If you originate or purchase a mortgage, you may have to follow certain requirements under Dodd-Frank. “The term ‘qualified mortgage’ was first used within the text of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which became federal law on July 21, 2010. The Dodd-Frank Act provided a general definition (essentially an outline) of …
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by SETH WILLIAMS As a land investor, my real estate investing activity was a bit different from most real estate investors, and I remembered hearing from a number of other land investors at the time that Dodd-Frank simply didn’t apply to vacant land transactions. After reading up on it myself, I found much of the same thing. …
The ten states shown to have the most foreclosures for the second quarter of 2016 consisted of Massachusetts, Ohio, Connecticut, South Carolina, Illinois, Florida, Nevada, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware. Here is a break-down of what the foreclosure rates look like in these states for Q2 according to a report from Credit.com: http://www.dsnews.com/daily-dose/08-11-2016/top-10-states-foreclosures-q2
Sept. 1, 2016 — 90 days past due mortgages dropped 21.3% in the past 12 months. Foreclosure inventory at the end of June is at its lowest point since August 2007. Affordable housing availability is behind demand. This and more leads to sustained rental demand for SFRs, rising rents and increased equity for investors in …
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By Franklin Sanders, the-moneychanger.com Sometimes laymen who study the law go nearly crazy to learn how crookedly law in the United States has been skewed away from common law rights. Take land ownership. Not a single one of you owns any land, however many titles and deeds you have, because in the US there’s no …
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced a redesign for the standardized form borrowers use to apply for a loan, the first substantial revision in more than two decades. The changes to the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) include simplified terminology and new data fields capturing borrower information in an easier-to-read format, the GSEs said. …
A prohibited transaction can be described as an improper use of your IRA account assets by a disqualified person. The term prohibited transaction in this case applies to retirement plans such as a self-directed IRA, or 401(k). Here are some transactions that would be considered prohibited: a transfer of plan income or assets to, or …
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“Private capital is now absorbing large amounts of mortgage credit risk which was previously supported by the U.S. taxpayer.” — Donald Layton, Freddie Mac CEO Yesterday Freddie Mac announced that it will be concentrating on the single-family asset class for some $650 billion in future loan sales. READ MORE: http://www.dsnews.com/news/06-20-2016/freddie-mac-works-to-involve-private-investors-more
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a mortgagee’s security interest cannot be extinguished by the foreclosure of a homeowner’s association “super lien.” In 2014 the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that a note “super priority lien” held by a homeowners association can extinguish a first deed of trust on a …
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Jack Shea is a highly-respected authority on note investing, options, tax-free exchanges, trusts and self-directed IRAs. He taught at the 2016 Paper Source Note Symposium (the videos are available here: https://cashflowprofitseminars.com/order-cashflow-profits-2016-videos ) Jack operates a 1031 exchange business as well as conducts classes on the details of tax-free sales and purchases. He also has written a …
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