Note News Weekly Roundup 10-21-17

Published: Sat, 10/21/17

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Major Note And Real Estate News Stories And Articles:

Investors Are Buying Distressed TX and FL Homes for 40 Cents on the Dollar
How Equifax Breach Could Hurt Home Sales
Note Investors Beware!
One Of The Largest Home Rent-to Own Cos. Shut Down In WI
States With Highest, Lowest Property Taxes
Have You Heard About The John Duarte Wetlands Case??!!

How To Calculate Cash Flows

If you missed recent Weeks In Review:
Crackdown On Real Estate Money Laundering
Of The 20 Hottest Real Estate Markets, 1/2 Are In CA. Here's The List
Baby Boomers Who Won’t Sell Dominating the Housing Market

Foreclosures Down 20 Percent In Past 12 Months
How The Fed Sets Interest Rates -- Impact On Commercial Real Estate
Land Contracts Explained
Agencies Propose Exempting CRE Property Sales of $400,000 or Less from Appraisals
Want A Median-priced Home In The San Francisco Bay Area? Better Make At Least $179,000

Mortgage Scam Cons Thousands
Who Owns Single Family Houses?
Renting in Toronto Is a Total Nightmare

and here is a post on non-performing notes that may interest you:
https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/70/topics/473841-very-important-read-this-and-lets-discuss-npns

The 10 States With The Most Foreclosures
How Does The House-Passed Financial CHOICE Act Roll Back Dodd-Frank?
Rents At A 50 Year High
Spike in Renters Looking to Buy
ALERT: New Craigslist Scam Keeps Man Out Of His Own Home

Freddie Mac To Loan Million$ To Midsize Landlords
1/3rd Of Homes Nationwide Sold To Non-owner Occupants
Apartment Occupancy Rate Nears Record High
Underwater Homeowners Are Drying Up
Tax Resources On The Internet

How NOT To Invest: Viaticals
WHAT Were They Thinking???

Credit Scores Just Became Much Less Useful
ALERT: Cybercrime Threatening Transactions
Media's Spotlight On Contract For Deed Abuses May Make Them Illegal
Sen. Feinstein's Husband's $19 BILLION Real Estate Deal

Senators Consider Breaking Up Fannie & Freddie
Most Undervalued U.S. Cities in 2017
The Govt. Can Seize Your Property Without Paying You A Dime
Supreme Court Limits Rights Of Property Owners
1031 Exchanges In The Crosshairs?
CFPB Doubles Down

Inflation Explained
Supreme Court: NPN Investors Not Subject To Debt Collection Laws
3 Ways Dodd-Frank Repeal Will Affect Real Estate & Notes
50-State Property Tax Comparison Study Released
House Reverses Much Of Dodd-Frank, Reigns In CFPB
ALERT: Wire Fraudsters Targeting Real Estate Transactions

The Good & Bad News About Recent Note Creation
States Are Moving Toward Fast-Tracking Foreclosures
Home Prices Growing Twice As Fast As Incomes

ALERT: Hackers Stole 100 Million Email Addresses From DocuSign. Here's How To Protect Yourself
Zillow Sued By Homeowner For "Sloppy Computer- Driven" Appraisal

8 Reasons Why Your Real Estate Website Does Not Generate Any New Business
Govt. To Limit Or Stop Certain Contract For Deed Sales
Bankruptcy Court Says An Assignment Of A Note Not Enough to Prove Ownership

This Is What Happens When The Govt. Tries To Control Wages And Prices
Obama Had Mortgage Slush Fund, Illegally Funneled Billions To Leftist Groups
Buying In S. CA: Bid $100,000 Over Asking, Outbid By $85,000

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