short sales education: Attn: Colorado Real Estate Professionals: Foreclosure 2 CE Hours & Short Sale 2 CE Hours Classes @ DMAR North - 02/02/13 02:26 AM
Distressed Property: Understanding how to operate in the new norm @ DMAR
Denver Metro Association of REALTORS®

February 12, 2013, Colorado Foreclosures, 10am-12pm and Short Sales, 1pm-3pm
Still need to understand how Foreclosures and Short Sales work? These classes are designed to walk you through the process so that you understand all phases of the processes. Learn the five stages of foreclosures and what to expect when working with Short Sales.
Taught by James Browning MRE, broker/owner of the Browning Group LLC and author of six (6) courses (REOCertified®, ShortSaleCertified®, Valuation/BOV Retail & Multi-Family Assets) related to the valuation … (0 comments)

short sales education: Attn: Colorado Real Estate Professionals: Foreclosure 2 CE Hours & Short Sale 2 CE Hours Classes @ DMAR North - 02/02/13 02:26 AM
Distressed Property: Understanding how to operate in the new norm @ DMAR
Denver Metro Association of REALTORS®

February 12, 2013, Colorado Foreclosures, 10am-12pm and Short Sales, 1pm-3pm
Still need to understand how Foreclosures and Short Sales work? These classes are designed to walk you through the process so that you understand all phases of the processes. Learn the five stages of foreclosures and what to expect when working with Short Sales.
Taught by James Browning MRE, broker/owner of the Browning Group LLC and author of six (6) courses (REOCertified®, ShortSaleCertified®, Valuation/BOV Retail & Multi-Family Assets) related to the valuation … (0 comments)

short sales education: $41 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME AND TAX SCAM - 11/27/12 03:07 PM
 
VIRGINIA BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR
$41 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME AND TAX SCAM
Fraud Scheme Contributed to the Failure of Bank of the Commonwealth

WASHINGTON, DC - George P. Hranowskyj, 47, of Chesapeake, Va., was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for carrying out elaborate and sophisticated fraud schemes that contributed to the failure of the Bank of the Commonwealth and defrauded investors and the government of millions of dollars.
 
Christy Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP); Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern … (1 comments)

short sales education: Special Series: Industry Weighs in on the Shadow Inventory Debate - 11/02/12 02:51 AM
 
 
Special Series: Industry Weighs in on the Shadow Inventory Debate
11/01/2012 By: Andy Beth Miller
 
After raising the question of how the election might impact the housing market’s shadow inventory, it was obvious to see we had touched on a key issue near and dear to many voters’ hearts, minds, and wallets. Responses to the initial installment of our special election series poured in, and while we can only share some of the reactions here, we’d like to thank all of you who took the time to put your perspectives into words and join in the … (0 comments)

short sales education: ShortSaleCertified Topic Fitch Forecasts Continued Improvements for Housing - 10/17/12 02:11 PM
 
Fitch Forecasts Continued Improvements for Housing
By: Esther Cho
Fitch Ratings is predicting a continued recovery into 2012, according to a recent report titled U.S. Homebuilding and Construction: The Chalk Line.
A slowly growing economy combined with “somewhat diminished distressed home sales competition, less competitive rental cost alternatives, and new home inventories at historically low levels” led the ratings agency to predict growth for housing starts and home sales into 2012, with further moderate improvements into 2013.

In the report, Fitch said it expects single-family housing starts to improve 19 percent and new home sales should … (0 comments)

short sales education: VIRGINIA DEVELOPER AND RESTAURATEUR PLEADS GUILTY TO, REO Institutes Topic - 08/27/12 06:02 AM
 
VIRGINIA DEVELOPER AND RESTAURATEUR PLEADS GUILTY TO
MASSIVE BANK FRAUD
 
WASHINGTON, DC - Thomas E. Arney, 56, of Chesapeake, Va., pled guilty on Friday to engaging in a massive bank fraud scheme that contributed to the failure of the Bank of the Commonwealth.
 
Christy L. Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP); Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; John Boles, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Norfolk Field Office; Rick A. Raven, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation's Washington, D.C., Field … (0 comments)