A move that, some say, led to other lenders lowering their standards to compete.A little-known fact is that the original whistleblower at Countrywide Financial, the man whose suit sparked an investigation that culminated in a one billion dollar settlement between BOA and the Department of Justice, is a real estate appraiser named Kyle Lagow.

Incorporating a small focused marketing effort into my investigation is a great suggestion!

I am sorry if it seemed like I may have mislead you, but to me, this is just like starting out fresh again.

all,i think we still have to terminate today to get our 2,000 earnest money back b/ today is the end of the financing period - we've been under contract for over 5 wees, and they already extended the financing contingency twice...but yes, we could start fresh and keep trying....i think we have some time b/c I don't think a cash investor is going to offer 62 cash and no one can get a loan, and it may take awhile for the bank to lower to a 40-50k cash offer, which even that we can't compete with really (well, we could take more out of our 401k but then it shoots our monthly payment up b/c it's only a 5 year loan... and like i said, i just don't feel right getting a home equity loan/line of credit on our primary)...ok, talking in circles enjoy the live show!!

Louis and Kansas City dealing in securities and the opinion of an FBI Special Agent who investigated financial fraud agreed, BUT, with all the assurances I ever got, there was never a guarantee, that one could not make a claim, as they certainly can.

Paul Falbo: Thanks a lot for the reply and for opening up avenues that I have to further investigate.

I am one of those fresh out of the gate real estate investors.

That I'm assuming would be more money than it is really worth, but you'd need to investigate yourself to find out what exactly it would cost.

I skimmed through the first 20 pages pretty quickly and decided I'd do some more investigation later.

But it is a good tool for figuring out if an area is in the ballpark enough to investigate more thoroughly.