Paddy Deighan Real Estate Blog

It is very common for a home owner to need a Release of an Internal Revenue Service lien in order to close a transaction.  The IRS has publicly gone on record that it does not want to be a barrier when a home owner needs to sell or is facing foreclosure.  Of course, if the home owner is getting d...

We are all a bit of Jurassic history nuts so I had to pass this along.  Dinosaur footprints were uncovered in a beach in Germany.  Accordingly, there are a number of interesting aspects to this:1). The dinosaur footprints are estimated to be about 140 MILLION years old;2). It appears that dinosau...

Income Curse of Mankind   German scientists recently published interesting data: in the last 50 years, the Germans began to live an average of 400% richer and the number of poor people suffering from depression, increased by 38%. Henry Ford became one of the richest men in the world, thanks to th...

The US government’s debt is getting close to reaching another round number - $18 trillion. Our soverign debt currently stands at more than $17.9 trillion. But what does that really mean? It is important to put the number into perspective. It is such an abstract number that it is hard to imagine. ...

There is a scientific reason behind our universal obsession with pizza. Doesn't matter whether it is thin crust, deep dish or stuffed crust.  The American Chemical Society (ACS) explains the wonders of pizza. Regardless of your toppings, if you've got bread, an acidic sauce and cheese, the group ...

The Nevada Supreme Court recently declared that HOA liens have superiority over home loans and that HOAs can legally “extinguish a first deed of trust non-judicially on a residential property.”Accordinlgy, an HOA can legally foreclose on a property with delinquent HOA dues or fines without going ...

Last week, I wrote about proposed legislation that would make it easier for banks to confirm sub-prime loans. So just when you think that government cannot become any more delusional.... in comes H.R. 5445, the "Postal Jobs Protection Act of 2014".I was utterly stunned when I read this. The gist ...

When you think of the Playboy Mansion, you probably think of the Holmby Hills estate that features Hugh Hefner's legendary mansion (which is really not that big - LOL) the grotto pool and other outrageous features such as a well-appointed  zoo. However, if you are a true connoisseur of the Playbo...

Since there were a lot of great comments regardin my recent post in regard to proposed mortgage legislation say Hello the the Next Potential Mortgage Disaster. I decided to follow this up and obtain more information. It has been ponted out that the legislation does not haev a lot of support at th...

Say hello to the next mortgage related financial crisis - if this new bill passses and is signed into law. This is brought to you courtesy of a new bill proposed this week: H.R. 5148:   Access to Affordable Mortgages Act.   Ordinarily whenever an individual wants to borrow money for a mortgage, t...