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Archive for: January, 2010

‘Unsticking’ your home sale

‘Unsticking’ your home sale

ShareMood of the Market
Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman News
Many of my fellow real estate brokers and I have clients who have been house hunting, it seems, since time eternal. OK — well, since last summer. These hardy homebuyers have experienced competing with 30 other offers over the summer months, maybe got into and out [...]

top 10 credit card moves for smart women buyers, sellers + refi-ers in 2010

top 10 credit card moves for smart women buyers, sellers + refi-ers in 2010

Lending guidelines are tightening (again) and the new Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Discloscsure Act (CARD) takes effect on February 22, 2010 – what’s a smart woman to do?

spent: sex, evolution and consumer behavior {book review}

spent: sex, evolution and consumer behavior {book review}

The old marketing adage “sex sells” is to “Spent: Sex, Evolution and Consumer Behavior” as your uncle’s old 35-millimeter vacation movies are to YouTube.

Non-cash buyers jump through hoops

Non-cash buyers jump through hoops

ShareHome Sale Hindsight
Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman News
Q: I’m trying to buy a house and have made offers on foreclosures and on regular homes. I’ve had about eight different offers rejected. Almost every time, the sellers said they took an all-cash offer. But after they closed, a bunch of them actually sold for less [...]

live it, love it, earn it {book review}

live it, love it, earn it {book review}

Marianna Olszewski’s fresh approach takes smart women back to the basics of inspired financial planning and vision-driven entrepreneurship.

Caveats of mortgage debt forgiveness

Caveats of mortgage debt forgiveness

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Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman News
Q: I heard from my agent that if you did a short sale in 2009 even if you have pulled cash out during the life of your loan, a law was passed that you will be exempt from the IRS taxing you. Has this law already been passed [...]

rethinking the ‘walk-away’

rethinking the ‘walk-away’

Tara’s new white paper provides expert, real-life guidance on the whole-life impacts of walking away from your home.

Bizarre red tape in fence dispute

Bizarre red tape in fence dispute

ShareLaw of the Land
Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman News
In the case Emmerling, et al. v. Town of Richmond Zoning Board, et al., homeowners Craig and Lynn Emmerling applied for a permit to build a fence on their property. The town’s zoning board of appeals determined that a site plan review by the town’s planning [...]

Insider home loan tips

Insider home loan tips

ShareBook Review: ‘Decoding the New Mortgage Market’
Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman News
Book Review Title: "Decoding the New Mortgage Market" Author: David Reed Publisher: AMACOM, 2009; 256 pages; $17.95
With the dawn of 2010, just about everyone I know committed to smarter, savvier, more strategic decision-making — especially in the realm [...]

Walkaways: the ‘opposite of simple’

Walkaways: the ‘opposite of simple’

ShareMood of the Market
Tara-Nicholle NelsonInman News
Last week I wrote about the consumer equivalent of dissociative personality disorder, how I’m seeing sane buyers and sellers, traumatized by the gyrations of the recent real estate market, split into multiple personalities.
On reflection, I think that column was more than a bit autobiographical. I feel [...]

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