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Oct 03, 2006Feb 06, 2024 Joshua Dorkin

Foreclosures, Census Data, and Tough Times for Real Estate Agents

It looks like pending foreclosures from adjustable rate mortgages are affecting lower income people more then the rich, explains Al Tompkins at Poynter Online. Tompkins looks at recent stories in…

Sep 29, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

Beware of Real Estate Scammers Rushing You to Sign

In a story released today by USA Today, we learned about a new fraud that had been taking place in Virginia, where investors were tricked into signing documents to purchase…

Sep 21, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

BREAKING NEWS: Pinnacle Development Partners LLC Under Investigation

Buy investment properties and sell within 60 days for a quick profit. $5K min. inv. 25% return w/n 60 days. Look familiar?? Atlanta based Pinnacle Development Partners, LLC is currently…

Sep 17, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

BiggerPockets.com Turns 3,000!

That’s right! We’ve just turned the 3,000th person into a member of our wonderful Real Estate Investing Forums! We just want to thank everyone who helps to support this site.…

Sep 16, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

Successful Real Estate Blogging Follow Up: St.Paul Real Estate Blog

Teresa Boardman, creator of the St. Paul Real Estate Blog, recently commented on our post Using Blogs to Build Your Real Estate Related Business, saying how she loves what her…

Sep 14, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

Using Blogs to Build Your Real Estate Related Business

Blogs can be very effective communication tools for people in all areas of real estate. Real Estate Agents, Lenders, Investors and other professionals in this field can all benefit from…

Sep 13, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

Senate Hearing: The Housing Bubble and its Implications for the Economy

The Senate Banking Committee will be conducting a hearing today called “The Housing Bubble and its Implications for the Economy,” where lawmakers will question how the housing bubble might negatively…

Sep 12, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

New York Times Blog “The Walk Through” Shuts Down

After recently launching two new real estate pages to their site, Great Homes and The Home Finance Center, the New York Times announced yesterday that they would no longer be…

Sep 11, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

The Top Housing Bubble Blogs

June 24, 2010 Update: We went through and cleaned out the dead and inactive bubble blogs on the list, and only 7 of the top housing bubble blogs remain. Clearly,…

Sep 03, 2006Feb 06, 2024 Joshua Dorkin

Toxic Mortgages, The Map of Misery, and Option ARM Hell

I hate being right sometimes. BusinessWeek’s cover story this week is about Toxic Mortgages; it discusses the problems with Option ARM loans. As I’ve been saying for a few years…

Aug 25, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

Can Internet Behavior Predict the Real Estate Market?

Andy Beal over at WebProNews points to a chart that the Bill Tancer at HitWise constructed that predicts an announcement that existing home sales dropped in July by the National…

Aug 25, 2006Mar 16, 2021 Joshua Dorkin

Disappointment with Prosper.com

Shaun gives us another update about his dealings with Prosper.com, and expresses his disappointment with the lending website. I’ve noticed now that they have added a new feature called “Community…