Home Buying Blogs - Page 1

**Jobs, Foreclosures, The Stock Market And More Thoughts About Our Wacky World.** If we don't have jobs, it's awfully hard to pay a mortgage. More foreclosures may be on the way, according to the one person who I knew correctly called the financial meltdown.

Ilyce Glink Show Notes - November 1, 2009. How has the credit crisis and recession changed you and your spending habits? I want to hear from you. Free books and ebook deal. This week, our latest ebooks, on investing in real estate, will be released on ThinkGlink.com as will our podcasts from our How to Profit From Foreclosures event. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest information, discounts and deals.

$8,000 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Being Used Illegally? You Betcha!

Ilyce Glink Show Notes - October 11, 2009 How to Profit from Foreclosures and Free EBOOKS, GDP, Budgeting, Saving Money, Unemployment Numbers. Great real estate advice and personal finance advice from the show!

Ilyce Glink Show notes - October 18, 2009 FDIC shuts down the 99th bank this year; FREE BOOKS and EBOOK DEAL; How to Profit from Foreclosures; Herman Cain show.

Foreclosure numbers are dreadful in Q3 2009. Hard to imagine that the foreclosure numbers could get any worse, but the Q3 2009 numbers stunk to high heaven. Two-thirds of the foreclosures in the U.S. are concentrated in the top 10 states, but that won't make homeowners feel any better. Foreclosures are job-driven, and while the unemployment number keeps rising, foreclosure numbers will continue to rise, according to RealtyTrac.

Ilyce Glink Show Notes - October 4, 2009; Atlanta Flood update; September job cuts and unemployment rate rises; Moving to Montana; Section 8 real estate investing; how to find an estate attorney; HUD-certified housing counselors and Net Present Value (NPV) calculations and why people can't get loan modifications; FREE BOOKS and EBOOK DISCOUNT DEAL; Taylor Bean Whitaker

Sushi and six degrees of separation. Last night, I had dinner at a good all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant in Palatine, IL called Sushi Para. It turns out my dinner companions and I had a lot in common.

The $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit will expire on November 30, 2009, unless Congress votes to extend the deadline. But with positive housing news coming out and with health care sucking the oxygen out of the room, is there the political will to extend and expand the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit? Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) thinks so, but instead of pushing his $15,000 home buyer tax credit for everyone, he is going to propose a $10,000 tax credit for everyone, including millionaires. He believes he can attach it to upcoming legislation as an amendment and get it passed. I spoke with Sen. Isakson this morning about his efforts to get the tax credit legislation passed.

Ilyce Glink Show Notes - Georgia Flood and Insurance Claims Secrets. Russell Longcore was a live guest on the show. We had a full hour of information about flood insurance, including Russell's 7 Myths of Flood Insurance. Highlights of the 7 Myths of Flood Insurance are below.