A few months ago my mom was shopping for a home back in our hometown in Illinois. She came across a bank owned property listed at 60,000. It's a 5 bedroom fixer upper on a .85 acre lot. The defaulted loan amount is more than 60K, but she offered 30K when the bank accepted an offer for 32. I'm...

My dh and I noticed that our neighbors. Which are the age of our parents changed the deed on there property. We where wondering why. I believe it is to keep the money from going to a nursing home if they need to go into one. This is how they have the deed Neighbors Name TRUSTEES REVOCABLE...

One area where I have disagreed with Dave in the past is in the area of investing in Real Estate. Dave, of course, is a 100% cash guy. I, on the other hand, have considered it an acceptable risk to save up 20-25% to buy an investment property, financing the remaining 75-80%. My reasoning...

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My sister took my Mom today to visit a retirement center. She wanted to know more about them and what they were like. The retirement place was highly recommended. The apartments were very nice, had buttons to use if you needed help, there is a nurse on duty, and everything is paid except...

We are considering buying our first home and have been working with a realtor. I recently found a house that is an estate sale, For Sale by Owner (or probably family member in this case). I was wondering what we do in this scenario? Do we just ask the realtor we've been working with to help...

Hi there, I am interested in buying a real estate in US as an ivestment and I heard something about HUD or foreclosure homes for sale. We watched a program on TV and apparently you can buy a place under $10,000. Is it for real? Does someone knows or have any infromation how it works...

I have some amount of earnings apart from the ones that I save for my necessities. I want the earnings invested in some real estate or may be in stocks. I do have some knowledge on stocks but, earlier my cousin had invested in the stocks and had a set-back. I know that you need to be updated in...

Adjusting to a softer real estate market A big reason that Fiona Saulness has saved as much as she has for retirement is real estate.

I just spoke with the broker (he called me), he wanted to let me know that there was a glitch in the MLS program and some houses got bumped out of the system (he claims it was a courtesty call to let me know in case I saw that our house was gone...I think one of you guys called him!) :) He's...

Real estate fund investors build house of rising returns Real estate mutual funds are faring surprisingly well in the worst real estate market in decades. One reason: Real estate funds ...

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I was watching this show tonight, and thought I would share it with you all... with the market being the way it is right now, things are tight. Doesn't matter if you are buying or selling... you know what to avoid (or avoid doing) 25 Biggest Real Estate Mistakes

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Real estate appraiser sues WaMu A former real estate appraiser for Washington Mutual is suing the bank, claiming she was blacklisted last year for providing a housing market forecast that was too gloomy.

My former mother in law passed away recently. My teenage children are her beneficiaries and I am the executrix of her will. Most assets (house, etc) are already in a trust, so I just need to worry about the household stuff and car. She has a 4 bedroom house filled with a lifetime of...