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2009
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AUCTION DEPOSITS AT RISK We received a call from a home buyer seeking advice. The caller was the purchaser of a large home offered in a recent REO auction. He was the high bidder at $500,000+ for the home and the 5% deposit was $25,000+. The written terms of the auction included the wording "Plea...
03/26/2009
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INTERNET EXPLORER 8 AND TOP PRODUCER 7i You can install the new Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8 at this website: http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 We installed the IE 8 browser on our older computers and everything worked without any problem. However, when we installed the browser on a...
03/26/2009
US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Military base closing and realignments can cause reductions in residential real estate values in the impacted areas. The federal government will cover 95% of the loss to military families forced by deployment or other eligible circumstances t...
03/25/2009
AGENTS SHOULD NOT SHARE FEES WITH HUD APPROVED COUNSELING AGENCIES Some agents have worked hard to assist short sale sellers only to find that if they referred the clients to HUD approved housing counseling agencies, the agencies asked for a portion of the real estate commission. This has created...
03/25/2009
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REPLACEMENT TREES TO BE PLANTED IN KENTLANDS As Kentlands residents, we are glad to know about efforts to replace trees that have been removed. There is a pocket park on Otis Mews behind our home where trees have been removed in past years but never replaced. If you have specific request for repl...
03/24/2009
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FUNDING GRADUATE STUDIES In tight job markets, the trend for many young graduates is to seek advanced degrees in graduate schools. These students are joined by many professionals, including thousands of surplus real estate agents, that are considering career changes. A recent article in the Wall ...
03/24/2009
