<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716154472766330105</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:39:09 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Learning How To Deal With Financial Situations And Issues The Recession Proof Way.</title><description>Alternative ways and recession proof ways of dealing with your finances,foreclosures and real estate issues.</description><link>http://finances-foslvl.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Lavellf)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716154472766330105.post-4410647198674118308</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-28T07:31:37.057-07:00</atom:updated><title>Bad Credit Loans, Personal Loans.Bankruptcy,Credit Repair.</title><description>We all know that bad credit often means that a person's finances are in the red. This basically means that they owe quite a few creditors some money or are delinquent when it comes to paying off their dues and are a high risk when it comes to lending them money. However, despite this high risk, there is a loan that is tailor-made for these kinds of borrowers. It is called the Bad Credit Loan.&lt;br /&gt;
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What Is a Bad Credit Loan?&lt;br /&gt;
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You may ask, what exactly is a bad credit loan? Let us start with an explanation about good and bad credit ratings. A good credit rating means that you are a responsible lender and that you pay your dues on time. Having a bad credit rating means you are frequently late in making payments, are sometimes over-extended in your expenses and usually spend more than you make. This is where a bad credit loan comes in. A bad credit loan is a loan that is given to people who have a low credit rating or a bad credit rating.&lt;br /&gt;
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Who Gives Out a Bad Credit Loan?&lt;br /&gt;
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We may think that just because a person has bad credit or a low credit rating, they are not entitled to take out loans. That is not the case. Quite a few lenders out there do have a bad credit loan&lt;br /&gt;
option for those who need to borrow money despite their negative credit rating. To avail of a bad credit loan, however, one has to shop around to find a lender that has reasonable interest rates and can help the person try to raise their credit score to a more positive position. These lenders sometimes give these people pointers and advice on how to increase their credit rating to make them better borrowers and give them a chance at a better financial status. This would not only help assure these lenders that the person will learn to pay their dues on time but motivates them to do better in handling their finances.&lt;br /&gt;
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How to Choose the Right Bad Credit Loan&lt;br /&gt;
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While there are lenders who allow bad credit loans to people who are viewed as high credit risks, choosing the right lender to take out a bad credit loan from can be pretty demeaning and tricky. Some bad credit loan lenders often charge exorbitant fees to people with a low credit rating. Sometimes a bad credit loan can also carry hefty interest rates that are an added burden to the borrower instead of a helping hand. There are quite a few creditors out there who do have low interest rates on their bad credit loans or do not charge high service fees to these people who take out these loans. The problem, however, with some of these lenders is the way they treat the people who take out these bad credit loans. Some lenders treat this people with little respect or do not give them enough information concerning what they need. Some lenders who allow bad credit loans may even suggest certain terms that can be unconventional or uncomfortable. These are the kinds of lenders one has to avoid when looking around for creditors who offer bad credit loans.&lt;br /&gt;
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When you know nothing, you will not be able to contribute anything, nor will you be able to take action when action is necessary. I do not know about the latter, but I do know that if you are ignorant about things, you might just end up committing a crime you did not even know was a crime or you might become a victim of a crime yourself. Whatever the circumstances, it is always beneficial to be armed with knowledge, for knowledge prohibits ignorance. For instance, if you go fishing, how would you be able to catch fish without first knowing how to use the pole? &lt;br /&gt;
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When knowledge has something to do with protecting yourself from being a victim of a crime, knowledge becomes all the more crucial and all the more useful. In order to know what actions to take, you must first know the nature of the crime, and the ways by which it can be perpetuated to do harm to a person. One of the crimes that are most prevalent today is the identity theft. &lt;br /&gt;
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Identity theft is the act of devising means to take another persons personal information and use this information to commit fraud or to dodge authorities. There are many ways by which the identity thief could use a stolen identity for. The thief can use it to take out loans from financial institutions. You may not even know that the crime has been committed upon you until the time that a bank or some other financial establishment informs you about the supposed loan that you have taken. &lt;br /&gt;
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This could be a very inconveniencing scenario with many possible repercussions; none of which you deserve. Another way that an identity thief could use the information taken from you is to dodge authorities. This usually happens when the thief is an escapee, or is someone on the brink of being arrested for something illegal. The ways by which the thief could take personal information is as many as the ways by which he can use it for. &lt;br /&gt;
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These ways can include fishing through your disposed things, eavesdropping or looking over at your personal information during public transactions and producing bogus job application offers. Thus, you can protect yourself from id theft by making sure you shred or delete any personal information in the things that you dispose, making sure that what you say or write in public would not be overheard or looked upon, and inquiring as to the credibility of the advertisements that you answer. &lt;br /&gt;
