Index Of Chapters & Articles- The Best of The Web, The Magnificent
January 1st, 20081- Appraisals
The Appraisal Game
Everyone Feeling The Pain In An Industry Gone Wacko!
When an appraisal comes in low.
2- Home Buying Tips
Sellers Can We Talk?
Why isnt my home selling?
Earnest Money: Are You a SERIOUS’ Real Estate Buyer?
I’ve Got Mail
Do I Need A Deposit With 100% Financing Offers?
Is A Home Warranty Warrented?
Don’t Get Sidetracked By The Green-Eyed Monster
You can’t stop me from bringing my home inspector
Don’t remove the loan contingency until the loan has funded
Tell Your Buyer To Cancel His PMI
Sometimes Your First Offer Is The Best Offer
Don’t Let The Real Estate Market Dictate How You Live Your Life
Confused Buyer
Don’t Depend On The MLS Comments
With Tougher Mortgage Requirements First Time Home Buyers Can Use IRA For Down Payment
3- Home Buying Musts
Having An Inspection Is For Your Own Good
Always Attend A Home Inspection
17 Reasons To Have New Construction Homes Inspected
4 – Home Buying Problems
Ah… the joys of a shared driveway
Foreclosure Rates Don’t Tell True Story
How Home Buyers Can Stop Real Estate Deals from Collapsing During an Inspection Period
Putting The Cart Before The Horse: Making A Contingent Offer
How Your Mortgage Company Can Put Your Offer At Risk
Should I Work With Only 1 Real Estate Agent
Vacant House Smells
Help. I Can’t Find Your Agent
Real Estate Myths Home Buyers Fall in Love With
How to Back Down After Signing Buying? Build an Escape Hatch
5 – Magnificent Credit
Your Private Information Is F or Sale
FICO Stratergy
How To Get A Good Credit Score
Siding With The Dark Side by Russ
Almost 80 Percent Of All Credit Reports Contain A Mistake
Should I Tell My Loan Officer About The Loan Thats Not On MY Credit Report
The Flip Side of the Sub-Prime Story
What if your partner refuses to pay their share of a loan or mortgage
6- Issues of Fraud
Cash Back And Consequences
Avoiding Fraud
7- Financing
Beware Of The Bait And Switch
The Ethics Of Ambiguity
The 10 Commandments for mortgage applicants
Mortgage Interest Rate Locks 101
Can I Refinace My FHA Loan
Deceptive Radio Advertising in Mortgage Lending
Picking your next mortgage by rate shopping? You might as well be playing Liar’s Poker
How Do Lenders Hide Fees?
Show Me The Money! How Loan Originators are compensated
If Your Loan Isn’t Vanilla, You May Be In For A Rocky Road
Two Refi Offers In One Day…Just How Lucky Can A Gal Be?
Will someone please change the channel?
In defense of Option ARM mortgages – Not!
Can I Still Get a Mortgage in Today’s Lending Markets?
How To Use Interest Only Loans When Planning Your Finances
Joe Buyer And The Lending Tree House of Horrors
What’s wrong with calling lenders for rates.
The Problem With Good Faith Estimates
Loan Originator Leftovers
8 – Selling Your Home Principles
Is your Listing Still Competing In A Changing Real Estate Market?
How to Price Your Home in Any Market
Your house can’t be sold if it can’t be shown
Avoiding Potential Lawsuits When Selling Your Home
9- Selling Your Home Tips
Landscape staging your home
Let There Be Light
What Sellers Can Do Differently To Get Their Houses Sold
Ask The Broker – Time To Pack?
Don’t hire an agent who lets you shoot yourself in the foot
10 – Unusual Circumstances
4 Ways To Avoid Identity Theft Of The Dead
Three things your agent should tell you about a Short Sale
11- To The Investor
A Lesson In The Dangers of Distressed Properties
Foreclosure Investing Requires Patience and Determination
There are no Good or Bad Markets
Predicting Housing Prices Based on Historic Data Is Doo Doo
Property Flipping
12- For The Seniors
I don’t Want To Live With Old People
Senior Homeowners at High Risk for Fraud and Sub-Prime loans– Still
Top 10 Things To Know About Reverse Mortgages:
Step #3 to senior move plan-don’t procrastinate
New Appreciation for the Sandwich Generation
13- About the value you get
Do Buyers and Sellers Really Want LESS Service?
Top 5 Reasons Why You Wouldn’t Hire A Penguin As Your Next Realtor
14- Misc.
All Real Estate Is Local
The Difference
Home Privacy- Personal Privacy- How to Get It
Attack Of The Creep Crawlies.
Win-win wins
On Title But Not On the Loan?
It’s the Community, Stupid
15- About Condominiums
Welcome to the Condo Project
Condo Sellers – review rules and bylaws
Six Things to Know About a Condo Complex Before You Buy
16 – About Moving
10 Lessons learned by moving last week
Larrys article about mayflower
