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2010
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Short sale and foreclosure sellers who "Buy and Dump" aka "Strategic Defaults" - What do you think? Some may also call the practice "strategic foreclosures" or "strategic short sales". It is the practice of sellers who work it out so that they purchase a new home, then let the old one go. Most o...
12/11/2010
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Mortgage Interest Rate Update - 12-11-10 Interest rates are still great, althought we have seen just a slight increase since last month. $417,000 and below 15 Year Fixed 4.125% – 4.375% 30 Year Fixed 4.750% – 5.000% 5 Year ARM 3.125% – 3.500% Conforming High Balance $417,001 - $729,750" 15 Year F...
12/11/2010
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Pay It Forward - I just became a member of the Kiwanis Club and pledged a corporate sponsorship One of the members of my networking group is a non-profit member. His name is Carson Schreiber and is the President of the Kiwanis Entertainment Industry Group in Studio City, CA I've learned through C...
12/11/2010
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Bowe Bergdahl: How did this happen? This blog is very difficult for me to write. Each time I started writing it, I ended up stopping and telling myself "Ralph, what are you doing? This is a site mostly geared toward real estate, not world news coverage" Bowe Bergdahl is an American serviceman wh...
12/08/2010
So you need an evening out, why not spend it at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. The Troubadour opened its doors in 1957. Performances by The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Elton John and many others have made this really cool venue rich in musical history! NBC awarded the Troubadour “Best Venue...
12/08/2010
So you are in the mood to see the stars! No, I am not talking about the twinkling ones in the heavens. I am talking about our Hollywood stars right here in Hollywood, California. The best way to see the stars is to go to a live taping of their television shows! How do you go about doing that, yo...
12/07/2010
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I found this article written which was posted in the Finance section of Yahoo. I thought I'd pass it along. How do you feel about this? An older woman defending her rights, or is this a manipulation of the system? ********************************************** The 25-Year Foreclosure from Hellb...
12/07/2010
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ActiveRain MasterMinds? It's ALIVE!! 2011 is going to be a GREAT year! It really is. Lots of positive energy here on the site, and let's make it snowball into 2011! Now I got to thinking (and as Jane Peters would say, that's DANGEROUS!). Let's make 2011 the most productive year we can. Let's be ...
12/06/2010
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The Wilshire Boulevard Brown Derby Café opened in 1926 and is the original Brown Derby restaurant. It is famous because of its unique dome shape that resembled a gentlemen’s derby hat. Architecture such as the Derby Café was popular at the time it was built. The structure itself was inspired by ...
12/06/2010
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Welcome to Ralph's Weekly Feature: Two Truths and a Lie: Guess Which One Is The Lie? Each week, I'm going to feature one Active Rain Member, with their photo, and what they are going to do is tell you 2 Truths about them and 1 Lie. The object of the game is to guess which of the 3 bits of trivia...
12/06/2010
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