Gas is still too high, home values too low, and there are too many muddy election flyers smothering too many bills in most people’s mailboxes. I find myself in reaction mode, and I don’t like it.
I want something productive to do like recalibrate the price of a barrel of oil, or of a gorgeous 5 bdrm/3 bath home that just tanked 75K in [...]

Short sales are complicated enough. Throw in a quitclaim deed on the property, and the fun just never seems to end. If you are going to attempt a purchase or listing via the short sale process, make sure you’ve done your homework and have an agent who is familiar with shortselling insanity to walk you through [...]