FAQ About Loan Modifications – The Most Common Questions Answered

Homeowners now have a way out of their financial difficulties using the new home loan modification plan. In the past, when homeowners were finding it difficult to pay their mortgages, there were very few options. The first choice was foreclosure. There are bound to be many questions about this new plan. This article contains many [...]

Nigerian Letters or “419″ Fraud

Here is a typical 419 letter:  From: yarah jane – janeyarah04@———–  Dearest, I am Jane yarah the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs william yarah.My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of [...]

Funny Real Estate Pictures

gleaming through the internet, every once in a while you come across real estate pictures that are just too funny.   Buy a glass of lemonade for $6.2 million and you get the house for free. Picture by allspice1 Now this is what I call a tree house. If anyone knows where this is, let [...]

Nigerian 419 Scams – Real Estate Transactions, Lonely Hearts and Work at Home

I don’t know how many 419 scam letters I’ve received, promising me untold wealth if I would just communicate with them and send them all of my bank account numbers. I would than receive 30 percent of $48,000,000. Not bad, but why do they always pick $48,000,000? I’ve guess they’ve taken a marketing course and [...]

Famous Classic Draft Horses Coming to Nevada County

Majestic Draft Horse performances, breath-taking competitions, seeing a Draft Horse “up-close,” a clogging jamboree, and a world class lumberjack show are all part of the festivities at the 23rd annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair, September 24 – 27, at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley. Tickets for this must-see annual event are [...]

Someone Stole My Credit Card Number!

Well, it happened to me. I received several e-mails from PayPal, and thinking that is was another scam to get my password, I ignored them. In fact, I put them in the delete folder and would have deleted them if I had not received an e-mail from American Express at about the same time. The [...]

First-Time Buyer Tax Credit Extension Possible

There are a lot of things driving the real estate market in California. The affordability index has increased to 67%. That is, 67 percent of potential buyers can now afford to buy a home. Prices driven down by short sales and foreclosures, have a dark side, but have created buying opportunities for investors and first [...]

Residential Sales in Nevada County by Area

The Nevada County Multiple Listing Service (MLS) breaks Western Nevada County into various areas. As a result, I can give you sales data for different regions of Nevada County. The data that I give you below represents the time period difference in sales from July 2009, to the same period last year. Different areas of [...]

Dog Dreams and Angel

I love dogs and dogs do dream. Angel my pit bull dreams like the dog in this YouTube video all the time.  Sometimes I think she is having a dream about the experience she had when coyotes attacked her.     I normally let Angel out in the morning, fix my breakfast, watch the news and wait [...]

Residential Prices Continue to Fall in Nevada County

Prices in Nevada County residential property continued to drop overall from July of this year compared to July of 2008. Overall, there was $290,919,175 in residential sales compared to $355,118,054 for the same period last year. The median price dropped from $414,858 to $347,989. Sales decreased only 2% compared to a median price drop of [...]