Archive for August, 2007

Some Mortgage Funnies

Just a quick link to a real funny article I found on Bloomberg about the mortgage mess.  Enjoy the laugh. Social Bookmarking

Real Estate Investment Software

Back in the day I flipped a bunch of houses and had what i thought was pretty cool, a spread sheet to analyze a house.  A simple one page thing that I could total what a house needed, and what to offer on that house based on the work needed.  It sure beat working on [...]

Guy gets caught using the famous social security number 457-55-5462 for a loan

It was only a matter of time before someone used this guy’s identity for a loan.  He has been posting his social security number all over telling everyone his “LifeLock” service will protect you from identity theft.  Here is a link to my original story about “LifeLock”. Turns out the guy isn’t just a stooge [...]

Great post about your credit

I was reading a great blog on mortgages, The Mortgage Reports Blog, and saw this great article. The Credit Bureaus Can’t Google Your Dating History Check it out.  The headline is catchy, and it does a great job explaining more about how your credit scrore is computed.  It isn’t just how you have paid your [...]

What is in your wallet might actually be hurting you!

One of the biggest factors in your credit score is your utilization ratio. How much of your available credit are you using at the given moment. The lower that percentage the better. This can account for 30% of your total credit score, so even with a perfect history otherwise, this could be a significant amount [...]