Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing

by Peter L. Mosca
[Note: To follow is an excerpt of an interview with Dwan
Bent-Twyford, author of "Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing." To
listen to the show archive or download an MP3, go to
www.IncomePropertyInvestmentTalk.com/121708.]

Mosca: In your book “Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing,”
you list your mission statement as, “to teach others how to
successfully buy and sell property and increase their quality of [...]

Washington Report: Obama Stimulus Plan

by Kenneth R. Harney

With both President-elect Obama and the new Congress in Washington
last week, work on the forthcoming $775 billion economic stimulus plan
moved into high gear.

But don’t necessarily look to the stimulus plan alone for costly new
incentives for home building or real estate sales. There are actually
two packages out there — the new stimulus plus [...]

Current Market Conditions

Along with many other housing indicators this past month, the
National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index has shown a
decline for November.

This comes as no surprise to many analysts — as buyers face an ailing credit market and increased unemployment.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said a weakening was
inevitable. “Mounting job losses and very weak consumer [...]