Archive for February, 2007

Pastor Steals Church - Another Example of Real Estate Fraud

It is amazing the depths that some people that some people will go to steal property. There is a story from the city of Ripon in the San Joaquin Valley, California ) yelling at you right

The chu…

20Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Mail scam targets homeowners for loans

If a special deal comes in your mail with an offer to give you a cash grant or money to help you pay for your home, throw it out. Scam Artists are using a new trick saying that there is a federal prog…

19Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

New Jersey Says Pediatrician Discriminated Against Renting To Children

Life is ironic. A noted Trenton, New Jersey pediatrician has been accused of discrimination because he would not rent an apartment above his office to families with children. Is it because the doctor…

17Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Housing sales fall in 40 states in fourth quarter, Thank God!

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Housing sales are down in 40 states scream the headlines. My reaction is Thank God Almighty.
Look folks, we know that the marketplace got flooded with a combination of forces. Low interest rates, easy (non existent?) mortgage requirements, and […]

16Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Fun Stuff - Wheel of Food (or whatever keyword you want to try)

If you are like me, cool and local are becoming more and more of a focus on the internet. Also, I like to eat but I tend to have a hard time deciding where to go.
Enter, the Wheel of Food : All you…

15Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Is Your Home Your Primary Retirement Asset? If So, You May Be In Trouble Study Says

A new study by the firm Fidelity Investments seems to warn off homeowners from counting on home equity as a primary vehicle for their retirement. Now, I am a firm believer in spreading out ones assets…

15Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 6 comments | Continued

Whats With Real Estate Agents And Grow Houses?

There must be a correlation between grow houses and real estate agents. As we have covered before in California and Canada , real estate agents were closely tied with grow house operations. Now right…

14Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued

Wall Street rallies on Bernanke speech

Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve Chairman, testified today that the economy is doing well with inflationary pressures in check. This has been taken by Wall Street that interest rates will remain stable or…

14Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Top 10 Cities For Appreciation in the Next 5 Years (2007-2012)

If you are looking for where appreciation should be the best over the next 5 years, Business 2.0 has come up with a list for you. It measures expected appreciation over the next 5 years and which citi…

13Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 12 comments | Continued

NaturallySpeaking software to post online — an experiment

So tonight I am using NaturallySpeaking software to create this post.
I just installed the software, had tried it many years ago with mixed set success, but wanted to give it another try. I went to…

12Feb2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued