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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 !

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2012 

                                                         #1505 A judgement lien will always take a priority over a property tax lien regardless of how much time has passed since the judgement lien was recorded. Is this true or false ? Take your time. The solution  is posted below the wildlife pho...
01/29/2012
                                                         #1504 A type of document, which is recorded, which informs persons interested in buying a property that the property could possibly become liable to a judgement issued against it in a lawsuit. This document is known as a writ of attachment ...
01/29/2012
                                                    #1503 A judge ruled in a pending lawsuit that a lien is to be placed on the defendant's home which will place a hold on the property as security if a judgement is ruled against the homeowner. The court's action is commonly referred to as a presc...
01/29/2012
                                                         #1502 Andrew has actually constructed an easement over Tanya's property. If Andrew buys Tanya's property next month the easement will continue to exist. Is this true or false ? Take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo...
01/29/2012
                                                         #1501 If a balcony in an apartment structure hangs over a boundary line which was created to delineate the boundary line of the property this would be called an appurtenant easement. Is this true of false ? Take your time the solution is po...
01/29/2012
"What good is a license without work", some real estate professionals may ask ? Forgive me for not being Stefan Swanepoel, although his prediction about too many agents entering the business in 2006 was right. Getting listings is easy for some and a pain in the neck for others. Working with the ...
01/29/2012
01/28/2012
Lyme, Connecticut Man Admits Defrauding Investors of $1.9 Million U.S. Attorney’s Office January 27, 2012 District of Connecticut (203) 821-3700 NEW HAVEN, CT—Christopher Plummer, 50, of Lyme, Conn., pleaded guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport, Conn...
01/27/2012
Federal Judge Sentences Birmingham Man to Five Years in Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office January 27, 2012 Northern District of Alabama (205) 244-2001   BIRMINGHAM—A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Birmingham man to five years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme in ...
01/27/2012
Loan Officer and Title Agent Admit Kickback Scheme Daniel Douglas Boler, 42, Maple Grove, Minnesota, and Susanne Eileen Mathis, 42, Minnetonka, Minnesota, the owner of a mortgage brokerage and the owner of a title closing company, pleaded guilty in federal court in St. Paul, Minnessota, to their ...
01/25/2012
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