An Open Letter to Move Inc on How To Be Profitable
on Nov 6, 2009 in Real Estate Dear Move Inc Braintrust, Okay, you get a great deal on one of the premier properties on the web. The real estate portal Realtor.com is yours to monetize. Yet you do such a poor job with it that the people whose name you have on it actively dislike...

$8,000 New Home Buyer Tax Credit, $6,500 Old Home Buyer Tax Credit
on Nov 5, 2009 in Real Estate The Senate last night passed an extension of the $8,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit for new home buyers and added on a $6,500 bonus for those who are buying a new home and have lived in their old home for 5 of the 8 previous years. The House of Repres...

Nicolas Cage Selling Real Estate Empire
on Nov 4, 2009 in Celebrity Real Estate Reports are that bad business decisions, he is suing his business manager for 20 million dollars, is forcing the actor to liquidate his housing holding around the world. The IRS has a 6.3 million dollar lien on a couple of his houses and the actor ha...

In Canada, MLS Under Extreme Pressure
on Nov 4, 2009 in Real Estate The multiple listing services around the United States may be wise to watch what is happening up in Canada. Real estate leaders in Canada have been brought before the competition committee to see how the use of the MLS up there increases the cost of...

Federal Judge To Mortgage Companies: Show Paperwork or There is No Mortgage
on Nov 2, 2009 in Real Estate A case in White Plains, New York is sure to put the fear of God into mortgage companies looking to foreclose upon homeowners. The need to show the actual paperwork that constituted the mortgage. The failure to do so compelled a Federal Judge to wipe...

How Goldman Sachs Scammed The United States, And Made Billions
on Nov 1, 2009 in Real Estate How do you make billions of dollars and screw every taxpayer, millions of pensioners, and get away with it. Work for Goldman Sachs. That seems to the be the story of the housing crisis as reported by McClatchy in a special report. And the worst par...

Two Thirds of Landlords Will Lower Rent For Struggling Tenants
on Oct 31, 2009 in Rental-Units If you are renting and money is tight, call your landlord and see if they can give you a reduction. A new survey shows that 69 percent of landlords will be willing to lower the rent for tenants that are struggling if they are asked and the request is...

Top 10 Counties For The Highest Property Taxes
on Oct 31, 2009 in Top 10 Real Estate Lists Growing up on Long Island, people did not always talk about the weather when starting a conversation with a stranger. More likely it started out with how high the taxes were and how are they gonna screw us next time. Now looking at a report fro...

Top 10 Worst Cities For Rats in 2009
on Oct 29, 2009 in Top 10 Real Estate Lists You dirty rat, the great Jimmy Cagney line is being heard more and more around town these days. Especially in the 10 cities that d-CON has announced as the worst cities for rat infestations. Congratulations to El Paso and Washington DC on making it...

New Home Sales Down Even With First Time Homebuyers Credit
on Oct 28, 2009 in New Construction New Home sales dropped in September as buyers decided this may not be the time to purchase a new home. Single family homes sales were down nationwide by 3.6 percent. What is interesting is that the National Association of Home Builders used the down...