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By Broker News People talk about running the numbers before buying an investment property, but what are the numbers and how do you get accurate numbers? Running the wrong numbers can make the difference of making $500 or losing $1000 per month. In this article, we will go through the costs and fa...

Lots of good information here on this video link. http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=540738429

I received this email from CVBT, scary information but I thought I would pass it on.As bad as the mortgage foreclosure problem is in the Central Valley and the rest of California, expect it to get worse, says a company that deals in foreclosure information. The state saw a 300 percent increase in...

Have you ever walked into a home for sale and thought, "Oh my goodness, does this place need work!" If you're like most people, we all have the open house horror stories to tell, especially Realtors. I'll never forget shopping for my first house and being shown a beautiful home (on the outside) w...

FDIC shuts down NetBank due to defaultsBy ALAN ZIBEL | Friday, Sep 28 2007 3:32 PM Last Updated: Friday, Sep 28 2007 3:37 PMNetBank Inc., an online bank with $2.5 billion in assets, was shut down by the government on Friday because of an excessive level of mortgage defaults.It was the largest sav...

 Click the link to watch the videohttp://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=534767113&play=1

Here is a newsletter I saw, thought I would pass it on as it has alot of good information.Despite housing slowdown, today's the time to buy By Tom Kelly & Inman NewsCan you afford to purchase if prices or interest rates rise?Is there merit in waiting for the housing market to cool before jumping ...

Is it possible that there is actually a positive outlook on some central valley cities, check this out from a newsletter I received.Some Central Valley cities improve on ‘best performing' listFor the third consecutive year, Florida metropolitan areas scored high on a list of the "best performing"...

The 9 Steps to Home Ownership  Step - 1 Make the Decision to BuyIt seems obvious, but it's good to note that the first step to buying a house is making the decision to buy. Consider the reasons you want a new house and write them down. Determine how long you want to live in the new house - does b...

Looking at the newsletter below, one thing and person comes to mind, not mentioning any names of course but if you look back at the history of what damage this person did and how many homes and homes in foreclosure this person had in kern county makes you wonder... how bad would our numbers have ...