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Bank Bandit: “Take My House, I Take Your Money”

I stumbled across an interesting piece of news on the Realtor Magazine today.
Apparently some guy walked into a Regions Bank in Athens, GA on Thursday waving a gun around, claiming he was only there to get his money back after the bank had foreclosed on his home.
He walks in sporting a black ski mask, hurls the business end of a handgun into the […]

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Flip This House Fight (Stinkin’ Funny Video)

I just stumbled upon this hilarious video clip on You Tube, and I laughed so hard I nearly shot Starbucks Chia out my nose.  (Yes, I’m in the ‘Bucks for the afternoon.)
So the quality’s not so good.  Ok, it’s down right aweful.  It looks like someone actually put their video camera up to the TV […]

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Mortgage Meltdown: Alluring Us With Their Sexy-Talk?

Well apparently the long arm of the FDIC has bitten another big mortgage get-up.  
According to the Associated Press today Netbank, a big player in online banking, had it’s sizable doors closed Friday by federal regulators due to ”an excessive level of mortgage defaults”.  (Hat tip to Cory Boatright for the article.)
Now I’m not one to start projecting what […]

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Flipping Houses = Mortgage Fraud?

While enjoying a bite for lunch today I was perusing the Flipping Homes community discussion forum for a bite of real estate investing banter, when I stumbled across a quick post from “FosterCA” referencing a Realty Times news piece today entitled, “Illegal Flipping in Beverly Hills?” (thanks, FosterCA!)
Hmmmmm, interesting. Laying my chicken wrap […]

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