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Mountains Edge Bank Owned Home Hmmmmm.... Normally I do not highlight the great Foreclosure deals going on in Las Vegas openly and reserve this for only clients but this Mountains Edge Home I came across today makes me want to break my rules just to show you what is available in this great community located in Southwest Las Vegas. Search for Mountains Edge Homes for Sale It's not uncommon to hear the horror stories of Las Vegas Foreclosures that are trashed, stripped, beat up or just plain ou... Read Full Post

T. Boone Pickens has a Plan.. In case you do not follow the financial news like I do, you may have missed all of the T. Boone Pickens commercials on the business channels concerning a plan to help the American economy.... specifically called the Pickens Plan. Regardless of what you might think is going on concerning the United States Economy, the fact of the matter is that approximately $700 Billion dollars a year is leaving the United States economy A YEAR for our Oil needs alone. Right now ... Read Full Post

Sellers want to sell, buyers want to buy and real estate agents get the honor of dealing with overworked asset managers for the banks. Even in a perfect scenario that is a win-win situation for everybody, it could all be a waste of time for everybody involved. This post on Active Rain by a Real Estate Broker who gets paid by the New York Times to write for About.com highlights the problem in this post ----> Bank of America would rather let the home go into foreclosure. Obviously, short sal... Read Full Post

I'm not a Real Estate Attorney and I'm not going to pretend to be one but a conversation I had with a homeowners lenders representative today gave me a really good understanding of what may be happening to other homeowners facing potential foreclosure. First of All - ALL States have different Foreclosure Proceedings. The foreclosure process for a homeowner in Nevada is certainly different then the foreclosure process in Illinois and I highly suggest that you read and understand the foreclosur... Read Full Post

I don't watch Good Morning America so I missed that report on their investigation. Interestingly, right after I came across that video I saw this article about the Fed looking into taking aim at ending abusive lending practices. I don't know about you but I'm wondering what proposed penalties they are considering if new lending guidelines are violated? Read Full Post

The Illinois Safe Toys Shopping Guide In my previous blog, Merry Christmas from Illinois, I highlighted a new simple and easy to use shopping guide for toys that have been recalled or banned from being sold in Illinois stores that can be downloaded and printed out at the Take Action Lead Safe Illinois website details many of these initiatives to provide a safer environment for children to lead the way in PREVENTION of lead poisoning in the first place. As stated on the Take Action Lead Safe I... Read Full Post

Just in Time for Christmas Unless you've been SO busy that you never get the chance to watch the news, you've more then likely caught the several reports on the news about dangerous levels of lead in some of the very popular childrens toys that were imported in from China. Thomas the Train, Dora the Explorer, etc... very popular toys for the little ones. It really did not make us too happy for little and extremely important reasons. As real estate professionals that understand what lead poiso... Read Full Post

It really was no secret for anybody that understands the very nature of supply and demand that real estate speculators caused the artificial appreciation rates that Las Vegas saw in 2004 with 52% appreciation rates. The fall out this year has not been very pretty and the media certainly is not helping out but as seen from the article above, the media also helped fuel the very problem of real estate speculation to begin with. From doing some research and looking at Bank repos in Las Vegas for ... Read Full Post

Can anybody confirm this? I've been extremely busy with some things and I jumped on Active Rain to post a quick blog and noticed all kinds of advertising including a HomesbyOwner.com banner directly to the right of the very blog that I was posting. Are they seriously taking the chance of corrupting their system and becoming another R.com? Read Full Post

I was actually posting an article over on Active Rain and looking for a used car salesman picture and came across this video. I particularly like how this guy keeps selling even after getting crushed! Enjoy! Top Gun Motors - Watch more free videos Read Full Post