My husband and I have owned several houses over the last 30 years. We built and moved into our dream retirement house

in 2002. In 2008 medical issues and huge medical bills forced us to declare bankruptcy and the house was foreclosed on. Wells Fargo filed in January 2009 and never followed through with the court until I called the attorneys and WF many, many times. The court finally finished the procedures in February [...]

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I’m looking for a multi-family/unit rental property. Where can I search for these?

I know some multi-family properties are listed, but is there a separate search engine for these types of properties?
Any help is much appreciated!

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I waited 6 months after putting an offer on short sale. Now the seller has fired the listing agent.

Listing agent tells my (buyer’s) agent that seller may hire a new agent and the short sale will continue with me as buyer. But My agent feels that seller may start the process afresh with new listing agent or may completely withdraw the property from the market as the property values have risen in the [...]

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When will the sold data include 2011 (for the 10/11 solds) ?

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Going with RedFin…..????

Frank, I’ve been reading a lot from your site to include blogs, etc. Very interesting stuff. I’ve just recently gotten serious about purchasing a home/townhouse in the Arlington/Alexandria area. Although RedFin appears tempting, I am having reservations. I enjoy the “do the research yourself” approach as I am a researcher, but [...]

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Is there a way to search for homes that are only on 1 level?

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LENDER’s FEES on GFE – It appeared to be unreasonably high but I wanted to check with the group.

It appeared to be unreasonably high but I wanted to check with the group.
On Good faith estimate the loan originator stated the following figures to be charged by him/his bank (in addition to credit report fee):
1. Application Fee $495
2. Underwriting fee $795
3. Document review fee $225
Other details: Local MD lender, primary residence, no origination points [...]

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how do you search by a specific school? example, sub=lake ridge school = “old bridge”?

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Is there a way to find out which buyer’s agents have closed the most short sales within a certain area?

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Will you add a miles radius search? it’s complicated to try to add all zips and towns without missing one…

This would prevent missing listings in a area you’d like to live in without having to use maps to find each town or zipcode, even then you can miss some.
Or if the map could just list everything in the price range without a keyword.

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