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Mortgage Fraud Sweep Nets Hundreds

Jun 21st, 2008 | By Aaron Landreth (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage

Thanks to the Associated Press for supplying this YouTube video.
Hundreds have been swept up across the nation for mortgage fraud & other fraudulent activity related to the mortgage industry. Even two Bear Stearns Hegde Fund managers were cuffed up & led on a mid-day perp walk after investigations revealed that they were aware of [...]



Did Builder Fraud Create Inflated Home Values?

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Kendall Trotter (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage, Las Vegas Real Estate News, Las Vegas Real Estate Video

Veteran Realtors and Las Vegas top consumer advocates for Vegas home owners and home buyers, Kendall Trotter and Steve Hawks continue their discussion about new home builder fraud.The fraudulently inflated new homes caused values to rise beyond what they should have been in the free market with add ones like cars and cash back. This [...]



Qualify More Buyers with FHA Projected Income

Jun 17th, 2008 | By Aaron Landreth (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage

Qualify more home owners for real estate purchase or refinance in Las Vegas (or around the nation) with this handy FHA qualification tip.
Did you know that FHA will allow a borrower to use projected income for home loan qualifying purposes?
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Las Vegas Builder Fraud pt.2

Jun 14th, 2008 | By Kendall Trotter (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage, Las Vegas Real Estate News

Las Vegas Builder Fraud? Yeah, you’d better believe it! You will be floored to discover how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Las Vegas leading consumer advocates for homeowners and veteran real estate agents Kendall Trotter and Steve Hawks continue their discussion with former new home builder employee Dana Ellis. The trio explore the missing [...]



FHA - 90 Day Flip Rule Suspended

Jun 13th, 2008 | By Aaron Landreth (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Foreclosure News, Las Vegas Mortgage, Las Vegas Real Estate News

BIG news for all FHA qualified borrowers. Bank owned properties, once subject to a “90 day holding rule” that prevented FHA qualified borrowers from purchasing are now able to be purchased! This is HUGE news that should create even more of a spark in the hot foreclosure market right now. Great news! [...]



Did You Commit Mortgage Fraud?

Jun 11th, 2008 | By Kendall Trotter (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage

Las Vegas real estate experts Kendall Trotter and Steve Hawks discuss the difference between mortgage fraud for property and mortgage fraud for profit. Did fraudulently inflated sky high prices cause people to do things they ordinarily wouldn’t do, Did the rampant fraud for profit cause the average Las Vegas home buyer to commit a little [...]



No More Down Payment Assistance?

Jun 10th, 2008 | By Aaron Landreth (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage

The FHA is once again mulling over the idea to remove down payment assistance programs from their loan programs. As a Realtor, you know how beneficial it is for the seller to be able to help the buyer by contributing 3% for down payment qualification. The problem that the FHA is seeing (if [...]



FHA Resource Center

Jun 9th, 2008 | By Aaron Landreth (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage

Did you know that you can easily find answers and ask FHA question’s at the FHA’s online Resource Center?
Of course you may always ask me, but if you happen to be searching around the Internet for pressing FHA needs at 4am in your PJ’s, this resource center will be right up your alley.
Don’t [...]



Consumer Advocate For Mortgage Fraud Victims

Jun 8th, 2008 | By Steve Hawks (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage

Las Vegas Realtor Steve Hawks one of the leading consumer advocates for victims of mortgage fraud.
Las Vegas real estate experts Steve Hawks and Jason Van Zant bring to light the massive mortgage fraud that had led to the unprecedented drop in the Las Vegas real estate market. Las Vegas Realtor Steve Hawks discusses in detail [...]



#1 MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM EXPOSED

Jun 8th, 2008 | By Kendall Trotter (Check me out!) | Category: Las Vegas Mortgage, Las Vegas Real Estate Video

Las Vegas real estate experts Kendall Trotter and Steve Hawks uncover one of the most popular mortgage fraud scheme in the country.Vegas real estate experts Trotter and Hawks state details on how unsuspecting buyers became victims of mortgage fraud. This started the first wave of home values dropping and is the main reason for the [...]