Category Archives: Featured Post

Renting A Home or Buying A Home?

In this Real Estate market, we get asked a lot, “Should I rent a home or buy a home?” While I believe that this a personal decision, there are definitely pros and cons of owning a home. For many people, there is a personal satisfaction in owning a home. However, the financial burden of owning [...]

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How To Choose A Realtor

Recently there was an article on Mint.com titled “What To Look For In A Realtor“.  This article gives some excellent advice about to how to choose a realtor and what you should look for.  For most people, buying a home will be the most expensive purchase they ever make.  Further, most people will only buy [...]

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I Don’t Want My House Anymore

Unfortunately, there are so many people that feel as though they do not want their house anymore. They just want to let it go into foreclosure and the bank can have it. This is a TERRIBLE option. Just giving up on paying your mortgage is not a good option.
There are so many options out there is [...]

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I Was Offered a 100% Guarantee On My Loan Modification

Over the course of the last month, I have received numerous phone calls from prospective clients regarding loan modifications. I have been told over and over that they were offered a 100% guarantee on a loan modification by either another attorney or a loan modification company. This is my response, “RUN!” There is NO ONE who [...]

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My Favorite Marketing, PR, and Consultant Blogs

Yesterday, I wrote about my favorite attorney blogs. Today, I am going to show you my favorite marketing, PR, and legal/advertising/marketing/social media consultant blogs. The following blogs are the places I begin when I need some inspiration for my business. There are literally hundreds of blogs like these but these are some of the best (as [...]

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My Favorite Attorney Blogs

As the end of the year draws near, I thought I would post some of my favorite blogs and what I am reading. I love finding new blogs and getting to know bloggers. My blog reader is chock full of blogs that I read (or try to read) everyday. So I thought I would post what I [...]

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When Is It Ok To Walk Away From My Mortgage?

There has been a lot of discussions recently about whether people should walk away from their mortgages.  Should people just lock the doors and move on? Should people stay in a home that is “underwater” and hope that the market rebounds? Should people sacrifice everything else in their lives to make sure they can keep [...]

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Should I Stop Paying My Mortgage?

The short answer here is NO! It is our policy that you should always make your mortgage payments.  Failing to pay your mortgage is the fastest and most direct route to financial ruin, bad credit and the inability to buy another home when times get better. There are no exceptions to this rule, however sometimes [...]

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The Loan Modification Process: Why Doesn’t It Work?

With so much information and mis-information out there, I thought that I would take the time to explain the loan modification process in-depth. There are so many steps to getting approved for a loan modification and any misstep in the process can result in your package being denied.
Many financial experts and advisors cannot figure out why [...]

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The Lovely Blog Award

Earlier this week, I learned that that I was part of the group that was nominated by Ellen Victor, for her lovely blog awards.  Ellen is the author of Long Island Special Needs Blog and she was “paying it forward” from Connecticut Special Education Lawyer, Jennifer Laviano.
I think that the idea behind this is very special. [...]

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