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Cosmic’s Adventure Part I : A Mountain of Trouble‏

For those who are unaware of my Cosmic Adventure short story (Books), they are available on my official website www.Garrettandiconspr.com and also on Amazon.com and Wasteland Press.  Cosmic was a character that I created as the protagonist in my mind who is an elderly man, that was ready to die, but a calling greater than … Read more

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Linda Evans Selling in Beverly Hills

Linda Evans, once a major TV icon in the 1980s primetime soap opera Dynasty, has listed herBeverly Hills, Calif., home for $3,295,000. The former actress, who played Krystle Carrington and was once married to photographer John Derek, started dating New Age musical noodler Yanni in 1989. In the early 1990s, Evans fled Hollywood for Tacoma, Wash., to … Read more

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U.S. housing starts rise 3.9% in November

By Ruth Mantell WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Construction of new U.S. homes rose 3.9% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 555,000 in November, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The November rate matched forecasts from analysts polled by MarketWatch. Housing starts for October were revised higher to a rate of 534,000 from a prior estimate of … Read more

Beverly Washburn’s Stories About “Old Yeller”

Posted by Tommy Garrett BEVERLY HILLS —When famed author John O’Dowd who published the definitive book on actress Barbara Payton gifted me with “Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story” I found myself clutching to the book during every waking hour once I started reading it. I did not sleep the night that I read it; … Read more

GMAC Can Sell Foreclosed Homes in Maine After Judge Rejects Homeowner Bid

GMAC Mortgage LLC, after defeating a bid by homeowners in Maine who sought a federal court order blocking sales and evictions, can sell foreclosed homes in the state. U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby, at a hearing yesterday in Portland, Maine, declined to grant a temporary restraining order that a plaintiff’s lawyer said would have … Read more

The 25-Year ‘Foreclosure From Hell’

  by Robbie Whelan Monday, December 6, 2010 Ms. Campbell’s home in Okeechobee County, Fla. (Robbi Whelan/The Wall Street Journal) Patsy Campbell could tell you a thing or two about fighting foreclosure. She’s been fighting hers for 25 years. The 71-year-old retired insurance saleswoman has been living in her house, a two-story on a half … Read more

Mortgage Rates Up, Applications Down

Alec Foege Nov 17th 2010 The mortgage market remains wobbly as interest rates have begun a move up. The number of new mortgage applications dropped 14.4 percent for the week ending Nov. 12, according to the latest survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association. While that figure is seasonally adjusted, it makes no account for Veterans … Read more

Homeowners’ Net Worth Dwarfs Renters’

By Stefanos Chen (Nov 17th 2010) Homeowners may finally have something to smile about. A report by the National Association of Realtors reveals that homeowners’ net worth is roughly 41 times that of the average renter. In dollars and cents, the group estimates that the average homeowner’s net worth ranges from $150,000 to $200,000, thanks … Read more

Panel Warns of Nightmare Scenarios for Housing Crisis

By Joseph Schuman (Nov. 16) — The “robo-signing” scandal at the heart of the current foreclosure crisis may be just the tip of a legal iceberg that threatens to destabilize the American financial system just as the government is least equipped to support it. That’s the judgment of the Congressional Oversight Panel, the watchdog agency … Read more

VA Loans: Homebuying Help for Veterans

Veterans Administration loans are hot — and likely to become even more so as soldiers return home from Iraq. No wonder: With a VA loan, an eligible veteran can buy a home with 100 percent financing, the lowest possible interest rate and minimal fees. VA loans are one of the best deals out there for … Read more

Is It Time to Roll Back the Mortgage-Interest Deduction?

By Nick Timiraos The deficit commission is taking aim at one of the sacred cows of the tax code: the mortgage-interest deduction. Previous efforts to overhaul the prized deduction have fallen flat, and this one faces an uphill battle, too. But economists are more optimistic because “there is an increasing understanding that single-family housing has … Read more

California Real Estate’s Inherent and Long Term Value

Understanding the concept of value is central to the Buy and Hold real estate strategy. Value is both created and destroyed by the actions and attitudes of people. Because value is affected by how people view the overall real estate market, as well as individual properties, a thorough estimate of potential growth takes the likely … Read more

Selling Your Home During the Holidays

If you ask a real estate agent, “Should I keep my home on the market over the holidays?” an agent will tell you, “Yes, absolutely, because then you know buyers are serious.” You know what I think about that? I’ll cut to the chase. It’s hogwash. If you don’t have to sell between Thanksgiving and … Read more

Winterizing Your Home

Here are ten tips to help you prepare your home for winter: 1) Furnace Inspection Call an HVAC professional to inspect your furnace and clean ducts. Stock up on furnace filters and change them monthly. Consider switching out your thermostat for a programmable thermostat. If your home is heated by a hot-water radiator, bleed the … Read more

Real Estate as an Investment

Real estate as an investment is becoming increasing popular as the real estate market is flooded with low-priced and foreclosed properties, in some cases allowing people to invest in real estate – purchasing properties to resell or rent – that may not have been able to afford to do so before. However, investing in real … Read more

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