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Real Estate Investor, Beware

Thank you for revisiting you can still subscribe to my RSS feed. As Always Thank You for visiting!var sp_key = ‘ja3yiohg8000ccsc’; The IRS made changes to the tax that will affect 2007 tax returns if the … Continue reading

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$8000 Tax Credit For First Time Home Buyers Expires Soon

Image via WikipediaDid you know that the $8000 tax credit expires 11/30/2009?  That means there are only 131 shopping days remaining.  The reason the number of days is significant is that the buyer do not have to pay the $8000 tax … Continue reading

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Indiana Property Tax Appeal

var sp_key = ‘ja3yiohg8000ccsc’;On or before May 10 of the year that you feel that you received an unfair tax assessment, you will need to file a written appeal.  Once the assessor gets notice that a … Continue reading

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Buying American Will Help Keep Jobs

The towns of Schererville, Hammond, Crown Point, Cedar Lake, and St. John have pledged to buy American products when possible. If you are a resident of any of the towns above pat your town officials on the back in their … Continue reading

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Is a Short Sale The Answer?

There is a Formula to Whether Your Short Sale will be Approved I have fifteen short sales that I am working on of those fifteen all of the lenders are stating that they need to net a certain amount.  I … Continue reading

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Land Trust is a Good Option for Investors in This Market

There was a great post at www.whataboutloans.com on the advantages of a land trust.  The post goes on to list advantages to the land trust to include: ease of control ease of transfer privacy of ownership The article further defines … Continue reading

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What is a Land Trust?

Changes to Fannie Mae’s Financing Criteria Affect Investors Recent changes to Fannie Mae’s financing criteria have created a need for investors to reconsider how they take ownership of their new investor property.   Those changes are affecting investors who finance the … Continue reading

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Is Your State Doing Its Share to Help in This Housing Crisis?

For the state of Indiana, I would have to say that is a resounding, NO.   For the state of Illinois, I found the answer to be YES.   I found it interesting that the housing crisis is affecting all … Continue reading

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