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Mortgage Modification For A Troubled Time: Lower Your Payment, Stay In Your Home!

Jul. 13, 2009
Mortgage Modifications: Don't Give Up The Ship If you are having trouble making your mortgage payments, or if you have missed payments, there is something you can do! Lenders, with a hard nudge from the Federal Government, are modifying the mortgages o

Where Do You Get Your Political Fix?

Jun. 10, 2009
Get Your Political Fix Here! If you are involved in the real estate industry in some way, how do you stay on top of what is going on in Washington or the world? The Political and Financial Markets Commentator will provide you news and opinion on the ev

Commercial and Residential First Mortgage Note Sale Clarification

Apr. 27, 2009
Our goal is to sell our 1st mortgage notes to an interested party, understanding that we will most likely not be getting 100% on the dollar, but that we will hopefully come to a price that would make a deal work for both parties.

Commercial Mortgage Training

Apr. 13, 2009
The Commercial Capital Commercial Mortgage Training Program provides all this and more. It is 3-DVDs, 5.5 hours of pure training taught by nationally known commercial mortgage expert Charles Wallshein, Esq. In this program you will learn everything you

Mortgage Deals Are Still Getting Closed

Apr. 8, 2009
In these difficult times, Exeter Commercial LLC is happy to announce that we have closed a $4.375 MM Bridge Loan. While we have been closing smaller commercial mortgage deals on purchase and refinances of income producing property, larger, more complex d

Mark To Market Eased: Making A Silk Purse From A Sow's Ear? Example Included Below

Apr. 2, 2009
The FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)relaxed the rules that require a bank to mark the value of an asset on its books to a"market" price, IF a transaction that takes place is distressed and/or if the market that security trades in is inactive. T

FHA, FHA Sreamline and VA Mortgages: Your Banking Source

Jan. 28, 2009
Why You Should Use Euro For Your FHA, FHA Streamline or VA Mortgage Needs!

The Political and Financial Markets Commentator: Where Have You Been?

Jan. 8, 2009
The Political and Financial Markets Commentator If you don't get your daily free feed or email delivery of The Political and Financial Markets Commentator at http://politicsandfinance.blogspot.com, these are some of the stories that you have already

Bernie Madoff: Who Could (Should) Have Known?

Dec. 16, 2008
Question: How do you make a small fortune? Answer: Start with a large fortune and give it to Bernie Madoff to invest! "When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies": Jefferson Airplane,1967 "I would not join any club that wou

The Political and Financial Markets Commentator

Dec. 14, 2008
If you didn't subscribe for email or feed delivery, these are the stories that you missed this week: Memories Of A Day Trader The Auto Bailout: Between A Rock And A Hard Place Athletes, Privilege and the Law Are Stocks Off To The Races? Maybe, M

Memories of a Day Trader

Dec. 12, 2008
As In Life and Trading, Timing Is Everything Buy the dips, sell the rallys. I became a proprietary equity trader back in 1987. At the time, one of the most volatile stocks on the NYSE was MMM with moves that could be a full point or more. These move

Global Blast Of Liquidity: What Does It All Mean?

Dec. 5, 2008
In a throwback to an earlier time, the Bank of England cut its key lending rate 100bp. to 2.0%, the lowest level since 1939. If they were to cut it to below 2.0%, it would be the first and only time since the Bank of England came into existence in 1694. I

The Political and Financial Markets Commentator

Dec. 4, 2008
If you haen't been getting your feed or email updates of the stories that have been written the last week, here are some of the titles: Torture: What Is The Correct Definition? The Big Three: This Time They Drove The Selling Of America: The List Go

If You Don't Subscribe, This Is What You Missed This Week!

Nov. 23, 2008
If you don't subscribe for free to The Political and Financial markets Commentator by either email or through a feed, these are the stories that you missed this week. Imagine what you missed the week before

Commercial Mortgage Training On Sale

Nov. 18, 2008
For the loyal readers of RealTown that are interested in our nationally acclaimed training program, find it on sale at Amazon.com at 66% off of our website price. Only $99.00 for 5.5 hours of DVD training, 109-page Course Manual and Deal Analysis Spreadsh

This Is What You Missed This Week

Nov. 15, 2008
The Political and Financial Markets Commentator If you don't get it delivered to your inbox or feed, these are the stories you missed this week:

What Is Bridge or Hard Money Lending

Nov. 7, 2008
Check it out, and if you have any thoughts, comments or questions please let me know. Particularly in this banking environment, where even the most pristine borrowers can have real problems getting financing, bridge lending offers a real alternative.

Is It Democrat or Democratic Party?

Nov. 5, 2008
It's about 4 PM EST and I just finished voting. I am listening to some commentary on the radio and the speaker is referring to the party that is not Republican, as the the Democratic party, and those running for office within it as democratic candidates.

Why The Senate Races May Be The Most Critical

Nov. 4, 2008
It's the day we've been waiting for o' these many months. Who is going to win the presidency? Will it be Obama or McCain? The truth is, if Obama does win the more critical votes are going to be in the Senate, as that is where we may have the situation whe

Name Your Favorite Wall Street Cliche

Nov. 3, 2008
When we are in the deepest throes of a downside crisis, and the markets are in maximum turmoil, I hear very few if any of them tell me that this is the bottom, this is the spot and this is where you should commit your money. No, what I get are one or more