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David Saks is a musician, retired real estate broker, and long-time ActiveRain member. David's blog features important information relevant to the safety, integrity and security of the industry. In addition to his widely read real estate fraud blog, a comprehensive overview of real estate continuing education is a weekly addition for his subscribers and the ActiveRain community at-large. Thank you for subscribing to and for visiting David's ActiveRain home on the internet. Please join. Membership in ActiveRain will enrich your life !

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2008 

                                                       A PUD is a Planned Unit Development. This is a type of subdivision that will allow a developer to exceed the normal zoning density because the developer is willing to set aside a big piece of land for everybody to enjoy. PUD homes and lots, w...
06/14/2008
                                                What in the heck is a split-level house ? Well, these unique homes are basically constructed in such a manner so that they have several levels that are floundered in such a way so that each level is separated from the next level by a smal flight of ...
06/14/2008
                                                      It's been said that the style of a home can affect it's value, it's worth, it's economic status. Does the architecture of a home really have an impact on the market value? As real estate agents, is it important for us to be familiar with the v...
06/14/2008
                                        I got this trash in the mail this afternoon: "Short Sale Training • In &*&*^%$# weekend  June 13th &14th.  Attend One or Both Days    Reserve your seat and watch a professionally produced 3-minute video.  Short Sale Success Secret start making real money in...
06/13/2008
                                       Just in case of an audit, or the need to keep track of documents, here's a short list of stuff you need to keep in the transaction file to stay on the safe side. If you can think of anything else, add it below. We can help each other take charge and keep goo...
06/05/2008
     Interest is a tough concept to grasp for many. Especially the unsophisticated borrower. It doesn't make any difference if your paying the interest or receiving it, it's still tough for some to understand what interest is. Interest is plain and simply a fee you pay to "rent the money" you bor...
06/03/2008
                                              Aerial View of CERN and the Particle Accelerator                        It really hasn't been around for long, although it seems like forever, and for some, well, they can't live without it. It's the World Wide Web, Cyberspace, the Internet. It's come...
06/02/2008
                                        I'm constantly being spammed by shysters wanting to sell me a 150 dollar plus short sale tutorial online, or a thousand dollar weekend seminar on short sales. I want to cram those stupid emails back in their inboxes. So hang on my friends: here's the answer...
06/01/2008
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                                                                                 Slugs are creepy. They're covered with slime, sticky, gooey, vile, slippery and real ugly. When you place you dog or cat food outside, the bowls become a target for slugs, especially in warm weather; big slugs, litt...
06/01/2008
                                            If you don't pay your property taxes the city or county government can take your house away from you. Most of us know that simple bit of information to be true and if you don't believe me, head over to the courthouse and ask the clerk to show you how ma...
05/31/2008
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