom of this whole 'risk retention' mess and how it applies to MBS collateralized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans. As you may recall, last week HUD officials said GSE loans would not be exempt from risk retention meaning t...
03/24/2011
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