Distressed Properties Up Close: The Phoenix Tour
Posted on April 29th, 2011
Investors with the foresight to recognize prime “Buy!” opportunities should be poised to quickly take advantage of this bottomed-out market. Conditions are perfect to generate historical profits for someone in the near future and we hope it’s you.
Then it’s back to The Ritz’s private banquet room for a debriefing on exactly how you can profit from the deals. We’ll break for a short time, reconvening for dinner later in the evening. Fill the peaceful moments before sleep overtakes you that night reflecting on how few opportunities a property investor has to be a true bottom feeder. Jason consi
Emergency Loans For Homeowners In Trouble
Posted on April 26th, 2011
Connecticut homeowners facing foreclosure because of unemployment or medical bills may get to tap into $33 million in interest-free loans intended to keep distressed borrowers in their homes.
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and CHFA-approved counseling agencies are now accepting applications for the federal Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program, created by the financial services reform legislation approved by Congress last year.
The loans — up to $50,000 per household — don’t have to be repaid as long as the borrowers’ homes remain primary residences for five years and the borrowers make mortgage payments on time during that same period.
To qualify for the program, homeowners must be at least 90 days delinquent on their mortgage payments, meet income thresholds and have suffered a significant reduction in income.
There also must be a reasonable likelihood that the borrower will be able to resume paying their mortgage and other housing expenses within two years.
The funds are part of $1 billion set aside for the U.S. Dep
What Darwin Didn’t Know
Posted on April 25th, 2011
As is customary on every 10th episode, Jason Hartman, your host, takes on a non-financial topic as he talks with Dr. Geoffrey Simmons, a physician who is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Disaster Medicine. He has a B.S. in Zoology and has completed the course work for a Masters degree in Microbiology.
“A well-researched and open-minded analyses.” — Stephen Meyer, PhD, Dir. of the Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute
“You’ve posed all those “break-down complexities” that Darwin worried about, and you’ve done it with flair!” — Jody Sjogren, Illustrator for Icons of Evolution
A wonderful book…clear and accessible to the nonspecialist — John Patrick, M.D., Prof. of the History of Scien
Mortgage Rates: Stuck in Familiar Territory
Posted on April 24th, 2011
Today’s much anticipated high risk event, the FOMC Statement and subsequent press conference, leaves fence-sitters unscathed as no changes in home loan borrowing costs were seen before or after headline news was released. Best Execution 30-year fixed mortgage rates are the same as they were yesterday. Those who locked ahead of the event didn’t “miss out” on additional gains. Those who’ve been more inclined to float received no reward for doing so…
CENTURY 21 M&M Won BIG at the 2011 International Convention
Posted on April 24th, 2011
On March 21st of 2011, CENTURY 21 agents from all over the world gathered together for a 40th birthday party and the International Convention. Full article…
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