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Hmmm, no Christmas bonus this year, so I hope you weren't planning on it. Each year military retirement pay as well as some civilian government pay is adjusted to meet the increased cost of living. This Cost-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) is assessed by comparing the 3rd qtr of one year to the pre...
11/27/2009
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The media is full of negativity in real estate, and as soon as there is a glimmer of something positive happening in the industry it is played down in the news at best, and never repeated. But let it be the reverse, you have to hear it every 15 minutes. The truth is a lot of positive things have...
11/25/2009
Pending home sales rose again, marking eight consecutive monthly gains – the longest streak since measurement began in 2001, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index rose 6.1% to 110.1 from a reading of 103.8 in August, and is 21.2 % higher than September 2...
11/13/2009
Many people have asked about how they can support the folks defending our freedom. When I was serving overseas, it was great to receive care packages. Sometimes from school children. People even wrote letters that would make me cry expressing their belief and support. I came across this infor...
11/10/2009
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Military Pay Update: President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act which includes a 3.4 % pay increase for all military members. This raise is actually only .5 percent lower than the 2009 military pay increase. However, considering current economic conditions this may prove t...
11/09/2009
Lenders make more money on foreclosures than from short sales or loan modifications. That's what Steve Harney conveyed in a seminar. He caused an earthquake in San Francisco When loan modifications are turned down, the next thing we attempt is a short sale. And we know that lenders turn over the ...
11/08/2009
Lenders make more money on foreclosures than from short sales or loan modifications. That's what Steve Harney conveyed in a seminar. He caused an earthquake in San Francisco When loan modifications are turned down, the next thing we attempt is a short sale. And we know that lenders turn over the ...
11/08/2009
I've had a lot of questions recently about how to go about applying for the first time home buyer tax credit. Earlier in the year I said you could ammend your 2008 tax return and get the money then. Florida, also went a little farther with allowing bridge loans through the SHIP offices whereby ...
11/07/2009
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