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Finally, a Step by Step Blueprint to Identity Theft Protection Without Those Monthly Fees. Discover How To Quickly And Easily Protect You And Your Family From Identity Theft. Without paying monthly fees for the rest of your life!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.identitytheftdeterrent.com/?hop=foslvl"&gt;http://www.identitytheftdeterrent.com/?hop=foslvl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5716154472766330105-6849375085953190287?l=finances-foslvl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://finances-foslvl.blogspot.com/2010/09/protection-from-identity-theft-saved.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lavellf)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716154472766330105.post-8434778283233010254</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-25T06:59:18.749-07:00</atom:updated><title>Investing in Apartment buildings E-course</title><description>Apartment investments provide low risk compared to residential investing. A $250,000 home can rent up to $2500 a month. While a $250,000 10 unit apartment building at $500 per unit can rent for $5000 a month. If your tenant moves out of your home, all cash flow is immediately gone until new tenant is found. It would take all of your tenants to move out of your Apartment Building. Short-term leases allow the potential for increasing income as the market rises. Apartment investing may produce both cash flow and equity appreciation returns. In many areas single-family home prices are often beyond affordability for a majority of the population, which make apartments a permanent necessity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How much cash/equity is required to get started?&lt;br /&gt;The average down payment required for investing in apartment buildings is anywhere from 0%-30% of the purchase price of the building depending on your knowledge. The lower the amount of your money you invest in an apartment can change the risk associated with an investment and explode your returns on the investment. There are tricks of the trade on how to buy apartments without using any of your money or credit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do I qualify for a loan for the balance of the purchase price?&lt;br /&gt;The building qualifies for the loan; it has nothing to do with your personal credit, employment, or financial statement. You just provide additional security to the lender. Most lenders for apartment buildings require you to personally guarantee the loan; however, they won't issue the loan unless the building generates sufficient cash flow and provides a margin for error. Lenders have a lot to say about how much cash is invested in an apartment offering. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you manage the investment?&lt;br /&gt;It is not recommended that you manage any property, however, there are some people who prefer to manage their properties themselves while others feel their time is more productive elsewhere and turn the management of the property over to a professional. A basic rule of thumb is that any building with 20 or more units will support the cost of professional management and a live-in manager. A 10 to 20 unit building will usually support a live-in manager only who will perform routine maintenance tasks, leasing, and banking. So, the larger the building the more management you can afford. Professional management companies are plentiful and there are ways for you to find the right one for your property and screen out the bad ones. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you analyze a possible investment?&lt;br /&gt;This part can be very complex to a beginning investor or someone who has never invested in apartment buildings. This detailed analysis, is commonly referred to as the "due diligence". Main factors will include at least the following: gross rental income, vacancy loss, operating expenses, debt service, and cash flow. The object of the detailed analysis is to get the understanding of the likely performance of the investment and to identify areas of concern.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can replace your income with one deal - Financial Freedom&lt;br /&gt;Apartments are the fastest way to leaving your (J.O.B.) 'Just Over Broke'. It is one of the only businesses that you are literally one deal away from retirement and the fastest way to build wealth than any other real estate business out there. Commercial real estate investors play by a different set of rules slanted in their favor and designed to make them rich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please click on this link for more info:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apartmentbuildinginvestor.com/ecourse.html?hop=foslvl"&gt;http://www.apartmentbuildinginvestor.com/ecourse.html?hop=foslvl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5716154472766330105-8434778283233010254?l=finances-foslvl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://finances-foslvl.blogspot.com/2010/08/investing-in-apartment-buildings-e.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lavellf)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716154472766330105.post-5275893134659146294</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-27T15:41:28.102-07:00</atom:updated><title>How to Stop Foreclosure and Save Your Home</title><description>With the current economic problems and the enormous consumer credit crunch, many homeowners are finding themselves struggling to save their home and stop the foreclosure process. You may find yourself in the midst of that struggle right now. &lt;br /&gt;
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What most homeowners don't know is that if your home is in foreclosure there are a vast number of ways for you to stop foreclosure and keep your home. These procedures are 100% legal. The key to saving your house is finding out as much as you can about your options and then using that knowledge to save your home. &lt;br /&gt;
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As a real estate agent that specializes in foreclosed homes and HUD houses, I've written this article to help you with your struggle and keep you in your home.&lt;br /&gt;
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Start By Talking with your Current Lender&lt;br /&gt;
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You'd be surprised how many people are too embarrassed by their situation to just pick up the phone and talk to their current lender about their problems. Many times, simply calling your current mortgage&lt;br /&gt;
holder about your current foreclosure or default can be the easiest and simpiliest way to stop foreclosure. &lt;br /&gt;
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If you haven't called your current lender yet, pick up the phone and use these tips: &lt;br /&gt;
