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2009
A few weeks back I came across an article that detailed a new system in place with the credit companies to track the impact on credit scores crated by short sales, foreclosures and loan modifications. This new scoring company created by the three national credit bureaus. Experian, Equifax and Tra...
09/30/2009
We're heading into the home stretch for first time buyers to be eligible for the $8000 tax credit. If the proeprty isn't under contract within the next 10 days, then chances are real good that it won't close on time. One date that everybody has been looking at for months is Nov 30, , a Monday as ...
09/29/2009
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While driving up into Watertown, saturday am for my morning ritual, I was driving past Meriman Lake listening to the oldies station, WDRC, just as I took this shot. The song playing at the time was 'Smoke on the Water' originally recorded by Deep Purple in 1972. It was the perfect start to a good...
09/27/2009
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The day finally arrived. Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven. He is at the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter himself. However, the gates are closed, and Forrest approaches the gatekeeper. St. Peter said, 'Well, Forrest, it is certainly good to see you. We have heard a lot about you. I m...
09/25/2009
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I had landed at the Memphis, TN airport just about an hour previous and was walking through the lobby door of a company for a meeting with their engineeringdepartment. People were scurryingto the conference room and their television was on. Announcers were talking about a tragic air collision at ...
09/11/2009
Wanted to share some photos we just took on Lake Lure in the North Carolina Mountains, about 20 miles below Asheville, NC. The lake and town is Lake Lure. Properties along this lake with 25 miles of shoreline are rather large with the appropriate values associated with it. The lake is man-made, b...
09/09/2009
Perhaps this year more than those in the past,Labor Day has more meaning than ever before. With so many people either out of a job, know somebody out of a job, or fear for their job, this year should be noted as a day to hope for Labor. We should make an effort to pause for those we know that nee...
09/06/2009
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Our business is an every evolving business. Within the past 6 months alone there have been changes in how appraisals are managed, changes to the way lenders can conduct a transaction, changes to how properties are transacted due to the complexities of short sales. We as business professionals, an...
09/02/2009