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business practices: Tips On Avoiding Loan Modification Scams ~ California Attorney General - 08/13/09 11:29 AM
Loan Modifications Scams have popped up in California big time. Our state Attorney General posts articles at its site with news on this ~ and how to Avoid Loan Modification Scams (click here).
Five Tips to Avoid Being Scammed
1. Don't pay up-front fees.
Foreclosure consultants are prohibited by law from collecting money before services are performed. 2. Don't ignore letters from your lender or loan servicer.
Responding to those letters is your best bet for saving your house. 3. Don't transfer title or sell your house to a "foreclosure rescuer."
Beware! This is a scam to convince homeowners they can … (2 comments)
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business practices: Foreclosure Prevention and Loan Modification Help The Right Way ~ If You Are Upside Down on Your Mortgage - 08/11/09 08:03 PM
Never use a private foreclosure prevention agent or loan modifier if they ask for advance fees to be paid.
See my articles ~
Do Your Home Loan Modification Through Non-Profit Groups & Organizations (click here) Be Skeptical About Anyone Asking for Advance Fees to be Paid For Private Loan Modification Services (click here). Never use a private foreclosure prevention or loan modifier agent who advertises on television or radio, because many of these will be scammers.
The loan modification business has attracted some bad guy deal makers. It's good that some are being prosecuted by district attorneys for law violations, and others will have … (2 comments)
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business practices: Take Advantage of the $8,000 U.S. Income Tax Credit ~ Buying Your First Home - 07/14/09 05:56 PM
Buying your first home? Take Advantage of the $8,000 U.S. Income Tax Credit that's offered. Speak with your REALTOR® about opportunities presented by this law allowing for U.S. income tax credit now available to first-time homebuyers.
The amount of tax credit will be the lesser of either 10% of the home's cost or $8,000.
This tax credit will sunset on November 30, 2009. So you must get your home purchase started and concluded with escrow & closing by that date.
This tax credit is available to qualified first-time homebuyers for the purchase of a principal residence between January 1, 2009 and no later than November 30, 2009.
Qualified first-time … (0 comments)
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business practices: Facebook at 200 Million Members ~ Social Media & the New Economy ~ @ Hugh Hewitt Radio Talk Show - 04/09/09 07:04 PM
Listening today ~ @ Hugh Hewitt Radio Show ~ @hhrs
~ Hugh is one of the brightest guys on the radio and is the most astute about business and politics.
With focus during one segment of the show on Social Media ... part of the New Economy That Didn't Exist Ten Years Ago.
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BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY ~
Facebook has two hundred million members, people signed up .. predicted to become three hundred million by end of this year ... and that could reach a billion some day.
Twitter has ten million people signed up.
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THREE THINGS BUSINESS OWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT … (2 comments)
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business practices: TRIAL LAWYERS & MORTGAGE CRISIS LAWSUITS AND LITIGATION - 09/16/08 03:15 PM
SOME TRIAL LAWYERS HAVE BEEN GEARING UP TO ATTACK A SOFT SPOT IN THE BUSINESS WORLD ... THE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS ... MORTGAGE BANKERS, LENDERS AND MORTGAGE BROKERS.
Bloomberg News reported that the number of new mortgage crisis lawsuits is growing. More than 600 lawsuits related to the subprime mortgage situation were filed in U.S. federal courts since January 2007, including 310 in the first six months of 2008. That's a lot more than litigation related to the U.S. savings and loan collapse of the 1990s.
The current crisis in mortgage has swelled the LITIGATION INDUSTRY with expected benefits for TRIAL LAWYERS.
Subprime-related lawsuits now outnumber the 559 filed during … (18 comments)
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business practices: Olympics Summer Games 2008 - Let's Expect Balanced Television Coverage & Journalism for Upcoming Bejing Olympics - 08/06/08 06:39 PM
Let's Watch The Upcoming Bejing Olympics and Expect Balanced Journalism.
As a sports fan who enjoys watching and cheering for young people who work to train and do their best in athletic performances, I am not feeling completely positive about the upcoming Olympics in Bejing, China.First of all, I don't agree that the International Olympic Committee granted China's request to be host. China did not demonstrate that it deserve to be given the opportunity to host the Olympics. China is responsible for too much oppression of its own people, along the way forbiding anyone from expressing views that might tarnish the wonderful image of … (3 comments)
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business practices: At The Center of Our Housing Crisis Is That Many People Have No Equity Or Are Upside Down on Loans - 04/26/08 12:50 PM
At the center of our housing crisis is that many people here in California and the United States have no remaining home equity or that they are upside down on their loans. Too many people purchased homes during the past five years with no or little down payment, based upon no document loans, and with lending practices so relaxed that mortgage agents and brokers participated with at least some knowledge that loans should not be approved and funded. Whose fault is that? Is it possible that mortgage brokers and lenders are at least partly responsible? However, even if it is determined that … (2 comments)
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business practices: The Art of Life is to Show Your Hand - 04/03/08 06:14 PM
"The Art of Life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."
-- E.V. Lucas, 1868-1938, prolific British author
Posted by Harrison K. Long, Explore Group, April 3, 2008
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Harrison K. Long, business, REALTOR®, GRI, Broker
Irvine,
CA
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