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-Don't wait until the last minute: If possible, talk to your bank before you go into foreclosure. If you already are in foreclosure, don't wait until the last month of the process, call them now &lt;br /&gt;
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-Tell them the truth: If you lost a job, tell them. Medical bills? Tell them. Many times a hardship can help you renegotiate and help you stop foreclosure and start getting back on track with the lender. &lt;br /&gt;
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-Don't be afraid to negotiate: Banks hate having one of their properties go into foreclosure. It costs them large amounts of money both in lost income and expenses for attorneys and real estate agents. Use this to your advantage and don't be afraid to ask for a rate reduction, payment deferments, etc&lt;br /&gt;
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Get a Third Party Involved&lt;br /&gt;
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If your bank is unwilling or unable to work with you to stop foreclosure, it may be necessary to get a third party involved. There are several different third party options to consider: &lt;br /&gt;
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-Online Systems and Information: Most homeowners overlook the vast amounts of information available to help you stop foreclosure available online. For under $100 you can find systems and guides that can walk you through dozens of options to help you stop the foreclosure process and save your home. All of the good systems to help you stop foreclosure come with preprinted legal forms and expert advice. We've linked to a review site for these systems in the about me / resource box. &lt;br /&gt;
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-Mortgage broker: Occasionally, a mortgage broker can help you refinance to avoid the final foreclosure proceedings. However, with the tightening of available credit for homeowners, most mortgage programs will rule you out if you have a late mortgage payment in your credit history. &lt;br /&gt;
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-Attorney Assistance: While always an option, this choice can be the most expense choice when looking for the best way to stop foreclosure. If you're facing foreclosure because you can't make your payments, rarely will you have the available funds to pay for an attorney&lt;br /&gt;
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You Can Help Yourself Stop Foreclosure! &lt;br /&gt;
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Don't underestimate the power you have to stop foreclosure yourself. By following a few simply steps, you can put off foreclosure or avoid it altogether. The key is gaining the knowledge and using it. &lt;br /&gt;
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You can fight the bank! You can stop foreclosure! You can Save your home!&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's the story...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guaranteed Path To Financial Freedom Without Selling Your Soul &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money makes the world go round, it's sad, but true. It takes money to satisfy your basic needs like food, shelter, and so on, but then there are the other things like travel, school, and entertainment, that require money too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the question is..."How do I get enough money so I can be financially free?" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, you DO NOT need to have master's degree, a six-figure income, or put in an 80 hour workweek. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm convinced that anyone can eliminate every penny of their debt, build a fat bank account, and finally get out of that "survival mode" they've been living in, if they follow the steps I'm about to reveal to you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, you can do it, too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what that means to you... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Financially Free Life &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you like to be able to truly live life on your terms... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... to never worry about living paycheck to paycheck &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... to provide for your family even when times are tough and the economy is crashing down around you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... to have enough money set aside to retire in luxury and never work another day in your life &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If that sounds like something you want for your own life, keep reading because I'd like to share my simple system with you and teach you how to take back control of your money and become financially free. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a new system called Financial Overdrive. It's a 4-Week coaching program where I show you, step-by-step, how to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Slash your debt (even if you think you're beyond hope) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Boost your savings (this has to be the easiest way to see more cash in your pocket) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) And become Financially Free (yes, financial freedom is possible, even if you earn minimum wage and don't currently have any money in the bank) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Overdrive is perfect for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People who are tired of the rat race, unable to keep up with their financial obligations, and haunted by the thought of ending up on the street &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parents who are worried they won't be able to support their family and fund their children's education &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Business professionals who want to squeeze every penny from their employers, build a massive nest egg, and be the envy of their neighbors, all while spending less time at work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Financial Overdrive is about finally having the freedom to live life on your terms... to wake up each day knowing that you are NOT a slave to money"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me explain... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm writing this page right now from a little cafe in the city of my hometown Chicago. It's mid-afternoon and I'm sitting here enjoying some green tea and watching hundreds of people, wearing suits and work clothes, rushing back and forth from jobs they hate, jobs that leave them unfulfilled and depressed, but ones they have to "stick with" so they can keep food on the table and pay their bills. