Entries Tagged as ‘Uncategorized’

April 1, 2010

Latest Foreclosure Opportunities

$77,900
This home offers over 1,600 sq ft of interior living space, 4 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms, and a huge yard with room for a patio and or pool. Just listed; it will not last…

January 14, 2010

10 day limit for response on short sales implemented

Will new U.S. Treasury guidlines lift dark cloud over short sales and help spur our current housing market?

June 16, 2009

Real Estate Investing back to basics Part 1

Think back to just a few years ago when the real estate market was booming, and talk at most watering holes centered around someones real estate investment and how much money they made on their venture.  Waiters, homemakers, doctors, and lawyers were all jumping on the investing wagon.  Today unfortunately many of those same “investors” [...]

June 15, 2009

The Ugly Truth About Loan Modifications

Ok, so just about everybody has heard about loan modifications, or loan mods for short. They are also called loan workouts, loan restructuring, among others. I’m going to explain what types of loan mods exist, and who can or can’t likely get them.

June 11, 2009

Downtown Miami condos filling up fast

The city of Miami wants you to know there are, in fact, plenty of humans living in new condos. And there are more each day.

June 10, 2009

How Did We Get Here…

2001-2005; United States housing bubble
2001: US Federal Reserve lowers Federal funds rate 11 times, from 6.5% to 1/75%
2002-2003: Mortgage denial rate of 14% for conventional home purchase loans is half of 1997 – as quoted from the Federal financial Institutions Examination Council or FFIEC
2002: Annual home price appreciation of 10% or more in California, Florida, [...]

June 9, 2009

Timing the market

make sure you understand everything before you make a move. Be honest about your purpose for wanting to buy, realize that unless you are an experienced investor that has been through several market cycles you should not jump in head first but approach with caution keeping your eyes and ears open

June 9, 2009

Miami Beach wants to evict famous riding rooster Mr. Clucky

…the city has decreed that Mr. Clucky — the bike-riding rooster known for weaving his way through the laid-back crowds at Lincoln Road Mall — must go.

June 8, 2009

Seeds for current economic crunch planted long ago

…Miami-Dade County. As far back as two years ago, real estate experts were predicting property price declines of as much as 20 percent in metro Miami. Yet, the county’s forecast, as stated in its five-year financial outlook, was that property tax rolls would simply remain flat in the 2009-10 budget year.

June 7, 2009

Coral Springs home could be yours through $50 raffle

Townhouse Unit No. 1 — a two-story corner unit with sleek stainless steel appliances, crown molding and his-and-her bathroom vanities — is up for sale in downtown Coral Springs.

Asking price: $50.