Opinion

It is very important for you to get a copy of your credit report which once a year is free. You need to go through it thoroughly and check for errors. There was someone on the news this morning that had applied for a mortgage and received an interest rate a little higher than it should have been be [Read More]

I know when I was having a difficult time because my Dad had Alzheimer's and I felt like I couldn't cope, I would head down to Pine Island Beach, sit in the small parking lot and just look at the Gulf. I would take a book and I just found it released a lot of emotions and I could cope again [Read More]

I believe that the time to buy is now and the reasoning behind that opinion is not just mine but many others who are in fact buying because the deals are just too good to pass up. I also believe that the buyer's market could easily change from being a historically strong market, the strongest I [Read More]

We saw creative financing in the 1980s'. I bought my home in Long Island and assumed the seller's first mortgage and the seller held a second at 15% (the first was 12% and was considered good). With the strict Federal regulations on lending institutions (we went from one extreme to the othe [Read More]

What do I mean by that? You are probably thinking about buying that home in warm Flroida (alright we had a cold spell but it is breaking) - why are you waiting and not fulfilling the dream? We all say life is too short, and if we seriously think about it, it is. If you are renting, you could probab [Read More]

This has become a very frustrating situation and it is becoming more frustrating as we attempt to close more deals. The mortgage lender evidently has a process where they go by the "Closing Date" to check the file. This means that they don't look at the file until this timeslot they d [Read More]

Hernando County which is comprised of Brooksville, Spring Hill and Weeki Wachee is a real neat place to live. I moved here from Long Island over five years ago and I don't mind a "sun storm" versus a snowstorm. We have the Weeki Wachee State Park with the mermaid show which is not on [Read More]

Okay Northerners now it is time to move south - the Sunshine State. I was a Long Island, NY resident and moved to Hernando County which encompasses Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee, and Brooksville, and I am thrilled that I am here. Although it was a bit cold yesterday - I had to put a jacket on because i [Read More]

A House subcommittee has stated it will investigate the Treasury Department's decision to change a long-standing law so that Citigroup could keep billions of dollars in tax breaks. The I.R.S. ruled yesterday that Citigroup could keep $38 billion in tax breaks that otherwise would decline in va [Read More]

America has got some real estate deals that will probably never be this, historically, good again but we’ve also got … well …we’ve got trouble right here in America and that rhymes with C and that stands for Capitalism. Our medical insurance system, known throughout the e [Read More]