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2010
I received an email yesterday from one of my short sale sellers who had closed an Elk Grove short sale on October 30th and bought a new home on December 30th, 2009. This was before FHA issued its new guidelines. The new FHA guidelines this year say FHA will approve a loan for a seller who sold on...
03/15/2010
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Interest rates were stable this week, and are still excellent! Below are some rates for the week end. These rates are typical for the PURCHASE borrower will excellent credit and a sizable down payment, exclusive of FHA for the down payment. Take a look at FHA 5/1 ARM rates below, as those rates a...
03/14/2010
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Harry went out to dinner with his friends Larry, Barry, and Gary. Harry sat across from Gary. At Gary's right, opposite Barry, sat Larry. When the waiter came for their orders, Larry and Barry ordered steak. Gary chose fish, and Harry (who likes to be difficult) ordered like this: "Unless the man...
03/14/2010
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I've been an avid tennis player for over 25 years. Played varsity in high school and also played NCAA Collegiate tennis at my university. Although this wasn't half as bad as the Serena Williams episode (don't get me going that), this is just another illustration of sports celebrities thinking th...
03/14/2010
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Just about everyone that knows me knows that I am an extremely patient person. People always tell me that I'm "low-key". So in general I'm usually on an even keel most of the time. But the past few days have been very weird for some reason. I'm not sure why, but it seems that any little thing t...
03/12/2010
We were paying about $130 a month from Time Warner for cable TV, high speed internet and a phone line with unlimited calls to Canada. It just made me sick to be paying that much money each month. So I researched the issue quite a bit and got quite a few quotes from many different providers. At fi...
03/12/2010
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I just joined a local chapter of TeamNetwork. I've been planning on becoming a referral network member for a couple of years now and finally an oppportunity came up that I took advantage of. The group seems very cool and I'm looking forwarding to it. There is a membership fee, but at the first me...
03/11/2010
I was just reading online this morning about the death of yet another celebrity (Cory Haim) from what appears to be related to a substance abuse problem. I think I have just about had it with this! I do not blame the users of the drugs half as much as the pushers of the drugs. People who are sup...
03/10/2010
Cute, clean 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom top story, single level condo for sale with nice galley kitchen. Nice floorplan - each bedroom with it's own bathroom on opposite sides of the unit. Great view from living room balcony of downtown West Hollywood / Century City. Prime area in a wonderful, well mai...
03/09/2010
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I've been banking with Bank of America for over 20 years, and I just hate them. If I blink an eyelash, there's a fee for that. And it seems they have absolutely no regard for the fact that I've had my personal and business accounts with them for so long. I started reading up about credit unions a...
03/07/2010
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