Using FHA 203k Loans To Rehab Your Short Sale or Foreclosure
There are a few common ways that I have seen [...]
Lease With Option To Buy/ Rent To Own
A Tutorial Lease with option to buy (aka rent-to-own) is [...]
The Folly Of Timing The Housing Market
It's hard enough to time investments. Finance theory says it's [...]
Will Rising Interest Rates Kill The Real Estate Market?
Understanding the relationship between interest rates and home prices is [...]
Villa Taj Update
Last October, I wrote about an outrageous mansion, Villa Taj [...]
Will Short Sales Become Short?
Seriously though, the government has again ramped up their efforts to [...]
Comparing Assessments – Part III
As part of my ongoing rant about the high condo [...]
More Sellers Becoming Landlords
In Chicago renting is often a very good alternative to [...]
Comparing Assessments – Part II
Let's assume that after adjusting for all the factors in [...]
Better Electric? Not For Heating
A bit more than 20 years ago we bought our [...]
Home Buyer Tax Credit News!
While the passing of this credit is still to come,according [...]
First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Applies to Duplexes and Two Flats!
Did you know that? We didn't. After searching a multitude [...]