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Commentary

Massive Denial Blocks Real Estate Recovery

by Marty Boardman | October 27, 2011
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Kevin is not giving up without a fight.  I know this because those words are written on a piece of paper taped to his front door.  NOT GIVING UP WITHOUT A FIGHT!  His house is scheduled to go to a foreclosure auction today. Kevin bought his home on July 8th, 2003 for $270,800.  The real [...]

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Commentary

How 10 Year Treasuries Will Affect Real Estate Markets, Investors, & the Economy

by Peter Giardini | January 6, 2010
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I was listening to a financial news report on the radio the other day and picked up on someone (regrettably I did  not get their name) who was mentioning that the Treasury was having a difficult time selling bonds to cover Government operations.  The implication being that no one wanted the U.S. debt at the [...]

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Economy

Mortgage Interest Rates: Where Are They Heading?

by Peter Giardini | September 22, 2009

I was listening to a financial talk show on the radio the other day; the host was going nuts over an upcoming Treasury auction where over $140 Billion in 2, 5, and 7 year notes were going to be auctioned. This would represent the most auctioned at one time ever, and would be on top of $60+ Billion in notes auctioned the week before.

This got me to thinking about how much debt was out there and ultimately where current mortgage rates were and what direction they were headed in.  Here is what I found… 

The State of Debt

In my search I ran across this very sobering set of statistics about who holds the most US debt… take a look at the data, and if you’re not concerned about where interest rates and inflation are heading, then you must be asleep.

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Commentary

A Look At 2009 From The Inside: Real Estate, Credit, and Debt

by Tom Koziol | January 2, 2009

About two months ago I wrote a post that included information from a monthly magazine,

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Landlord Tenant

Top 3 Tips for Qualifying Your Renter / Tenant

by Troy Schuricht | October 3, 2008

What Make A Good Renter? Is a good renter someone with great credit, or large deposit or maybe  high income?  The approach landlords take in qualifying their renter could be changing because of the housing crisis and the large number of foreclosures. The main objective of renting your home should be to have a qualified renter that will [...]

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Blogs

If An Economy Crashed In The Woods And No One Cared, Would It Make A Sound?

by Richard Warren | March 31, 2008

Could you imagine driving by a bad car wreck without looking? Could you imagine other drivers whizzing by without gawking at the carnage? Neither can I. Yet, that is exactly what seems to be happening with the economy. Sure, everyone knows about the foreclosure mess and mortgage crisis because the news outlets feast on these [...]

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Blogs

What Happened To The Stigma?

by Richard Warren | February 25, 2008

Perhaps I’m showing my age as I rapidly approach the half-century mark. But I clearly recall a time when there was shame attached to being in debt. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood of modest homes at a time when people never seemed to move. It was a major event if someone moved in [...]

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Blogs

Getting Your Own House in Order

by Richard Warren | January 29, 2008

I see so many people who are just itching to be [tag]real estate investors[/tag]. However, a common theme seems to be “I want to buy and rehab a house but I don’t have any money.” Not only are they lacking funds for investment, they have little or no income and are hopelessly in debt. Then [...]

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Economy

Housing Doom has Arrived! Prepare to Protect Yourself instead of being a Victim of the Financial Crisis.

by Joshua Dorkin | August 13, 2007

According to the Star-Telegram, lenders in Southern California are scooping up foreclosed properties at a rate much faster then they can get rid of these homes. “At some point — maybe this fall, maybe in 2008 — the lenders’ inventories will grow so large that they will have no choice but to cut prices aggressively, [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Real Estate Dispatch – 12/19/06

by Joshua Dorkin | December 19, 2006

Blog Business The 5th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing was hosted at Mortgage Manifest this week and felt our post Keeping Your Tenants Happy During the Holidays was worthy of a mention. Once again, we’ve found ourselves absent from the Carnival of Real Estate, which focused on videos, web 2.0, and comedy. [...]

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