The Creel Deal ®

Seems poor California just can't ever get a break! Earthquakes, fires, heat waves, and foreclosures, all located on some of the most beautiful real estate in the U.S. It Just doesn't seems fair. When I was 21 I moved to Pismo Beach California and had the best time of my life. I grew up in a small...

We speak only of real estate and mortgage in our little corner of the universe, but the ugly truth is, we're merely the epicenter of a national crises. The mortgage debacle, coupled with absurdly high gas prices, has created a financial black hole that's sucking in all money matter around it. Did...

It seems at times that no matter how much society does to help those in need, there will always be the few that don't possess the solid decision making capabilities to survive. Sounds harsh, but after learning of the "Extreme Makeover" home that has had all of the "gifted" equity sucked out of i...

We all know the tale of poor ol' Humpty Dumpty, after all, he had that great fall. Then of course, all the Kings horses, and all the Kings men, couldn't put poor Humpty back together again. With banks total announced losses to date of $400 billion, and bank write-down's just getting started, it w...

The newest scam people are getting is the "update your paypal account" email. It's fairly realistic looking and I have no doubt its worked on a few folks. I know my super-smart colleagues would never fall for this, but I'll put it out there just the same. ----- Original Message ----From: "servic...

Residential sales volume for June 2008 decreased 3% from May 2008 all Sales 2007 (vs. Year-to-date 2007) Residential sales volume: off 57% to $1.3 billion Residential transactions: off 54% with 3,680 Mobile home sales on land: off 65% to $22 million Plexes (2-5 units) sales: off 61% to $21 millio...

Residential sales volume for June 2008 is up 5% from May 2008  All Sales Residential sales volume: off 44% to $1.4 billion Residential transactions: off 41% with 4,704 Mobile home sales on land: off 63% to $38 million Plexes (2-5 units) sales: off 54% to $33 million Land sales: decreased 66% to $...

Residential sales volume for June 2008 increased 16% from May 2008  Year-to-date 2008 (vs. Year-to-date 2007)   Residential sales volume: off 40% to $477 million Residential transactions: off 35% to 1,471 Mobile home sales on land: off 43% to $18 million Plexes (2-5 units) sales: off 69% to $5 mi...

Residential sales volume for June 2008 decreased 6% from May 2008  All Sales Residential sales volume: off 42% to $6 billion Residential transactions: off 42% to 12,006 Mobile home sales on land: off 52% to $19 million Plexes (2-5 units) sales: off 55% to $106 million Land sales: off 67% to $172...

Over the last two years I've become a bit of an expert on the Nigerian 419 Scam as a hobby. The 419 covers everything from rental, lottery, inheritance, to employment scams; all done via emails. Many originate on craigslist.com and occur when you place a rental or sales ad there; others just find...