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that doesn't have to be the story of your life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you're financially free, the world becomes your oyster. All the things that were just wishes, hopes, and desires become real life choices. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.financialoverdrive.com/?hop=foslvl"&gt;Click this link for more information:financialoverdrive.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5716154472766330105-3447793411086181819?l=finances-foslvl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://finances-foslvl.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-dominate-your-finances-boost.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lavellf)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716154472766330105.post-3675045397499026836</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-11T15:51:48.226-07:00</atom:updated><title>"Free Video Reveals The #1 Secret To Erasing Late Payments, Collections, Charge Offs And Inquiries From Your Credit Report!"</title><description>If you've been a good customer, a lender might agree to simply erase that one late payment from your credit history. You usually have to make the request in writing, and your chances for a "goodwill adjustment" improve the better your record with the company (and the better your credit in general). But it can't hurt to ask.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A longer-term solution for more-troubled accounts is to ask that they be "re-aged." If the account is still open, the lender might erase previous delinquencies if you make a series of 12 or so on-time payments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Dispute old negatives. Say that fight with your phone company over an unfair bill a few years ago resulted in a collections account. You can continue protesting that the charge was unjust, or you can try disputing the account with the credit bureaus as "not mine." The older and smaller a collection account, the more likely the collection agency won't bother to verify it when the credit bureau investigates your dispute. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some consumers also have had luck disputing old items with a lender that has merged with another company, which can leave lender records a real mess. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Blitz significant errors. Your credit scores are calculated based on the information in your credit reports, so certain errors there can really cost you. But not everything that's reported in your files matters to your scores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the stuff that's usually worth the effort of correcting with the bureaus: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Late payments, charge-offs, collections or other negative items that aren't yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credit limits reported as lower than they actually are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accounts listed as "settled," "paid derogatory," "paid charge-off" or anything other than "current" or "paid as agreed" if you paid on time and in full.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accounts that are still listed as unpaid that were included in a bankruptcy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Negative items older than seven years (10 in the case of bankruptcy) that should have automatically fallen off your reports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You actually have to be a bit careful with this last one, because sometimes scores actually go down when bad items fall off your reports. It's a quirk in the FICO credit-scoring software, and the potential effect of eliminating old negative items is difficult to predict in advance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the stuff that you typically shouldn't worry about includes: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Various misspellings of your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outdated or incorrect address information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An old employer listed as current.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most inquiries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the misspelled name or incorrect address is because of identity theft or because your file has been mixed with someone else's, that should be obvious when you look at your accounts. You'll see delinquencies or accounts that aren't yours and should report that immediately. However, if it's just a goof by the credit bureau or one of the companies reporting to it, it's usually not much to sweat about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two more items you don't need to correct: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accounts you closed listed as being open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accounts you closed that don't say "closed by consumer."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Closing an account can't help your scores, and may hurt them. If your goal is boosting your scores, leave these alone. Once an account has been closed, though, it doesn't matter to the scoring formulas who did it -- you or the lender. If you messed up the account, it will be obvious from the late payments and other derogatory information included in the file. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 other credit mistakes &lt;br /&gt;Other actions to beware when you're trying to improve your scores: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asking a creditor to lower your credit limits. This will reduce that all-important gap between your balances and your available credit, which could hurt your scores. If a lender asks you to close an account or get a limit lowered as a condition for getting a loan, you might have to do it -- but don't do so without being asked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Making a late payment. The irony here is that a late or missed payment will hurt good scores more than bad ones, dropping 700-plus scores by 100 points or more. If you've already got a string of negative items on your credit reports, one more won't have a big impact, but it's still something you want to avoid if you're trying to improve your scores. &lt;br /&gt;Impact of the Credit CARD Act&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consolidating your accounts. Applying for a new account can ding your scores. So, too, can transferring balances from a high-limit card to a lower-limit one or concentrating all or most of your credit-card balances onto a single card. In general, it's better to have smaller balances on a few cards than a big balance on one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applying for new credit if you already have plenty. On the other hand, applying for and getting an installment loan can help your scores if you don't have any installment accounts or you're trying to recover from a credit disaster like bankruptcy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, all these suggestions work best if you have poor or mediocre scores to begin with. Once you've hit the 700 mark, any tweaking you do will tend to have less of a positive impact.