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Q: We’ve heard close to 200,000 prospective buyers who were in contract to purchase a home in time for the April 30 federal homebuyer tax credit program are not likely to close by the June 30 closing deadline. How easy would it be to cancel a deal for [...]
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Q: In April I offered $165,000 on a short sale that was listed at $150,000. My offer was for all cash, but we just found out the property was sold in June to someone else for $160,000 — $5,000 lower than my offer! My broker said that banks [...]
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In 2006, Michael Roehrs purchased a parcel of farmland, bordered by one other farm to the north and two to the west. Fencing separated Roehrs’ property only from one of his western neighbors; there was no fence separating Roehrs’ parcel from the other western neighbor or the northern neighbor. Where [...]
ShareBook Review: ‘Hot (broke) Messes: How to Have Your Latte and Drink it Too’
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Book Review Title: "Hot (broke) Messes: How to Have Your Latte and Drink it Too" Author: Nancy Trejos Publisher: Business Plus, 320 pages; $13.99
Washington Post personal finance columnist Nancy Trejos goes on [...]
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Book Review Title: "Hot (broke) Messes: How to Have Your Latte and Drink it Too" Author: Nancy Trejos Publisher: Business Plus, 320 pages; $13.99
Washington Post personal finance columnist Nancy Trejos goes on [...]
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Have you ever considered the conflicting messaging we espouse in our society around the prospect of quitting? American culture has adage after adage about persistence — i.e., not quitting — even in the face of dire adversity. Quitters never win, right?
Well, on the other hand, there’s just [...]
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Q: I am considering terminating a contract to purchase a home. We are currently in the inspection contingency period. But the catch is, prior to signing an inspection response addendum, we worked with our agent to verbally negotiate what would be mutually acceptable. We wanted the sellers [...]
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Q: I am under contract on a foreclosure and can’t get in contact with the listing agent, and I need to close soon to receive the tax credit. My agent has been unable to talk to the listing agent since the contract was submitted. What can I do?
Per [...]
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In Grove v. Wells Fargo, the lender reported to the credit bureaus that Kenneth Grove was behind on his car loan payments. Grove disputed that his payments were delinquent and requested that Wells Fargo correct the inaccurate marks on his credit reports, according to court documents. When Wells reportedly [...]
ShareBook Review: ‘Buying a Home: The Missing Manual’
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Book Review Title: "Buying a Home: The Missing Manual" Author: Nancy Connor Publisher: O’Reilly, 2010; 352 pages; $21.99
As far as provocative titles go, "Buying a Home: The Missing Manual" may not ooze "avant garde" at first glance. But if [...]
