Hi,

I'm trying to get some information regarding foreclosures and appreciation.  I am looking for something that will give me foreclosure trends from 2001-2007 showing how many foreclosures in the United States for each of these years and the % of increase, as well as the top 25 markets (counties) in the United States for foreclosure.

I am also looking for the same information regarding appreciation.  Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

Thank you.

I was interviewed today on an Internet radio show about my near death auto accident and my business.  The following is what happened, you can listen to the interview and be motivated by clicking on http://tiny.cc/prfPh.

On July 5, early in the morning I was going to take my stepson to the airport so that he could move back with his Father.  Aaron (12) was in the back seat while waiting for other members of my family to come out of the house.  

I had backed straight out of the garage at the end of my house on the driveway waiting for them. After a while, realizing we were going to be late to the airport, I got out of the SUV to get them.  

When I stepped out of the SUV and closed the door, to my surprise, the SUV started to move backwards. I immediately saw the possibility of the SUV (with my stepson) going straight back through the neighbors house.  Not wanting him hurt, I immediately opened the door and jumped in the SUV to hit put my foot on the brake.  

As I did this, the SUV backed up off the driveway where it dropped a little onto the grass. I live on a basement lot, which slopes down. As the SUV dropped, my foot slipped off of the brake and then got caught between the brake and the floorboard.

I was jerked out of my seat and fell out of the open door as the SUV picked up speed going backwards with my foot stuck. I am now hanging upside down, facing skyward with my head just inches above the ground, going backwards with the SUV door hitting me, up to 10-15 miles per hour going down the hill behind my house.  

As I looked towards the end of the SUV, traveling backwards, the vehicle was no longer headed towards the neighbor’s house, but their metal fence.  As I saw it get closer, I knew it was going to hurt.

The back of the SUV ran over the corner of the neighbor’s metal fence which caused pieces to stick straight up and where my right leg was basically torn from the knee to the groin in pieces to the bone.  As the SUV continued backwards, the fence pressed my body against the open door crushing my body forward with the door.  Somehow my leg was wrenched free and my body was now under the vehicle.

I then looked up from seeing my leg torn to the bone to watch with horror the front of the SUV roll over my entire mid-section as I screamed “Nooooo!”.  But, of course, “Yes” was the real answer.

My pelvis was broken straight in half from the front to the back and crushed the part of the right side.  I literally felt each bone break and crush.

The last thing that I remember was the paramedics.  I don’t remember anything at all for the next 6 days while I was in ICU.  I have been through 7 operations and 3 complete blood transfusions, all within 10 days.

They told me I went through 3 separate operations the first day for a total of 13 1/2 hours to keep me alive. 

I spent 26 days in the hospital and am home now.

God must have other plans for me because I am still here and was told that I departed 3 times the first week. 
I am currently confined to a hospital bed in my home and a wheelchair.

The good news:  I’m alive, though I wasn’t when I arrived at the hospital (so I’m told), I am not paralyzed (though they weren’t sure the first few days), I will walk again in another 2-3 months.

I truly feel blessed about all the things that I have just stated and I can run my business from my hospital bed, a phone and the Internet. 
I have a family that cares deeply about me and helps me to do what I used to take for granted.  

It has been said to me that something like this and all the stress that it brings either rips your family apart or brings them closer together.  I am happy to say that through all of what we have been through, we remain strong, stronger than before the accident. 
Love your family and be thankful for what you have, you never know when it can be gone.

I am in the Surplus Fund business, also known as Excess Proceeds.  I am looking for Investors who want a safe and secure investment that will be paid back within 6 months or less.  The payback all depends upon the state that we are vested in at the time.  

We will supply you with a letter from an accredited attorney in the area that the Surplus Funds are located in letting you know that we have a right to the funds.  We have all the paperwork signed from the Claimant and proper papers filed with that county and state.

Currently we are in North Carolina, Delaware and Arizona.  We will be in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and California soon.

We are a North Carolina based company that is Better Business Bureau accredited.  We can be found at www.EquityRecoverySystems.com to find out more about our company.

We pay a 15% annualized return, and could go higher depending upon your investment.  We currently have five (5) deals that need funding with many more on the way.

We have excellent references and are 100% successful on every transaction that we have done.

If you are serious, please send me an email or respond to this post for more information.

This is a great opportunity and a safe investment.  We will guarantee a 5 month interest payback even if our transaction only takes 90 days.  If the transaction takes 5 months and 3 days, then we will pay for 6 months of interest.  We do not pro-rate.  

If you would like an audience to discuss this program with one of the attorneys that we utilize for our services, please let me know so that I set up an appropriate date and time.

I am looking forward to your comments and on contacting me.

Thank you.

I am in the Surplus Fund business, also known as Excess Proceeds.  I am looking for Investors who want a safe and secure investment that will be paid back within 6 months or less.  The payback all depends upon the state that we are vested in at the time.  

Currently we are in North Carolina, Delaware and Arizona.  We will be in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and California soon.

We are a North Carolina based company that is Better Business Bureau accredited.  We can be found at www.EquityRecoverySystems.com to find out more about our company.

We pay between 12-15% annualized return, depending upon your investment.  We currently have five (5) deals that need funding with many more on the way.

We have excellent references and are 100% successful on every transaction that we have done.

If you are serious, please send me an email or respond to this post for more information.

This is a great opportunity and a safe investment.  We will guarantee a 5 month interest payback even if our transaction only takes 90 days.  If the transaction takes 5 months and 3 days, then we will pay for 6 months of interest.  We do not pro-rate.  Of course weekends and holidays do not count.

I am looking forward to your comments and on contacting me.

Thank you.

