For years, the defense industry has boosted the economy in areas all over the country – and in some cases, the world. Large installations move personnel in and out in numbers that rival a small city, and short and long term assignments mean a constant search for...
Here's the official word from the FTC: The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months....
The current financial situation is one where credit based income property buyers have exceedingly low prices, combined with exceedingly low interest rates, and a looming boom of new renters. This window of opportunity will not last indefinitely. Once the Federal...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is one of the most closely watched indices by mainstream media, especially as of late. The government and media frequently paint an "oh so simple" picture of what the CPI represents, as if it is the final world on inflation or deflation....
On January 1, 2011, the first of the so-called Baby Boom generation turned 65, and it’s estimated that every day for the following 19 years, at least a thousand others born between 1946 and 1964 will do the same. As these postwar babies march toward retirement and...
The recent filing an S-1 Document by Groupon for the purpose of an Initial public Offering has led to many people speculating about the value of the company, especially in the wake of Google's $6 billion dollar acquisition offer that Groupon refused. When their stock...
It can take former homeowners at least 10 years to recover from a foreclosure action and regain the ability to re-enter the housing market -- if they ever can. According to a recent article on ERate, the impact of the recent wave of foreclosures goes fare beyond the...
In recent posts we’ve discussed the current interest state of mortgage rates on the US housing market as a whole and where those rates might be expected to go in the coming months. But the topic bears revisiting since mortgage rates are tied to a number of constantly...
In the current economic environment, Jason Hartman is the first to admit that assembling real-estate deals is not as easy as it once was. Due to the meltdown of the financial sector in 2008, banks are being very cautious about whom they are lending to and the amount...
Although it appeared that the mortgage industry had weathered the storm of scandal that peaked during the “robosigning” scandal of 2008-2010, mortgage fraud in 2012 was up 31 percent from the previous year alone, targeting homeowners and investors alike with a wide...
