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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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2013 

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It's a place where this great life, amidst the homes that make it so, is overseen by a worthy steward who calls himself Sam Miller.     Sam is the top selling agent in Knox County / Mount Vernon, Ohio, and he has been for the past 20 years.   That fact alone speaks volumes about his integrity, hi...
10/23/2013
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The great 20th century philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell once said, “There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”   In a way, the same thing can be said of the great Gabe Sanders. I enjoy reading the things Gabe has to say...
10/23/2013
Georgia Real Estate Investment Company and Owner Plead Guilty to Conspiracies to Rig Bids and Commit Mail Fraud for the Purchase of Real Estate at Public Foreclosure Auctions First Charges Filed in Georgia Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions Investigation U.S. Department of Justice October 22, 2013...
10/23/2013
  Stardate Nov.9, 2012 Hilton Memphis Star Trek's Klingon Warrior Frank Chin & Me At the Piano singing "Let It Snow" by Sammy Cahn & Jules Styne. Filmed in Hi8mm note: the camera man recorded the date as 2013 instead of 2012 kplah ! Have a Good Laugh ! :-) -David-  
10/22/2013
Four Additional People Indicted in Federal Court for Participating in Nationwide Timeshare Telemarketing Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office October 18, 2013 Eastern District of Wisconsin (414) 297-1700 United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that ...
10/22/2013
Former Modesto Real Estate Broker Pleads Guilty in $7 Million Mortgage Fraud Scam U.S. Attorney’s Office October 21, 2013 Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700 FRESNO, CA—James Lee Lankford, 74, formerly a Modesto-based real estate broker, pleaded guilty today to seven counts of mail fra...
10/22/2013
2014 Tax Season to Start Later Following Government Closure; IRS Sees Heavy Demand As Operations Resume WASHINGTON–The Internal Revenue Service today announced a delay of approximately one to two weeks to the start of the 2014 filing season to allow adequate time to program and test tax processin...
10/22/2013
For All the Gals In Active Rain Plus One From the Great Bing Crosby A Toe-Tapper From 1933 "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking ? " Have a Wonderful Day Ahead ! -David-  
10/22/2013
Georgia Resident Indicted on Cross-Burning Charges U.S. Attorney’s Office October 18, 2013 Southern District of Georgia (912) 652-4422 SAVANNAH, GA—Gene Hoyt Vandiver, 34, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, was indicted earlier this month by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah on charges related to...
10/21/2013
Operator of $2.5 Million Sacramento Ponzi Scheme Convicted by Jury U.S. Attorney’s Office October 18, 2013 Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700 SACRAMENTO, CA—On Thursday, after a three-day trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against James G. Berghius, 41, of Sacramento, con...
10/20/2013
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