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if your scores are in the "excellent" category, 760 or above, you'll probably be able to eke out only a few extra points despite your best efforts. There's really no point, anyway, since you're already qualified for the best rates and terms. Here's one area where it's really OK to rest on your laurels and worry about something else. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thecreditaudit.com/?hop=foslvl"&gt;Click on this link for more in formation:thecreditaudit.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5716154472766330105-3675045397499026836?l=finances-foslvl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://finances-foslvl.blogspot.com/2010/07/free-video-reveals-1-secret-to-erasing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lavellf)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716154472766330105.post-1064884320154205051</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-23T09:29:19.239-07:00</atom:updated><title>How To Sell Your Home In 21 Days</title><description>Are you starting to get anxious because your property isn't selling?&lt;br /&gt;
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Or maybe you're just thinking about selling, and you're not sure how buyers will react...&lt;br /&gt;
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Of course a couple of years ago, anyone could have unloaded their home easily... just name your asking price, place an ad in the newspaper or hire a Realtor, and BINGO... SOLD!&lt;br /&gt;
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But that's not happening in the current real-estate market. &lt;br /&gt;
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What may have worked then, isn't working so well today.&lt;br /&gt;
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In fact, the statistics state that your home may very well 'sit' unsold for up to one year. &lt;br /&gt;
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The game has changed! &lt;br /&gt;
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... and if you don't change with it, you may be left out in the cold! &lt;br /&gt;
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I Was A Desperate Home Seller Until... &lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, I'm Pete Iannelli, a.k.a. "The 21-Day Guy." I reside in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and let me get right to the point... &lt;br /&gt;
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I'm not a Realtor or real estate investor, nor am I actively involved in the 'real estate market' per se. &lt;br /&gt;
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But not long ago I owned a small 2/1 condo that I was desperately trying to sell – as fast as possible.  &lt;br /&gt;
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It was costing me nearly $1000.00 a month sitting there empty after I'd kicked out a dead-beat renter. And I was running out of cash, fast!&lt;br /&gt;
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So I listed my house the conventional way with a Realtor just like millions of people do everyday...  &lt;br /&gt;
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But for the first month and a half, I got absolutely zero response!  No traffic was going in which meant no offers were coming out. &lt;br /&gt;
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And this occurred even after I reduced my asking price $30,000 from the original listing of $179,000!  &lt;br /&gt;
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"How much lower did I need to go?"   &lt;br /&gt;
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The real estate market was pretty much at a stand-still; buyers weren't buying much and sellers weren't selling much.  &lt;br /&gt;
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To make matters worse, my homeowners association prohibited any "FOR SALE" signs from being placed in anyone's front yard. Sheesh! &lt;br /&gt;
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It was all soooooo frustrating!&lt;br /&gt;
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To avoid foreclosure, I knew I needed to act fast. So I took a gamble and did something drastic to bring attention to my home... AND IT WORKED!&lt;br /&gt;
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People started calling me. Even better, they couldn't wait to come see it. &lt;br /&gt;
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I couldn't believe it!&lt;br /&gt;
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The end result?  Within 21 days after having made just ONE change to my listing, my Realtor received multiple offers from several buyers, and the rest was easy. Finally, my house was S-O-L-D! &lt;br /&gt;
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It was the same house, same street, same interior.&lt;br /&gt;
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And anyone can use the very same strategy that I did – with or without a  Realtor!&lt;br /&gt;
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And it all started after I placed a tiny breakthrough classified ad in my local newspaper like this... &lt;br /&gt;
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(You can also use it on the internet. Find out more about this unique  AD in your Free Chapter further down below.)&lt;br /&gt;
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In the end, I walked away with a cool net profit of $76,000!&lt;br /&gt;
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**If You Do Nothing Else -- And Time Is Of The Essence -- Click Below &amp; Use The Same Exact Formula I Did And Get Top Dollar Value For Your Home!"&lt;br /&gt;
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Getting back to my story... once I sold my house, I got the chance to see if it was possible for lightning to strike twice.&lt;br /&gt;
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At the time, my older brother, a physical therapist, was experiencing the very same scenario as I had earlier.  &lt;br /&gt;
