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List of insurances that an real estate investor should consider for single family rentals. View www.venturacountyretalk.com for list of insurances.

Brief of loan investment cost.  Key is the limitation of four properties. For complete article visit:  www.venturacountyretalk.com  

Weekly comments of national and local real estate. For complete article go to:  www.venturacountyretalk.com

Weekly connemtary of National and Ventura County real estate activties for week ending October 11, 2008.

If Washington wants to help Wall Street what should be done is to create a 30 year to 50 year bond which would be paid back with interest (say at 6% or more) to the taxpayers but it would be paid by those being bailed out.  The political establishment does not have to saddle the taxpayer (Main St...

We are witnessing the best day time soap opera ever written. It has Greed, Sex, Lies, Apathy and maybe a Cover Up?  Hollywood could not ask for a better script. One hopes that all of this is make believe but unfortunately things are beginning to unfold, quicker than most people want or expected. ...

Well let's see what happened this past week. On the National level and to no one's surprise Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were put into receivership.  Unfortunately the culprits that created these entities are now working on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac II.  Who are the culprits?  View the article wri...

An interesting week to say the least. It appears that Uncle Sam is going into the financial mortgage business with the pending (street talk) of a take over of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. People are trimming down spending despite the small decrease in fuel prices.  Retail sales have not accelerate...

Recently a presentation was made by Erin Curtis entitled "Why Can't We All Get Along?  Generational Struggles in our Colleges". Erin was focused on the peoples that now attend colleges and addressed their generation and what each generation brings to the campus. I saw this presentation somewhat d...

Most news bits are now stating that it appears that the worse is behind us.  Shortly almost everyone will be shouting from the roof tops of how good real estate is and then the cycle of gloom and doom will reappear. A never ending cycle isn't it. Banks however are in the crossed hairs of the Fede...