If I were about to get deeded a property that had a Federal or State Lien the county calls me to see if I still want the property.

Keep working hard, save money.Upen Patel, Mortgage BankerNational Lender, Federal NMLS# 1374243

The FHA identifies the following benefits: Low cost -- FHA-insured loans have competitive interest rates because the federal government insures the loans for lenders.Smaller down payment -- FHA-insured loans have a low 3.5% down payment and the money can come from a family member, employer or charitable organization as a gift.Easier qualification -- Because FHA insures your mortgage, lenders may be more willing to give you loan terms that make it easier for you to qualify.Less than perfect credit -- You don't have to have perfect credit to get an FHA-insured mortgage.

Olmsted and this guy just transferred all his personal assets to an LLC with no business purpose, and it still took the full legal force of the Federal government to crack it.  

The Commission exempt intermediaries that are actively involved in the discussions, negotiations and structuring, as well as the solicitation of prospective investors, for private financings on a regular basis from broker registration at the federal level, conditioned upon registration as a broker under State law. 3.

...My credit union (Navy Federal) is a portfolio lender BUT dealing with them can be a bit frustrating , in the end it'll be worth it ,I bought a fixer upper for 15k ,put 20k into it ,my hard money lender already gave it a 63k ARV ,we all know how HML can be ultra conservative for obvious reasons,but I went to Navy Fed to refi out ,they came in with a value of 14k ?     

Other agencies sell items that were forfeited because of nonpayment of federal income taxes.

Also, I asked my insurance broker and she said she couldn't really tell me about future impacts because it is a federally managed program...please help

Also understand that many of these Texas investors are also dealing with an ethnic slice of the population who are generally unaware of federal financing guidelines.

Bill - Can you point us to some references on statutes (either Federal or State) that deal with "predatory dealing"?