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His dilemma involved trying to unload a piece of rental property located in Port St. Lucie, FL, that he'd purchased a couple years back during the end of the real estate boom.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now, all it was to him, was a vacant, money-sucking headache. The renter bailed out and my brother lived 200 miles away from the property.  &lt;br /&gt;
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At that point he just wanted to get rid of it! (In fact, he had to take out a loan just to keep up with making the payments!) &lt;br /&gt;
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So he listed it with a Realtor and it had an asking price of $209K ... just about the same price like so many other houses-for-sale in the area.&lt;br /&gt;
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And it sat and sat and sat, practically unnoticed.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fast Implementation!&lt;br /&gt;
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It wasn't long before he and I were sitting around his kitchen table, eating and discussing what it was, exactly, that I'd done to get my house sold so quickly. &lt;br /&gt;
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He listened intently and was surprised at how his kid brother came up with such a practical concept for selling one's property... that hardly anyone else was using.&lt;br /&gt;
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We then scanned the real-estate ads in the newspaper and viewed houses for sale on the internet, all the while discussing the strategies I'd used, tossing scenarios back and forth to each other the whole time. &lt;br /&gt;
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When we finished, all he could say was, "This sounds like it'll work!  I gotta go call my Realtor and tell her the new game plan."&lt;br /&gt;
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He then placed one specifically-worded ad in the local newspaper and I showed him how to place another (free) ad on the internet. (It's real simple).&lt;br /&gt;
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To make a long story short, in two weeks his place sold for $199K and he was more than happy. Meanwhile, the rest of the houses in that same area continued to "sit" there, even though some had reduced the price further.  &lt;br /&gt;
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"Don't Fall Into The 'Pricing Trap'... If Your Home Isn't Selling As Fast As You'd Like, Don't Even Think About Reducing The Asking Price One More Penny Until You Finish Reading This Special Report!"&lt;br /&gt;
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Not long after that, a co-worker of a friend of mine overheard me talking about "the sale" and starting grilling me about the strategy I used for my house as well as my brother's house.&lt;br /&gt;
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We knew each other from the past. His name was Joe. Joe was nearing retirement from the post office and he and his wife were ready to pack it all up afterward and move to North Carolina. &lt;br /&gt;
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The only thing keeping him stuck in Florida was his "can't sell 2/2 condo" as he referred to it ... His property had been on the market for over four months with little activity and he was really stressed out by it all.  &lt;br /&gt;
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As I talked to him, I found out he had listed it originally for $220k and it was now lingering on the market at $204k. &lt;br /&gt;
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In all that time he had not even received one written offer!&lt;br /&gt;
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After sizing up his situation, I tossed a bold statement at him:&lt;br /&gt;
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"Joe, I'll help you sell your house in 3 weeks! You can keep the same Realtor and everything," I said. &lt;br /&gt;
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I then explained the procedure briefly to him, but Joe's wife was dead set against it and refused. &lt;br /&gt;
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Their house languished another month without activity... Finally, Joe insisted on using my strategy and his wife reluctantly agreed. &lt;br /&gt;
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And with Joe's house, I followed EXACTLY the same steps as I did two houses earlier and felt even more confident about using my techniques. &lt;br /&gt;
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I practically led him by the hand as we executed each step. We then called his Realtor, told her what was going on, and instructed her to reword the description in the MLS listing. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then his ad appeared in the local newspaper...&lt;br /&gt;
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"Joe, now we sit back and wait for the response," I explained.  &lt;br /&gt;
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And just like clockwork, it happened again...&lt;br /&gt;
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Same Procedure, Same Results!&lt;br /&gt;
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In a few days, the phone started ringing, people started talking, Joe and I  forwarded phone numbers, instructions, and important information to his Realtor, other Realtors began communicating with Joe's Realtor, appointments were made...&lt;br /&gt;
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... And the whole, spinning, buzzing operation, was set off, spiraling into motion! &lt;br /&gt;
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After a little more than two weeks from the time traffic started flowing into Joe's place, his Realtor had received numerous offers. &lt;br /&gt;
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Joe actually selected the second highest offer because his Realtor informed him that the buyers financial situation was much stronger and they were willing to plunk down a large chunk of cash, thereby needing a smaller loan for the property. Done deal.&lt;br /&gt;
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He was happy, his wife was happy, the Realtor and the buyers were happy, and ME... I was hooked!  Three houses, three sales!  And I'd never had any strong taste for "real estate" before in my life! &lt;br /&gt;
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I now realized I had a proven SYSTEM in place. This was truly a step-by-step, 1-2-3, paint-by-the-numbers formula for selling one's property in a sluggish housing market  - and getting the best market value for it. &lt;br /&gt;
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