I started by explaining in Everybody put your heads down on your desk… how we got to this ugly spot in the road where we see the paths of:

Government intervention in loans

or

A rush of foreclosures

In this installment, I’m going to outline the case for why it is the wrong thing for the government to do. [...]

This entry will have two distinct parts.

Part I

If you are a seller, or thinking about selling because you are in financial trouble, STOP. Examine what you are doing and why. Examine all of your options. Talk to a credit counselor, like CCCS in Atlanta (no experience with them personally, but Clark howard said…). [...]

Real Estate Investing 301

Advanced strategies

In Real Estate Investing 101, Part I we covered buying a house to resell for a short term profit, while minimizing risk and making it happen fast. We delved further into flipping in Real Estate Investing 201. In Real Estate Investing 101, Part II we covered buying and holding property for [...]

This should be one of the keystone and defining issues for the NAR. I know that the NAR and some of the state associations are working (too) quietly to curb governmental abuses of the Power of Eminent Domain.

If you are unfamiliar with Eminent Domain, it is the power that governments of various levels have [...]

I had a new experience today. Not that I am new to real estate, but I just hadn’t had the occasion to hang out for one of these. I attended an eviction. The clean-out crew, locksmith and Sheriff’s Deputy we all scheduled to arrive at 1:00. I got there a few minutes [...]