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Property Fraud Alert Service – Watch Your Back!

by Justin McClelland | February 6, 2010

There is a service offered in a select number of counties called, Property Fraud Alert, which, after you sign-up, runs a query against any new documents recorded within the county of your choice. The primary purpose for this service is to help stop mortgage and property fraud. If any document recorded within your county lists [...]

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Real Estate Technology

Stop wasting time at your County Recorder’s Office

by Justin McClelland | December 17, 2009

Why Record real estate documents? To protect yourself as a Real Estate Investor, it is ideal to record your contract positions at your County Recorder’s office. When you have a property tied-up with a Contract to Purchase or an Option to Purchase, you may think that you’re in good shape. You go on to start [...]

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Another Edition of Real Estate Speedlinking: Friday News Briefs

by Joshua Dorkin | September 8, 2006

BusinessWeek Europe is reporting about the rapid shift in real estate broker advertising from newspapers to the net. “Three new studies say the $11.6 billion real estate ad market is set to shift hard from print to the Internet.” Find out more about how this move to internet advertising will affect the newspaper business. Canada’s [...]

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Real Estate Market

More Real Estate Speedlinking

by Joshua Dorkin | August 31, 2006

In Houston, Texas the Harris County Housing Authority has teamed up with private development companies to build 5 senior-living complexes, reports the Houston Business Journal. “‘The real story here is that the public/private model works — helping the community balance the need for both market-rate housing and affordable housing,’ says Guy Rankin, CEO and executive [...]

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