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Taxpayers Must File a Paper 2009 Tax Return

Legislative changes in November 2009 expanded and extended the credit and also added documentation requirements for claiming the credit. Due to increased compliance checks by the IRS, failure to submit documentation will slow down the issuance of any applicable refund.
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Added by Jennifer Griner on March 15, 2010 at 10:03am — No Comments

CTREIA Real Estate Team Coaching Program

A Step-By-Step System That Removes All the Guess Work From Buying
Apartment buildings!

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multi-family real estate but today's market have you feeling a bit lost?

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(or little) of your own money down and faster profits than ever before…
IF you have this ALL-NEW Secret Syste… Continue

Added by CTREIA on March 12, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

CT REIA Deal Or No Deals Workshop - 03/17/10 - Meriden, CT

Deal or No Deal$ Workshop (Free, Members Only event)
Wed, March 17. 6:30 - 9:00pm
Comfort Inn. 900 East Main St. Meriden, CT. 06450
Register for event at: ctreia.com/events.php

Learn How To Become A CTREIA Member at: ctreia.com

So you think that you found a great de… Continue

Added by CTREIA on March 12, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

CTREIA Monthly Meeting - Build an empire from single family homes

CT REIA Monthly Meeting with Nyrik & Linda Huuskonen: Build an
empire from single family homes that cost less than many new cars.

March 15, 2010. 5:30-9:00pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel
100 Berlin Road. Cromwell, CT. 06416
FREE for CTREIA Members, $30 for guests
REGISTER NOW at: http://www.ctreia.com/events.php

Nyrik and Linda Huusk… Continue

Added by CTREIA on March 12, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

A Morning Cup of Inspiration (March 12, 2010)

Embrace failure.

“With a positive mental attitude failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts

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Added by Jennifer Griner on March 12, 2010 at 10:48am — No Comments

Freddie Mac: 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Drops Slightly

30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.95 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending March 11, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.97 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.03 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.32 percent with an average 0.7 point, down from last week when it averaged 4.33 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on March 11, 2010 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 3/10/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) increased 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 1.2 percent compared with the previous week.

Refinance Index: decreased 1.5 percent the previous week and the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 5.7 percent from one week earlier.

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Added by Howard Bell on March 11, 2010 at 7:21pm — No Comments

What Makes a House Recession-Proof?

The real-estate bust has stripped all the smoke and mirrors from the housing market. In the starkest way possible, it is revealing which homes hold value in a recession, and why.

Certain upgrades can help recession-proof your house, but your home's price resilience mostly depends on ch… Continue

Added by Jennifer Griner on March 9, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Case Shiller: Slowly Getting Better

The S&P Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index posted a 2.5% decrease from a year earlier, a significant easing from the 19%, 15% and 8.7% declines in the rest of 2009.

The indexes showed prices in 10 major metropolitan areas fell 2.4% in December from a year earlier, while the index for 20 major metropolitan areas dropped 3.1%. Prices are down 5.3% in the past year, compared with a 7.3% decline in October, S&P said. A year ago, prices had tumbled 18.2%. The index s… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on March 8, 2010 at 9:02pm — No Comments

Good News! MBAA New Forebearance Program

Mortgage Bankers Association has developed a new forbearance program that would allow qualified borrowers who lose their jobs to stay in their homes while they look for a job. The MBAA proposal would have loan servicers lower mortgage payment for up to nine months while a homeowner looked for work. This would allow for a great deal of stability in the lives of those who lose their jobs and their homes simultaneously.

Most of the new home loss problems now are not sub prime or irrespon… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on March 8, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Real Estate Leverage - the Top 4 Don'ts

Real Estate leverage is the use of borrowed money to increase your profits in an investment. Building wealth via real estate requires the use of leverage.
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Added by Jennifer Griner on March 8, 2010 at 10:15am — No Comments

You call the shots

Today's post is very short.

In real estate investing you have to remember that you are ultimately the buyer. you call the shots. You make the terms, you have the money.

I know that when you have the opportunity to make money you will have to step out and risk a little but just remember that a chain will break at its weakest link.

Make sure you are in touch with your gut. If it seems too risky it probably is. Be generous with your sellers, but not on the bottom li… Continue

Added by Matt Gerchow on March 7, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

A Morning Cup of Inspiration (March 5, 2010)

"The first step is to fill your life with positive faith that will help you through anything. The second is to begin where you are."

- Dr. Norman Vincen

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Added by Jennifer Griner on March 5, 2010 at 9:20am — No Comments

Market Value vs. Appraised Value: Is there a difference? (Video)

Click the screen above to watch this quick video.

Tonja… Continue

Added by Jennifer Griner on March 4, 2010 at 10:04am — No Comments

More Gov't Aid for Homeowners in California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Michigan

President Obama recently announced an additional $1.5 billion in homeowner aid for the areas of the country hardest-hit by declining home values. Florida, Michigan, Arizona, California and Nevada are the five states that will receive funds.
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Added by Jennifer Griner on March 3, 2010 at 10:40am — No Comments

Repair Your Credit in 10 Steps

Many people have been asking if they can fix their credit score themselves. There are steps, which are outlined below, that people can follow to repair their credit. However, we have found, that it is not the actual steps that a… Continue

Added by Jennifer Griner on March 2, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Should an Investor Get a Real Estate License?

So many people have repeatedly asked if they should get a real estate license as investors.

First, there is no "right" answer to this question. Below is a list of Pros and Cons gathered from a combination from our experiences and other opinions from real… Continue

Added by Jennifer Griner on March 1, 2010 at 11:29am — No Comments

Sunday morning in Phuket

I have to say, every day is such an adventure in Phuket. You really don't know what is going to happen from one day to the next. There is so much to see and do.

I was informed yesterday that one could eat in a new restaurant for 500 days and by the time they got to the end there would probably be 500 more to choose from.

Met a couple from France this morning. Interesting twosome. They work in Internet Marketing for a company out of New York called Webgains.

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Added by Matt Gerchow on February 27, 2010 at 8:25pm — No Comments

Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rate Commentary:

30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Over 5 Percent

30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 5.05 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending February 25, 2010, up from last week when it averaged 4.93 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.07 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.40 p… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on February 27, 2010 at 7:52pm — No Comments

Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Update

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 2/24/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) decreased 8.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier

Refinance Index: decreased 8.9 percent from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 7.3 percent from one w… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on February 27, 2010 at 7:51pm — No Comments

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