The Brainerd Lakes Real Estate Blog

Foreclosures Create Big Issues at the County Level Helping make real estate dreams come true Have you received a Notice of Default on your property? What are your plans? Do you plan to walk away or do you want to try a Short Sale which has much less damage to your credit and helps you save face? You need a plan of action and if you want to buy some time, stay in the home until it sells and save up some money - then contact: Kathleen Lordbock REALTOR/Staging & Short Sale Specialist Keller Williams Realty Brainerd Lakes Don't just walk away - there is hope, there is help!

Helping make real estate dreams come true     Reuse   By Paige Tepping RISMEDIA, July 15, 2010-       Most of us know the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle, but when we work on conserving, we often leave reuse out of the picture. While you can often find tips on how to reuse common products from other people, what you need most is creativity. With a little thought, there are many items around your home that can be reused—toilet paper holders can be used to sow seeds for the vegetable patch, old yogurt containers can be cut into strips to make plant labels and old food jars can be refilled with homemade foods or can make great impromptu vases.      Check out your local Habitat for Humanity's ReStore for some great buys on used or slightly damaged donated new items. They even have stuff that is in perfect condition at perfectly good prices. Have you received a Notice of Default on your property?  What ar...

Helping make real estate dreams come true Washington Report: New Consumer Financial Protection Agency by Kenneth R. Harney December 21, 2009 Congress took a major step last week toward eliminating what has been a painful thorn in the side of home sellers, Realtors, home builders, mortgage brokers and appraisers for months. As part of its financial and mortgage industry reform bill, the House voted to terminate the controversial Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) once a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency begins operations. The new agency would assume primary federal responsibility for equal opportunity in credit, real estate settlement procedures, financial disclosures to borrowers, plus unfair and deceptive marketing in mortgages and other financial products. The giant bill, nearly 1,300 pages long, now heads to the Senate, which is working on its own version. But tucked away in the depths of the House bill is a section that provides unusually deta...