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What was hailed as the saving grace for those in foreclosure has turned out to be more hype than reality. For the overwhelming majority, loan modifications don’t work. With urging from the Obama administration and pleading from community activist groups like ACORN, banks and mortgage lenders sought to quell the rising tide of foreclosures by [...]

As we are all seeing this foreclosure play unfold, it seems that another act has been written that most have not seen or even thought about. What happens when the decline in value is so steep that the option of foreclosure is too expensive for the bank to undertake? Would you spend $100.00 to collect [...]

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The Housing Crisis Is Making Criminals In The Fort Lauderdale Real Estate Market Everyone here at the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate blog spends time each week keeping up on the latest news and laws that affect Fort Lauderdale home prices and trends. In reading a recent article in the South Florida Sun Sentinel regarding mortgage [...]

You know it amazes me the amount of disinformation that gets spewed by the johnny-comelately’s of the real estate world who all of a sudden think they know how to do short sales. All I can hope for is a return to the way it was a few years ago when those of us who [...]

I recently read a Digg wherein a couple of guys had declared themselves as the best realtor in east Fort Lauderdale. In addition to sounding cocky, and blatantly full of themselves, I was wondering how this award was self-conferred. Was there some awards ceremony that yours truly was not invited to? Was there some contest [...]

Excuse me for a moment, it’s hard to type with this suit of armor I have on. You see after some agents see this I may be on the hit list of a number of them. However, don’t worry too much. If they are as proficient at hitting a target as they are at being [...]

I saw this video online yesterday and it really made me laugh. Why? Because I was on a few websites and some agents were actually freaking out over this video. So it really makes you wonder what kind of shenanigans are being pulled on unsuspecting buyers and sellers. I LOVED this video because I think [...]

All kinds of things can happen wrong if you pick an inexperienced and less than competent real estate agent to represent you. It really doesn’t matter if you are a common man or a despised dictator…in any event, pick the wrong agent and then you may have to suffer the consequences.

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