The Obama administration secretly funneled billions of dollars to left-wing organizations through a mortgage slush fund scheme, congressional investigators have discovered. “Advocates for big government and progressive power are using the Justice Department to extort money from corporations,” Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton said. “It’s a shakedown. It’s corrupt, pure and simple.” When big banks are …

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Thanks to DJ Scholl (www.notebuyer.com) for this article. By Peter Christensen Some appraisers are now being targeted in lawsuits by an entity named “Mutual First, LLC.” It has filed about 40 lawsuits within the last year — 17 within the last two weeks. Mutual First is not a bank, credit union or any kind of regular …

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This happened years ago, but I’ve never forgotten it and cite it often in articles and in teaching.  Be careful of making reverse mortgages! PARIS, Dec. 28— Andre-Francois Raffray thought he had a great deal 30 years ago: He would pay a 90-year-old woman 2,500 francs (about $500) a month until she died, then move …

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Richard Cordray, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), complained about “character assassination” after being asked about his private text messages during a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. An exclusive report in the Daily Caller in January exposed Richard Cordray’s possibly illegal use of a private device to communicate about official business. …

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The housing crisis may also have sparked the increase in student loan default rates, according to a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research.  The study says the drop in home prices during the Great Recession also coincided with a 24 to 32 percent rise in student loan default rates. Researchers looked at …

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by Amy Y. Wan So, you want to start a real estate crowdfunding (RECF) platform. This article is intended to serve as a basic guide. 1)     Decide on what you want to do There are many different types of crowdfunding platforms. You need to first make some business decisions as to what kind of platform you …

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A few of the recession’s hardest-hit housing markets have suddenly some of the healthiest. Tampa, Florida, which lost thousands of homes to foreclosure in the past decade, now takes the title of the nation’s healthiest housing market, at least according to TenX, a real-estate auction and analytics company. It rated locations based on a number …

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With a limited number of property listings amid solid demand, sellers have little reason to reduce asking prices. From December through February, less than four months’ supply of existing houses were on the market, compared with a post-recession high of about 12 months’ worth in mid-2010, according to the National Association of Realtors. Yes, interested sellers …

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By Michael Taylor Last fall I learned…that a 50-acre parcel of which I am a part-owner has a planned “major thoroughfare” running through the middle of it. My agent sent me the city parcel map, and yup, there’s a bright yellow line cutting right through our property. As owners we can’t build on that. Any …

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Do you want to learn how to create high yield notes (who doesn’t)?  Then join the podcast with Bob Zachmeier, president of NoteCarry.com this Thurs., March 23. 5 p.m. Pacific Time 6 p.m. Mountain 7 p.m. Central 8 p.m. Eastern To hear it LIVE and be able to ask questions, when it starts in your time zone call 712-770-4160.  Enter the …

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