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1 September 2010 | 24 replies
thanks guys.... alot of great info....i actually have some credit and financing in the snese that my father owns the house we are living in now...he recently refinanced the house to do god knows what....probably pay bills.... but he said as long as i have all my ducks in order and a deal sound right he will be my financial backing (by taking out a loan)...please keep in mind that he is 50 ....lost all his retirement from his company going under and has been behind the 8ball forever providing for his family... needless to say he would pour the last dollars he had into me investing it......i have to succeed for me...for my family and for everyone thats says it cant be done......i curently have a decent amount of money saved....around 10k or so but that buys me nothing here!!!!..
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25 August 2017 | 23 replies
They can learn all they about building a buyers list but unless they take the action required to actually build that list they'll be stuck at that point forever.
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30 May 2009 | 8 replies
And if the answer is positive, the home is not really a "consumer good" and we can use Income Approach without much risk.
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24 May 2009 | 14 replies
The bank's title companies suck, for the most part, and it takes them forever to get anything done, so be prepared to wait on them.Steph
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30 May 2010 | 11 replies
The law allows for a lot of political grandstanding about how the consumer is being protected but the bank lobby was able to get some huge concessions in this bill.
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12 June 2009 | 5 replies
The education was pretty time consuming, after that they want you working as an apprentice with a experienced appraiser for 2 years I believe.
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1 June 2009 | 0 replies
As of today the owners are 9 months behind but the lender hasn't filed a Notice of Default or Notice of Trustee Sale...yetEither way I do the deal, will Country Wide take forever to give me a "yes" or "no" on any new offer?
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9 June 2009 | 17 replies
That will consume eight years of your "cash flow".
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19 June 2009 | 8 replies
Something I would suggest, though it may be time consuming going over here, is a method of purchasing every property in a land trust.
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17 June 2009 | 12 replies
. # 2 The corp boards who spend more than they make,#3 I suppose you can put some blame on the lenders, but they produce the product, is the consumers responsibility to use the product responsibly. #4 The Congress who spends more money than we take from the citizens...#5 I suppose you can blame bush, but then again you have to put blame on the dems that pushed home ownership for all.But also Then blame them for the soaring values in 01-05..