Ilyce Glink Show Notes - November 1, 2009. How has the credit crisis and recession changed you and your spending habits? I want to hear from you. Free books and ebook deal. This week, our latest ebooks, on investing in real estate, will be released on ThinkGlink.com as will our podcasts from our How to Profit From Foreclosures event. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest information, discounts and deals.
How do you pursue a career in real estate? Where should you start your search when looking to become a real estate agent? A reader wants some job advice in this area.
Chapter 7 bankruptcy still affects a buyer's credit history even after seven years from the date the bankruptcy was filed.
First time home buyers and others can celebrate soon. There's movement to extend and expand the first time home buyer tax credit. But wait, there's more. The new and improved home buyer's tax credit will be expanded to include higher income earners and existing home owners. The fragile real estate may have hit a jackpot as the expanded and improved tax credit was surely supported by the real estate industry and residential mortgage brokers. It's the new and improved home buyer tax credit.
If you receive a full price offer for the sale of your home, can the lender still consider the sale a short sale? What if the full price offer covers all expenses and covers the entire amount owed to the lender, would the sale still be a short sale?
This reader questions why a lender might under all circumstances consider a full price offer as a short sale no matter what.
Winterize Your Home And Get a Tax Credit. The IRS has advised taxpayers that the Expanded Recovery Act Tax Credit will help homeowners winterize their homes so they can save energy and save money at the same time. But the IRS cautions homeowners to check the tax credit certification before they buy winterizing tools.
$8,000 tax credit extension and expansion details as of October 29, 2009. Here are the details of the proposed amendment to extend and expand the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit.
$8,000 Tax Credit: Administration Calls on Congress To Pass $8,000 Tax Credit And Other Pro-Housing Measures. The White House supports three pro-housing measures including the extension and expansion of the $8,000 tax credit, continuing an expansion of the loan limits, and support for the Housing Trust Fund. These pro-housing measures were announced by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan at a press conference Thursday morning.
Today on the Ilyce Glink Show, Ilyce rehashes the How to Profit from Foreclosure event in Atlanta yesterday, and gives tips from the experts like how to build your investing team and make sure your team can work well together. If you missed the event, visit the Think Glink Store for the eBooks the the best advice from the experts and the podcast of the full event. Ilyce also took questions from callers and gave advice to a recent widow who is wondering how to sell her home as a FSBO. Another caller wants to know how to set up a partnership agreement between unmarried partners, and another caller wonders how the $8,000 tax credit will affect her decision to move back into her rental property.
Mortgage borrowers are scrambling for answers as their funds have been frozen; What do you do if you receive letters from two different mortgage servicing companies claiming that each one of them is going to service your Taylor Bean and Whitaker loan? We've received an update and past court documents from the United States Bankruptcy court detailing Taylor, Bean Whitaker trouble.