I wanted to write this and let you know (if you don't already) that life is fleeting and precious.

On July 5, early in the morning I was going to take my son to the airport so that he could visit family.  Aaron (12) was in the back seat  while waiting for other members of my family to come out of the house.  I was backed up straight out of the garage at the end of my house waiting for them.

After a while, we were going to be late, so I got out of the car to get them.  When I stepped out of the car and closed the door, the car started to  move backwards.  I immediately saw the possibility of the car (with my son) going straight back into the neighbors house.  Not wanting him hurt, I opened the door and jumped in the car to hit the brake.  As I did this, the car backed up off the driveway where it dropped a little.  I live on a basement lot which slopes down.

As the car dropped, my foot got caught between the brake and the floorboard, slipping off of the brake.  I was jerked out of my seat and fell out of the open door as the car picked up speed going backwards with my foot stuck.

I was hanging upside down going backwards up to 15-20 miles an hour going down the hill behind my house.  I was then smashed into my neighbor’s metal fence where my right leg was basically torn from the knee to the groin in pieces to the bone.  As the car continued backwards, my leg was wrenched free, where the front of the SUV then drove over my pelvis, basically splitting my body in half.  It broke it straight through from front to back and crushed part of the right side.  

The last thing that I remember was the paramedics.  I don’t remember anything at all for the next 6 days while I was in ICU.  I have been through 7 operations, all within 10 days.  They told me I went through 3 separate operations the first day for a total of 12 1/2 hours to keep me alive. 

I spent almost 30 days in the hospital and am home now. God must have other plans for me because I am still here and was told that I departed 3 times the first week.

I am currently confined to a hospital bed in my home and a wheelchair. 

The good news:  I’m alive, though I wasn’t when I arrived at the hospital (so I’m told), I am not paralyzed (though they weren’t sure the first few days), I will walk again in another 2-3 months.

I truly feel blessed about all the things that I have just stated and I can run my business from my hospital bed, a phone and the internet.

I have a family that cares deeply about me and helps me to do what I used to take for granted.  It has been said to me that something like this and all the stress that it brings either rips your family apart or brings them closer together.  I am happy to say that through all of what we have been through, we remain strong, stronger than before the accident.

Love your family and be thankful for what you have, you never know when it can be gone.

Hi,

I'm looking for some help in figuring out the top 50 real estate markets by county for appreciation from 2001-2007.  If anyone has any ideas on where to find this information, I would be greatly appreciated.

I'd like to find some kind of chart that tells the county that they were located in as well as the % that they went up.  I would also like it broken down by the year.

I'm not sure if anything exists that fall in those parameters,  however, anything helps.  

Hi,

I’ve written about a few things over time, mostly relating to things involving real estate, however, this time, I’d like to write about something that affects us all… Debt. 

Credit Card Debt.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been smothered lately by the mounting credit card debt that I’ve had to take on because of the difficulty of making enough money in this economy to properly support my family and myself.

I’m not particularly proud of this fact, however, it is, what it is. The reason that I am writing about this is because I, myself have had to do something about it.  I could no longer continue on the path that I’ve been on, making minimum monthly payments and getting absolutely nowhere.  You know what I’m talking about, don’t you?

I had to start looking for other answers, and most of the ones that I found were not pretty.  I needed something that would not crush my credit score, yet give me much needed relief.

I found it in something called Debt Resolution.  Debt Resolution is designed to help you eliminate your unsecured debt in 3 years or less with minimum harm to your credit score than other solutions.

The company that I’m dealing with is run by a former Attorney General from California and has been an attorney for over 30 years!  They have a 100% success rate.  Let me say it again. 100% success rate!

I heard about this company from a friend of mine who is currently finishing with them and will be completely debt-free in 6 more months.  6 months and totally debt-free!  I had to look into for myself.

You know what?  It works.  I’m on the plan and am happy.  Now, if you have great credit, then this is NOT for you.  If you have a few challenges like I do, well then…

In future posts, I will be writing a lot about credit and credit card debt because it affects us all.

If you would like to find out more, go to www.HammerOutDebt.com and see what it’s about.

I welcome your comments.

Hi Everyone,

There has been a lot of talk in the past about marketing property online through what is known as Syndicate Sites.  These are companies that allow you, the user, to create an online flyer once and put it out to many websites.

I'm looking for input as to who you feel is the best and why.  It could be from the ease of use for the creation of the flyer, the amount of sites it allows you to post to, the information fields on the flyer itself, etc.

Your input and comments are greatly appreciated as I am an investor who is very active in the Charlotte market and doing a brisk business.  I am finding it not as difficult in obtaining properties as I am in getting them occupied either through Owner Financing or Rent to Own.  I am looking to use an online marketing site or system and am looking for help.

Thank you. 

Hi Everyone,

I'm doing some research for a project that may help all of you out there in Active Rain Land.  Maybe you can help me.  I am looking for answers to the following or where to get these answers.

Does anyone know:

1. The number of FSBO's per average for a month, year.  Last 2 years, this year and next 5 years

2. The number of Property Managers in the U.S.

3. The number of Mortgage Brokers in the U.S.

4. How much does a Realtor spend on internet marketing on average per month, per year.

5. How much do Homeowners spend on internet marketing to sell their home on their own.

Please supply where source of information came from.

Any help in finding this information would be greatly appreciated.  Comments are welcome.

Is anyone seeing a difference in offering a property Rent to Own or Owner Finance as opposed to traditionally selling a property and the buyer getting a mortgage?

I, for one, have found that many people do not have the 3% down payment that is required for a Rent to Own or the 10% to get Owner Financing.  I would like to hear from others about their thoughts on this subject.