I wanted to re-blog this after seeing more of the Haiti news coverage this evening. I feel so badly for the suffering the people there are enduring. When 9/11 occurred I fell into a melancholy that is hard to describe. I wore black for several weeks, maybe months. I was so impacted by the
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01/16/2010
Short Sale Challenges on the Central Coast Recently I have been blogging about the questionable requests that second mortgagors/lenders have been making in order to grant short sale approval. Although many of my peers have admitted that the same thing was happening to them, none of us feels
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01/14/2010
Placer SPCA's "SOS" Program is helping pets! The Placer SPCA is providing assistance to Placer County residents that are having a tough time financially but are responsible caregivers. Job losses and foreclosures have made it hard not just for people
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01/09/2010
Grand Bahama, The Bahamas - There is excitement in the birding circle on Grand Bahama Island these days. During the 10th annual Christmas Bird Count on December 18th of 2009 the visiting experts and local birders had recorded 117 species on this island - the highest number ever observed! When t
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01/07/2010
Today I decided to get away from my desk and my short sale transactions and take my dog to the beach. This is part of my new year's resolution, which is to take more time for myself and my family. So I loaded up the car, went to Pismo Beach, north of the pier, and joined other people running, w
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01/07/2010
YET ANOTHER HEART-BREAKING INDYMAC/ONE WEST BANK STORY I ran across an article today regarding IndyMac (now One West Bank) that came out in August/2009. Basically, it was one of those "Pound your chest and tell the world how great you are" type of articles. To read the article, CLICK HERE. Ye
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01/07/2010
BUSINESS WEEK MAGAZINE QUOTED ME TODAY I just wanted to share with everyone that Business Week finally decided to publish their article titled "Short Sales: A Fraying Lifeline For Homeowners". In the article, they quoted me on the case that I've been blogging on for the past two weeks. Here
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01/07/2010
IS THE FDIC BROKE? HOW COULD THAT BE? All of the networks are "buzzing" today, saying that the FDIC is going to ask banks to pre-pay their FDIC Insurance Premiums for the next three years. This will bring in roughly $15 Billion for each year that is "pre-paid". Why are they taking such a drast
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01/07/2010
Is The FDIC Killing Short Sales? As some of you already know, I blogged recently about being interviewed recently by our local NBC news affiliate. To read the blog, click here. Basically, IndyMac Bank (now OneWest Bank), is holding one of my clients hostage, demanding a $75k promissory note,
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01/07/2010