http://www.rethinkrealestate.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:07:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Book Review: 'More Not So Big Solutions for Your Home'Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsBook Review Title: "More Not So Big Solutions for Your Home" Author: Sarah Susanka Publisher: The Taunton Press, 2010; 160 pages; $22.95 Bigness, that staple of American values and culture, is, in ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/downsizing-the-mcmansion/ Mood of the MarketTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsI love Tim Burton films. That a single director's filmography includes "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and the disturbingly delightful-looking "Alice in Wonderland" is absolutely amazing. I crave to know what it looks like on the inside of Tim ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/living-in-a-real-estate-fantasy-land/ Home Sale HindsightTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsQ: I filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and then lost my job in 2009. I'd like to keep my condo and my car, even though those debts were included in the bankruptcy. If I can sell my condo for more than its payoff ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/bankruptcys-catch-22/ REThink Real EstateTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsQ: I've been looking for my first home for several months now. In my price range, it seems like there are fewer and fewer good homes available. When I first started looking, there were lots of houses, although they were hard to get ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/know-when-to-say-buy/ Law of the LandTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsIn the case City of Waco v. Debra Kirwan, et al., college student Brad McGehee was sitting on a bluff in a park owned and operated by the city of Waco, Texas, watching boat races when the rock beneath him crumbled ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/whos-at-fault-in-rockfall-death/ Book Review: 'Living Well with Bad Credit'Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsBook ReviewTitle: "Living Well with Bad Credit" Authors: Chris Balish and Geoff Williams Publisher: Health Communications Inc., 2010; 192 pages; $10.36 Once upon a time, it was the case that you could pretty accurately assume that ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/keep-credit-problems-in-check/ Mood of the MarketTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsI went house hunting with a client yesterday let's call her "Alice." Alice's particular homebuyer neurosis is "closet" post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). And she's not at all in the closet about the fact that she has it -- in fact, to the contrary. ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/cures-for-the-closet-obsessed/ Home Sale HindsightTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsQ: I'm about $150,000 upside down on my house, and I have been trying to do a short sale. I had a contract to sell it to a buyer who is well-qualified and has been waiting patiently for several months while we awaited ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/hidden-costs-in-short-sales/ REThink Real EstateTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsQ: I just got a letter from my mortgage lender offering me a 6.5 percent fixed interest rate on my home equity line of credit balance, which is right around $100,000 and is the only debt I have on my $500,000 home. My ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/if-arm-aint-broke-dont-fix-it/ Law of the LandTara-Nicholle NelsonInman NewsHomeowners Patricia Ostolaza-Diaz and Jose Luis Diaz-Goyes had two Bank of America mortgages plus a home equity line of credit, also with Bank of America, on their Virginia home, according to court documents. They reportedly received an unsolicited call from a mortgage ... http://www.rethinkrealestate.com/http:/www.rethinkrealestate.com/court-no-fraud-in-refi-to-a-higher-rate/