21 Mar 2008	Water Catastrophes
1 Aug 2007	Why Bankruptcies?
22 Jul 2007	Six Myths of Investing in Bankruptcies
5 Jul 2007	Investing in Chapter 13 Bankruptcies
30 Mar 2007	Home Staging
2 Mar 2007	Nine Strategies for Growing Your Home Renovating Business I have become financially independent renovating houses, and you can do the same; however, if you aren’t prepared, the process can become completely overwhelming.
3 Jan 2007	Fixer-Upper Leads to Bond With Late President Ford In the fall of 1994, a Secret Service official left a message on their answering machine. Mr. Ford was planning to visit Grand Rapids and wanted to see his old home.
30 Nov 2006	Distressed Real-Estate: Priced to Sell in 2007 As a weak housing market nudges the foreclosure rate higher, next year is looking promising for investors in distressed real estate.
23 Oct 2006	Staging hikes house selling price Marcia Layton Turner can't believe that some people have never heard of the concept of home-staging.
20 Oct 2006	Rochester Hills couple rolls dice with auction sale Bids for $375K home start at $1
14 Oct 2006	House listing services charged The state's two largest multiple listing real estate services are squaring off with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations of collusion and anticompetitive conduct.
14 Sep 2006	AmEx Makes Room on Its Cards For Down Payments on Condos Coming up with the money for a down payment on a new condominium may soon be as easy as charging it: American Express Co. is expected to announce today that it will allow some customers to use its cards to make condominium down payments.
9 Sep 2006	Reasons To Cruise With REIA A compendium of articles about the NaREIA Real Estate Investing educational cruise.
8 Sep 2006	Scams Seeking Phone-Customer Data Are Growing Threat
6 Sep 2006	Trimming Your Taxes: Why Roth 401(k)s Often Beat Conventional 401(k) Plans Thanks to the new pension law, Roth 401(k) plans are no longer slated to disappear in 2011 -- and that means a lot more companies will consider offering these plans.
9 Jul 2006	Shelter From The Storm The National Association of Realtors projects a 13% decline in new home sales in 2006, with the median home price increasing just 0.83%. Overall, the median home price in the United States has never declined in a calendar year since World War II. Maybe I'm out on a limb, but I think 2006 could break that streak.
1 Jul 2006	Lessons from the Flippers Their tales inspire envy: It seems that the very best flippers—more formally known as short-term real estate investors—have the ability to buy a property and quickly sell it for a profit in just about any market.
29 Jun 2006	Home Selling Advice: Get the House Ready to Show Here's a critical bit of home selling advice: don't even think of putting your house on the market until you've taken a close look at its condition.
28 Jun 2006	Operation Quick Flip Operation Quick Flip is designed to show that federal law enforcement recognizes the mortgage fraud threat.
19 Jun 2006	Top 10 Reasons To Hire A Real Estate Agent With so much information readily available online, clients sometimes ask me, "Why should we hire a real estate agent?" They wonder, and rightfully so, if they couldn't buy or sell a home through the Internet or through regular marketing and advertising channels without representation. Some do OK, many don't. So if you've wondered the same thing, here are 10 reasons why you might want to consider hiring a real estate professional.
11 Jun 2006	Wayne County Log Jam Will Cost You A severe backlog at the Wayne County Register of Deeds office is helping make Detroit and Wayne County one of the nation's worst areas for mortgage and real estate fraud, experts say.
10 Jun 2006	Mortgage Fraud Investigations The increased reliance by both financial institutions and non-financial institution lenders on third-party brokers has created opportunities for organized fraud groups, particularly where mortgage industry professionals are involved.
5 Jun 2006	The Rise Of Mortgage Fraud If you're buying property, refinancing a mortgage, or looking for creative ways to eliminate home loans and other debts, you could be a target, too
4 Jun 2006	Reduce Real Estate Risks Unbelievably, many first time investors are willing to part with their hard-earned cash without taking the time to study their investment.
30 May 2006	Late Rent Solution One of the most frustrating parts of being a landlord is chasing tenants for the rent each and every month.
29 May 2006	A Battle On The Home Front Murray West survived the Nazis and the Russians during World War II, but nothing in life prepared the 85-year-old Waterford man for Yusef (Jimmy) Danou.
17 May 2006	How To Prepare Your House For Sale Here is how to turn a house into an irresistible and marketable home.
7 May 2006	How Smart Is 'Flipping' Real Estate? Speculative investors who bought into the high-priced, preconstruction condo market in south Florida may be in for a rough ride.  But, after all, no one ever said buying real estate came without risks.
5 May 2006	Short Sale Tale A short sale is a technique where you negotiate with a lender to accept less than is owed to them.  It is a highly effective tool when you have a distressed homeowner who owes more to the lender than you are willing to pay for the house.
16 Apr 2006	How to Improve Curb Appeal A large percentage of home buyers decide whether or not to look inside a house or take it seriously based on its curb appeal.
15 Apr 2006	Stealing Homes Metro Detroit residents in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure, or those looking to tap equity from their houses to catch up on overdue bills, are falling prey to mortgage fraud scams that promise to rescue them from financial peril.
15 Apr 2006	Secret Service Agents Hunt Mortgage Fraud Fugitives National REIA has been informed that the Secret Service is looking for Rebecca M. Hauck and Matthew B. Cox in conjunction with allegations of mortgage fraud and identity theft in the Atlanta, Georgia, and Tampa, Florida, areas.
8 Apr 2006	A Plumbing Problem? No Problem! Ever have a hard to find plumbing part?  Or looking for knowledgeable friendly people to help those who are not Plumbing Inclined?
19 Mar 2006	Tips On Management Don't let emotions get in the way of good business.
11 Mar 2006	Buying Rental Property So you are considering buying rental property. But are you ready for the next step to actually buy a rental property?
4 Mar 2006	Don’t Quit It takes a few years, I’d say at least four, to get really good at this business, to learn everything that there is to learn, to make enough money on a consistent basis to support your basic needs.
21 Feb 2006	Mortgage Fraud Soars Mortgage fraud losses in Michigan jumped from nearly $9 million to $26 million over a two-year period in what has become one of the fastest-growing white-collar crimes in the nation.
19 Feb 2006	Fill Vacancies Quick With A Television Use a television give-a-way to move prospective tenants to action.
15 Feb 2006	Messy Tenants The best way to encourage your tenants to keep your property clean is to show the tenants you care about the property.
4 Feb 2006	Twenty-Five Years and Still Going Strong! Our organization has helped thousands of real estate investors over the past twenty-five years.
26 Jan 2006	Rental Property ROI Many rental property owners buy a property, rent it out, collect a net profit and sit back while they continue to collect that income year after year, doing little to evaluate if their investment is a very good one.
19 Jan 2006	Home Selling Essentials There are lots of reasons why offers might not come in when you're selling a home, but let's get past the top home selling killer–overpricing.
6 Jan 2006	City Inspections of Rental Property Dealing with city inspectors can be a very difficult experience.