Search Results for public recordstag:searchlightcrusade.net,2024:/mt//feed/public records2024-04-27T06:13:35ZMovable Type 4.21-en13113Excerpt from The Invention Of Motherhoodtag:www.danmelson.com,2024://4.55332024-02-12T15:00:00Z2024-02-12T16:42:21ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
No, they didn't make me fly myself back to Indra. Another Staff Private flew the cutter so he could bring it back. I didn't stand on ceremony. As soon as the cutter grounded, I thanked him, unstrapped, grabbed my gear...
Can You Get A Mortgage On a Condemned House?tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.31812008-04-18T14:00:00Z2008-04-18T13:42:08ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
The answer is a modified no. The same answer applies to property that is only structurally damaged, but not condemned. That condemnation is a matter of public record. I've seen any number of them while perusing title records. It shows...
Another Scam: "Negative Equity? Sell and Get Cash!"tag:www.danmelson.com,2008://4.39642008-04-14T14:00:00Z2008-04-14T13:38:11ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Notice that it doesn't claim that you can do so legally. I saw another of these signs on the way to the office this morning. When things are going sour, there are any number of scam artists who will...
Why All The Fuss Over Real Estate Transactions?tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.31392008-03-07T15:00:00Z2008-03-07T14:40:51ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Why doesn't real estate just sell for the asking price instead of having to go thru all the paper work...? Wouldn't it be easier to just put a price on it and sell it for that price? We don't...
Buyer's Agency, Due Diligence, and the Illusion of Comitytag:www.danmelson.com,2008://4.38032008-01-24T15:00:00Z2008-01-24T21:47:27ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Somebody sent me this story via e-mail: Feeling Misled on Home Price, Buyers Sue Agent Marty Ummel feels she paid too much for her house. So do millions of other people who bought at the peak of the housing...
Bundling Agent Services: What Services Do You Want and Need?tag:www.danmelson.com,2008://4.37602008-01-04T15:00:00Z2008-01-05T19:48:36ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
There is no such thing as a free lunch, but lots of people will pretend there is. It seems to me that many people consider compensation earned by real estate agents as paying some kind of toll. They think of...
Asset and Income Rentals - Borrowing Trouble at Usurous Ratestag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.30372007-11-24T15:00:00Z2007-11-24T17:36:59ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
I found this article by Ken Harney in the paper. WASHINGTON - Call it funny money for the housing boom: Now you don't need actual cash in the bank to buy a house. All you need is somebody who says...
San Diego County Fires October 25, 2007 (UPDATE 4 2010)tag:www.danmelson.com,2007://4.36182007-10-26T03:10:00Z2007-10-26T03:08:05ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
making updates to this post today, same as yesterday Scroll down. If you have something to tell me, comment or email danmelson (at) the domain name). Wildfires spread but 'we've turned the corner' No homes were lost Wednesday in San...
Title Insurance, or Fifty Ways (not) to Lose Your Moneytag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.29952007-09-29T14:00:00Z2007-09-29T15:18:21ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Yes, I've always kind of liked Paul Simon. But this post was inspired by something I ran across from FATCO. And just to make certain you know, it's fifty ways to lose your money if you don't have title insurance....
Money You Spend Before You Buy Real Estatetag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.33962007-06-25T17:00:10Z2007-09-07T19:42:56ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Before you even make an offer, you should be aware that you're going to spend a significant amount of money well before the transaction is consummated. There are methods of avoiding it, but they're a good way to get yourself...
Truth In Lending and APRtag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.32772007-03-23T17:00:11Z2007-09-05T22:39:25ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
The Truth-In-Lending is a form that can or does provide some useful information, but the useful information it provides is both smaller than most people think, and not in the numbers everybody looks at. The first thing to be aware...
"You've Got Something I'm Interested In, But I Don't Want to Pay You"tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.32602007-03-09T18:01:21Z2007-09-05T22:08:11ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
One of the things I have to deal with on a continuing basis is people calling me because they like something they saw on one of my websites, but they have no intention of doing business with me. Most common...
Hot Bargain Property November 28th, 2006tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli/danmelsonsite//4.31302006-11-29T00:58:43Z2007-08-27T22:04:15ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Owners Can't Afford This Great Family Home! General: Urban East County, 3 bedroom 1.75 bath. Asking price between $425,000 and $450,000. I'd probably offer around $410,000. Why you should be interested: 1600 square foot home in a nice quiet neighborhood...