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TRUST BUT VERIFY … REGURGITATING BAD INFORMATION CAN GET YOU SUED!

June 17, 2010
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It seems as though there are fewer and fewer places that one can get news that is accurate. Even what were the most reputable sources seem to have fired their fact-checking departments. The worst part of this is that, since the advent of social media, everyone is quick to spread information and before long the [...]

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CA FIRST-TIME BUYER AND NEW-HOME TAX CREDITS STEP IN TO FILL THE VOID

April 21, 2010
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As buyers who have been sitting on the fence or were not able to get an offer accepted in this hot REO market here in the Lancaster / Palmdale area are watching the clock run down on the Federal First-Time Home Buyer tax credit, the State of California has stepped in to fill the gap.

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BIG-BOX BROKERAGE

March 26, 2010
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There has been a lot of discussion on various real estate blogs regarding the relevence of the real estate brokerage as we know it. I have personally commented on these blogs but felt it was time to throw my own post out there and try to get all of my thoughts onto one page.

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FANNIEMAE TO CHANGE DEBT-TO-INCOME REQUIREMENTS

October 30, 2009
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Just when you thought it couldn’t get any harder to qualify for a home loan …

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THE GOVERNATOR TELLS DEM TO F-OFF

October 28, 2009
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When I saw this I just had to share!  Back on October 10th our Governor sent out a batch of vetoes.  Included in the stack was AB 1176 which was supposed to raise property taxes in the San Francisco Bay area and allocate 20% of the increase to rehab and preserve Pier 70 (see a [...]

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