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2009
If you are looking to buy a home in Elk Grove you may want to look into the Cal HFA program.California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) has supported the needs of First Time Home Buyers by providing financing and programs that create safe, decent and affordable housing opportunities for individual...
01/30/2009
Join us at the February Elk Grove Investor Club (Elk Grove REIA) Meeting! "Ask an REO Agent" Meet a local Realtor who sold over 300 bank owned homes in 2008 in the Sacramento Area. Carlos Kozlowski, From Coldwell Banker, has his pulse on the Sacramento REO Market! Get insight about buying direc...
01/29/2009
- WEEK ONE - OK.. Here is my first week check-in for the Body Fit Challenge I entered at the California Family Fitness in Elk Grove! Weight loss was not so much my motivation for joining this challenge. It was more about getting myself in better shape so I can be healthier and live a longer life...
01/28/2009
Question:A few friends and I have recently been talking about investing in Real Estate. We've all been working for a few years and have the liquid capitol for downpayments. One of my friends suggested that if we form an LLC and pool our resources, we could buy more property, lower individual ris...
01/23/2009
I was nervous about posting this because like Oprah I might regret it! This weekend I (Erin) joined a fitness challenge at California Family Fitness in Elk Grove called the Body Fit Challenge. It is a 8 week competition (similar to The Biggest Looser TV show) where you compete against other membe...
01/21/2009
Here a some pictures from the meeting at the Elk Grove Real Estate Investment Clubmeeting on January 14th. We had Chuck Cozort from the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency(SHRA) teach us how to provide housing for Section 8 Housing tenants. We realy appreciate the time he took to spend a ...
01/15/2009
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I just wanted to post a picture from January's meeting at the Sacramento REI Club meeting! Todd was part of a panel last week where area experts discussed what they thought 2009 would bring local investors. The panel included.. Chris Wink of Wink Accountancy Todd Newington, Branch Manager of Firs...
01/15/2009
Court Costs Go Up for 2009 Despite the difficult financial times facing rental property owners and tenants, the California legislature has added yet another expense to the bottom line for owners by increasing fees to file unlawful detainer actions. The new fees may make it more difficult to prov...
01/14/2009
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Is your lender really FHA approved? I recently got a call from a First Time Home Buyer who had received a Pre-Approval letter from another Sacramento Mortgage Professional for a FHA loan. This potential client was sent to me through one of our Referral Partners who wanted me to double check the a...
01/12/2009
Join us at January's Elk Grove Investor Club Meeting Learn the ins-and-outs of Renting to a Section 8 Tenant Meet a representative from the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency find out how the government can subsidize your tenant's rent.The Housing Choice Voucher Program, (formerly Secti...
01/12/2009
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