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15 May 2009 | 2 replies
Her response was they are the government and you can't tell the government what to do - they don't listen.
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23 July 2009 | 22 replies
Check out this bit of socialist propaganda, which is clearly a thinly veiled attempt to promote the government seizing an ever-increasing proportion of our income!
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21 December 2017 | 21 replies
Yes, you should check with your local government authority with any specific questions since laws tend to change.
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16 May 2009 | 0 replies
Since the government is supporting some of the big lenders and possibly indirectly supporting the smaller lenders, the lender can just sit around until the market recovers.
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28 May 2009 | 15 replies
The government propped the economy with cheap/easy to get money and allowed everyone to buy a home and leverage up 40:1.
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8 June 2009 | 33 replies
But its start was way back when people were told by the government that they will take care of them.WE were made strong and powerful by standing on our own two feet and helping others to stand on their own two feet.
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22 May 2009 | 11 replies
All are governed by a little different set of rules.Do you know what foreclosure type your foreclosure is?
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1 June 2009 | 17 replies
I was like, this is the best thing ever. 2 weeks later i reinvested 5,000 of it into another penny stock in the "mining sector".
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6 February 2013 | 19 replies
With the exception of a few regulations, mostly about settlement procedures (they're on that HUD site) and loan regulations, the US government is not very involved in real estate.