You don’t need a website or an online vacation rental listing service to market your vacation rental property on the Internet.
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Near record low interest rates are making homes much more affordable.
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In his article “Miami condo at ground zero in mortgage fraud,” Tom Brown highlights the fact that foreclosures follow fast on the heals of mortgage and real estate fraud. As he points out, “fraud accounts for a sizable share of the bad bets on mortgages,” which often result in foreclosures. Lenders get stuck holding the [...]

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One of housing’s sharpest economic forecasters says the market has been speaking to us with mixed messages so far this year.
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A survey was recently taken showing that the top fear is public speaking. The fear of death was later on down the list. Do you know what that means? It means most people would rather die than speak in public!
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On December 20 President Bush signed into law H.R. 3648, the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. While this piece of legislation is far from being a cure for all the ills caused by the recent and on-going meltdown in the real estate mortgage sector, it will certainly provide relief for some who are [...]

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One way to prepare for the costs of owning a home beyond the mortgage payment, insurance and taxes, is to know the expected life expectancy of your home’s components.
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