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03/28/2007 Ask the HOA Expert
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Question: While I understand that the board should deal only with a unit owner when a tenant breaks the HOA rules, wouldn't it make sense to provide the tenant a copy of the correspondence with the unit owner?
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03/28/2007 Arizona Has Nation's Fastest Growing County
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Maricopa County, AZ, gained 696,000 residents during the six-year period between 2000 and 2006, the largest numerical increase of the nation's 3,141 counties, according to estimates released last week by the Census Bureau.
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03/27/2007 Tax Considerations for Canadians Interested in US Ownership
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According to one well-known international tax expert, buying and owning US real estate is no more complex that purchasing and owning in your own province -- as long as you follow all the income tax rules involved. It's not the properties, but legal and tax differences between the two countries, and variations between states, that add complexity.
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03/27/2007 March Roundup
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Interest Rates Rise Slightly
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03/27/2007 Can This Investor Be Saved?
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"Can you recommend any exit strategies for my real estate investor friend who has too much inventory now and not enough funds to cover his mortgages?" asks a reader from somewhere in cyberspace.
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03/27/2007 Ask George & Chuck: Questions from Consumers
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Question (CA): I've been trying to sell my home FSBO and have been contacted by a company called NHBcorp (National Home Buyers Corporation). They are offering to purchase my home at fair market value. They charge a 1.5 percent fee, take over the deed and my loans and resell the house. They then give us 12 percent interest along with our equity within a year after closing.
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03/27/2007 'Housing America' Wants You! (To Fight For Affordable Housing)
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Most Americans believe affordable housing should be an election issue -- right up there with war, global warming and health care -- and a coalition of real estate industry groups have formed "Housing America 2007" to make is so -- with you as a participant.
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03/27/2007 IBM launches new mortgage software division
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IBM is getting into the mortgage lending software and services business just as Fair Isaac Corp. is leaving.
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03/27/2007 Coldwell Banker goes virtual with property sales
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Coldwell Banker has put up a shingle in the Second Life digital frontier, and is among the first real-world real estate companies to sell virtual homes in cyberspace.
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03/27/2007 Home-price index falls to negative territory in January
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A monthly home-price index that tracks price shifts in 20 metro areas fell to a negative annual return in January, with 11 of 20 areas experiencing year-over-year declines.
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