Remember phishing? Now there’s smishing, a new kind of electronic identity theft targeting uses of smartphones and tablets. But although the venue may be new, these scammers are simply adapting the same old tried and true tactics that con artists used to use on the...
In today’s housing market, green upgrades mean better prices and quick sales, and solar adaptations lead the way in eco friendly alterations. But as incentives and credits help homeowners install rooftop solar panels, utility companies around the country are starting...
Jason Hartman just returned from his second real estate scouting trip to Belize and doesn’t have much to show for it in terms of cash flowing income properties. In this episode you’ll hear his discussion from the beach in Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize...
It’s summer in Washington, and, as we’ve been reporting, housing reform is in the air. The bipartisan Corker-Warner bill and the Republican-backed PATH (Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners) Act are aiming to revamp government housing policy, and both bills...
Capitol Hill is taking aim at housing finance reform. With not one, but two new bills in contention for reforming the government’s role in home loans and homeowner bailouts, legislators on both sides of the aisle are competing to form a new, but not necessarily kinder...
