Yes, You CAN Buy a PG County Foreclosure for $1,000 Down!

July 10, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

As you may have heard, HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), has been implemented in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the incentives for buying a foreclosure in PG County are STAGGERING!
The goal of the program is to reduce the number of vacant homes in neighborhoods troubled by foreclosures. Through a government funded program (Thanks to [...]

$8,000 Tax Credit Can Be Used for Down Payment!

May 15, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

If you’re looking to buy your first home but can’t afford the down payment, there may be help out there!
Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow homeowners to use the $8,000 tax credit as a [...]

Joy Jackson Pleads Guilty, She's Taking a Cue from Bernie Madoff!

March 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

It may not save the homes of the people scammed by this scumbag group, but at least some justice has been served.  Joy Jenise Jackson, the former head of the Metropolitan Money Store, has pleaded guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, which carries a maximum prison term of 30 years.
She [...]

Maryland Home Equity Thief Pleads Guilty

December 11, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

If you’ve been following my blog for awhile now, you probably know that I like to keep up to date on the real estate scams that have littered the metro area in recent years. One of the scams that I wrote about awhile back was the Metro Money Store scam.
I won’t go into all [...]

Maryland Short Sale Negotiation- The Art of the Hardship Letter

November 5, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

There’s been a huge increase in Southern Maryland Short Sales over the last year thanks to the ongoing housing crisis. More often than not, they end up as foreclosures, many times because the path to negotiating is at best, murky.
When working with a lender to get a short sale agreement, there are several things [...]

Getting Ready To Sell Your Home? Rule #1 to Choosing an Agent

October 21, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Choosing a Realtor is a big decision.  Every Realtor (myself included)  is trying to tell you why they’re the greatest thing since sliced bread and why it would be a mistake to even consider working with someone else.  It makes Realtors gigantic windbags, but that’s a real estate agent’s job: to market/promote themselves and their [...]

Timing A Home Sale Is Everything!

August 19, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

I have a real estate client who happened to find me through this blog.  He and his lovely future wife were starting their new home search, and happened across my little piece of the world wide web, specifically through a blog post that I wrote called: “Are New Home Construction Prices Negotiable?”

They already owned a [...]