RECENT BLOG POSTS
1
Comments
Illnesses Afflict Homes With a Criminal Past http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/us/14meth.html?_r=2&hp I'd say that this is a pretty important article if picked up by additional news sources: ‘Meth lab home problem’ sickens new owners http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31901354/ns/us_news-the_new_york_ti...
07/14/2009
2
Comments
This is not the first time I've posted regarding reverse mortgages; and it looks like I'm not the only one who's been envisioning nightmares regarding these things. I wonder just how many individuals in the mortgage business would arbitrarily recommend reverse mortgages to their own family member...
06/30/2009
3
Comments
Call me whatever you'd like, but you won't change my attitude towards reverse mortgages. Every time I see an article regarding them thar things, I stop and read it and what I seem to be reading MORE of is all the caveat emptor stuff rather than whatever good that might come out of one. Frankly, a...
06/08/2009
3
Comments
Widgets and Blidgets appear to be grabbing a fair amount of interest nowadays, so I thought I'd experiment a little, myself...... Anyway, after a simple sign-up session I was well on my way to developing one. I chose the blidget route and low and behold, pretty soon there it was: my own little b...
06/08/2009
5
Comments
For those interested in chronology and timetables, something that was recently brought to my attention is this little bit of information: At five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM on the8th of July this year, the time and date will be04:05:06 07/08/09 Thought I'd pass it on. This will never happ...
05/06/2009
4
Comments
Just last week, I presented an offer of $152,000 on a short sale home that was listed at $150,000. The listing description indicated that there was a pending sale but that the listing office was requesting backup offers. The pending purchaser was needing financing - my buyer is an investor who wo...
05/06/2009
What with the recent posting regarding REOs and Short Sales, I thought I would take the liberty and re-post an earlier message of mine for those that might be new to Active Rain and for those who might not have read it the first time around. Excuse me for possibly appearing to be conceipted, but ...
04/19/2009
2
Comments
I haven't posted for a while, but I surely want to throw my 2c in regarding my sentiments towards the missfits and fanatics of Wall St. Today we learn that Wall St. has jeered the Obama budget plan....a plan that is heartily attempting to help bail our nation out of its worst economic mess since...
02/26/2009
5
Comments
The following is a copy of an e-mail I received this morning: ====================================== Here is a quick look into 3 former Fannie Mae executives who have brought down Wall Street. Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire f...
10/02/2008
11
Comments
"The oil market is selling off because the early indications show Ike didn't do as much damage as feared," said Chris Jarvis, senior analyst at Caprock Risk Management." In fact, oil was as low as $98.46 a barrel today -- the lowest since February 26th -- during a special trading session set up t...
09/14/2008