Foreclosure for dummies

Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan

The face of the real estate industry has changed radically since the subprime crisis, as it is called, and the result has enabled a major slide toward a very subtle form of socialism. Home ownership and gradual, sustained appreciation was once the foundation of the American Dream and the path to prosperity here in the United States, but those days are behind us. Some 25% of the homes “owned” in America are worth less than the amount of money that is owed on them.

New real estate strategy: pay cash, or don’t buy at all

Obviously the “news” that you see categorized under the heading of “real estate” in the mainstream media is going to deliver a message that is filtered through the status quo, which is a failed paradigm concocted by the Federal Reserve and their practice of fractional reserve banking. The patriot needs to move past the manipulative ways of the past and make a statement in the present with an eye on the future

Top 5 improvement projects to increase the value of your home

Making good investments throughout our lives is essential if we are going to be able to meet our financial goals. Unfortunately, most investments do not tangibly improve the quality of our lives while we are waiting for them to mature.

Do you really want to be someone’s landlord?

Going back to the infomercials of the 1980s, the “house flipping” strategy has always been floated as a way to make easy money, and depending on the real estate market, that does work for some people. The immediate flip where you buy a fixer-upper, do the remodeling that is necessary to increase the value of the property, and then sell it at a profit is perfectly acceptable on every level from my perspective. It is just a good example of the the American ethos of ingenuity, a little capital, and some elbow grease being combined to make a profit.

Is buying always best?

Sometimes we have to accept the fact that times are changing, and not always for the better.

Off the grid real estate

Few of us enjoy seeing the monthly utility bills arrive, and it is not because we’re unwilling to pay a fair price for services rendered–it is because the bills seem to be higher than they should be.

Wages versus median home cost

Obviously the real estate industry is in some distress, and the median resale prices of homes have been steadily dropping since the so called sub-prime crisis. Recent figures put the median resale price of a house at $175,000.

Second home sales hidden backbone of real estate industry

There so many lies out there that are stirred around and retold by the corporate controlled media and the puppet politicians that it can be hard to keep track of them. But once you take the red pill, it becomes easier to recognize the subterfuge and intentional attempts to manipulate information in an Orwellian manner that turns our language upside down.

Bank of America says 600,000 mortgages modified

Bank of America Corp. said Monday it has provided mortgage relief through loan modifications for more than 600,000 homeowners since January 2008.

Quarter in US foreclosure plan late on payments

More than one-quarter of homeowners receiving help under a U.S. government foreclosure prevention plan are behind on their new mortgage payments, a Treasury Department survey has found

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