Martin Zawarski
Impact of Inflation on Debt
I am listening to podcast 13 with Leon Yang and he made a comment that I would like expanded on. It is something I never gave much thought to but it does need thought. Over the last five years ago our government ha...
Stephen S.
Renting out 'HomePath' properties ?
Say I buy a Home Path (or other rental restricted program) property. That is: a property which is intended to be sold for own-occupancy only - at least for some initial period of time. Who is it that monitors that ...
Jeff Tumbarello
FRB_MoneySuppy_1959-2009_090609 - The Future With Some Disgusting Clarity
So, I was doin' what I do when sleep doesn't happen... I shoulda
knocked myself out instead.
This fresh-off-the presses FRB Report can be found at:
http://www.feder...
Corey Dutton
Borrowers to See Mort Payment Spikes with HAMP Expiring
The U.S. Government’s HAMP Program (Home Affordable Modification Program) is about to expire. Over $1 MM homeowners were able to take advantage of this program in 2009, which provided a sharp drop in the interest r...
Account Closed
Contingencies on the contract to purchase a vacant lot?
I'm about to pull the trigger on some land for a new build single family. I'm wondering if anyone recommends additional contingencies written into the contract other than your typical "title, survey, appraisal, insura...
Jacob Rahn
Why are so many real estate investors choosing Columbia?
I'm new to the community and love it so far! I've noticed many investors are choosing Columbia as a real estate investment. I'm wondering why people are choosing Columbia? the fact that the citizens of Columbia are no...
Rob Evans
Investors are selling their real estate because...
I have an open-ended question, but I will throw it out there anyway. My wife was surfing the internet and saw a page with the title "Investors are selling their real estate because...". She did read the article, and...
Randy Smith
Are You an Accredited or Sophisticated Investor?
When I first started investing passively in real estate through the syndication model, I was asked if I was an accredited investor or just a sophisticated investor. At first, I was confused and intimidated by the jar...
Shana Gray
Economy
If you have not yet made it extremely clear to the government where you personally stand on the economy and how you think they need to respond, and what they should and should not do...what are you waiting for? The go...
Ted Harris
Should Govt Continue to Subsidize Housing?
Robert Shiller raised this question over the weekend in a NY Times article ... he delves into a bit of history of why govt has subsidized housing and his theory why we continue to do so. I tend to agree it's less of ...