by Think Realty Radio In real estate, notes are used in lieu of using a bank. You buy a piece of property using owner-financing, making the seller play the role a bank normally would. When done correctly, cutting out the middleman and purchasing real estate with notes can increase efficiency and facilitate money-saving win-win situations …
Rich people in blue states have been claiming residency in low tax states for years. Some actually moved, while some just pretended to—and that’s where state tax auditors come in. Officials in places such as California and New York don’t make it easy for the rich to say goodbye, with investigators who dig deep, forcing …
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Here’s a new proposition from a company that markets single-family rental homes to mom-and-pop investors: Want to buy a tenth of a house? Roofstock is pitching a chance for those interested in the asset class to start small. The company will buy a home and put it in a trust, then sell stakes for as little …
The following are the top 20 counties with the most foreclosure starts, as of January 2019: Cook, Illinois Harris, Texas Maricopa, Ariz. Los Angeles, Calif. Suffolk, N.Y. Broward, Fla. Miami-Dade, Fla. Baltimore City, Md. Prince George’s County, Md. Philadelphia, Pa. Riverside, Calif. Clark, Nev. Cuyahoga, Ohio San Bernardino, Calif. Palm Beach, Fla. Duval, Fla. San …
by Dan Harkey There are different methods of establishing real estate opinion of value: a real estate sales agent may assist the seller to establish a listing price based on a comparative market analysis (CMA) and should be established from objective data, which may include closed sales, pending sales and available listings. The Realtor must …
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A discerning eye saved a group of Philadelphia real estate investors from a near tragedy when touring a property. One more step down a booby-trapped stairway inside the home could have left a member of their team critically injured. Ekrem Uysaler told the media that he and his investor team were looking at a property …
If they are behind on their car payments, they are probably or soon will be behind on their house payments: “A record 7 million Americans are 90 days or more behind on their auto loan payments, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday, even more than during the wake of the financial crisis. …
The Federal Trade Commission said Friday it has filed a lawsuit against 10 New York and North Carolina companies and six individuals for allegedly defrauding consumers out of millions of dollars by collecting money they didn’t owe. The agency asked a federal court in North Carolina to temporarily freeze the assets of the Global Asset Financial …
Landlord shot three times in the back by his own tenant According to charges, Manuel Velasquez) gunned down 40-year-old real estate agent and landlord David Stokoe in cold blood as the agent attempted to collect rent on one of his properties. Police allege Velasquez shot Stokoe multiple times in the back and then stuffed his lifeless body into a hidden …
Lenders wrote $34 billion worth of unconventional mortgages in the first three quarters of last year – up 24 percent from the corresponding months of 2017, reports Inside Mortgage Finance. The loans – which may be outsized relative to a borrower’s income, structured as interest-only, or last longer than 30 years – don’t qualify for …
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