Category Archives: Real Estate News

Senate Extends Home-Buyer Tax Credit Closing Deadline

The Senate agreed by a 60-37 vote yesterday to extend the Home-Buyer Tax Credit closing deadline by 90 days, from June 30th to September 30th 2010. The operative word being ‘closing’ since this extension does not allow for any new borrowers to take advantage of the very successful tax-credit program and thus does nothing in the [...]

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Indexable IDX Questions

As adoption of indexable IDX’s reaches a certain saturation point by market, does the current innate SEO value diminish, evaporate, or worse?

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Survey Says…Realtors Suck

The following post is simply one non-conformists opinion, albeit a relatively educated one…Its my hope that my words, cutting as they may come across, cause an epiphany for more than a few…
This entire post is based on The California Association of Realtors 2008 Home Seller Survey (released in July 2008, I just happened upon the [...]

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Infectious Hyperbole in The Mortgage Industry

Market bubbles and depressions tend to be more social phenomenon than rooted in fact.
Credit Crunch, Mortgage Meltdown, Sub-Prime Crisis, Alt-A Debacle, Housing Doom, Bursting Bubbles…the cliches are as creative as the financing options that used to permeate the marketplace. But what are the real numbers behind such doomsday hyperbole?
They’re not quite as sexy nor [...]

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How Real Estate Professionals Can Properly Finance Their Business

My last two posts have focused on the importance of incorporating and the resulting tax savings.  I continue here with potential financing options for your corporation.  
The goal is to create separation between your business and personal activities. This separation provides for asset protection and the ability to obtain capital for your business.

The scoring [...]

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