Foreclosures
by Tom Koziol
| December 11, 2009
After my son read my last week’s post about buying a home, or homes, at auction, or during the foreclosure process, he asked me why a bidder simply couldn’t make his or her bid contingent on a professional home inspection. On the surface this seems like a sophomoric question.
That’s on the surface. When you dig [...]
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Foreclosures
by Tom Koziol
| December 4, 2009
It hadn’t been a week when I had made my post about foreclosure auctions when what arrives in my snail mail box but my insurance company’s quarterly newsletter. The newsletter is usually not a big deal but this issue devoted an entire page to buying foreclosures at auction.
The article highlighted 4 dos and 2 don’ts. [...]
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“Dumb Luck”
by Jim Watkins | January 10, 2008I sat at a poker table and saw a Straight Flush be beaten by a Royal Flush. One of my friends told me of a convenience store clerk that refused to break a $20 bill without a purchase being made. To comply, my friend bought a lottery ticket and won $100,000. I jumped for [...]