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Ilyce Glink is the author of ten books, including the bestselling 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask. Her nationally syndicated column, "Real Estate Matters," appears in more than 125 newspapers and Web sites, and her online "Ask Ilyce" columns are read by hundreds of thousands of people every month. She is a top-rated radio host on WSB Radio in Atlanta, the Home Equity blogger at CBS MoneyWatch.com, host of the Internet program "Expert Real Estate Tips," managing editor of the Equifax Personal Finance Blog, and publisher of ThinkGlink.com.
Written by Ilyce Glink on July 16, 2010
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If your house is worth less than the mortgage amount, you’re underwater with your loan. And that means you could be facing a short sale nightmare. If you want to sell your house, unless you plan to come to the table with enough cash to…
Written by Ilyce Glink on July 9, 2010
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Sharon called my radio show a few weeks back. Her real estate broker had taken her to see a HUD home (which is nothing more than an FHA foreclosure). She could buy the house with only $100 down, but she’d have to pay $9,000 in…
Written by Ilyce Glink on July 2, 2010
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If you’re unemployed and can no longer afford your mortgage, a new Making Home Affordable loan modification program might offer some relief. The new Unemployed Program (UP) starts August 1, 2010, and it requires lenders to reduce or suspend payments for at least three months…
Written by Ilyce Glink on June 25, 2010
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With real estate prices so low, you might be thinking about buying that cabin on the lake you’ve been renting for the past few years. You’ll use it a little and rent it out to folks like yourself. Sounds like a plan, except being a…
With property prices down, many armchair investors are thinking about getting up and making an offer. Whether you’re investing in residential real estate, a small strip shopping center, a commercial office building, a warehouse property, or raw land, the first thing you need to do…
I’m often asked how to find a great real estate agent. The answer couldn’t be simpler: Use the six steps I outline below and you’re sure to a great real estate agent to assist you with buying or selling your next property. But let me…
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