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	<title>Home Strategies with Orville</title>
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	<description>Information you need to know about real estate and finances</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bank of America’s Last Resort - Become a Landlord</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2012/03/31/bank-of-america%e2%80%99s-last-resort-become-a-landlord/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of America has announced a new program to address the great number of homeowners facing difficulaties with their mortgage.  Instead of proceeding with foreclosure they are offering to convert the mortgage into a lease.
I can see that this would save the bank the significant expense of processing the foreclosure, plus the extra time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Quickly can you sell your home?</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2012/03/07/how-quickly-can-you-sell-your-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Job, can&#8217;t move because you can&#8217;t sell!  Can you wait 9-12 months to sell?  Pay two mortgages?  Can you get approved for a second?
What if you had a new job offer in another town?  You can&#8217;t pass up a job offer these days?  But how can you buy a new house till you sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2012/02/07/texas-foreclosures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commonly the term foreclosure refers to a lender taking back a home on which loan payments have fallen in arrears.  But there are other reasons why the bank or various other parties may have a claim on the house and take steps to foreclose.  Even an HOA can foreclose over the comparatively minimal dues owed!
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Scores and Owner Financing</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2012/01/17/credit-scores-and-owner-financing/</link>
		<comments>http://texashomestrategies.us/2012/01/17/credit-scores-and-owner-financing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Experian, one of the Credit Bureaus, has an interesting article in their &#8220;Credit Education&#8221; section.  They focus on the importance of your Credit Score, and mention credit repair approaches where errors occur.
Experian mentions correcting your history.  The writer says most problems are in errors in reporting or posting.  They fail to mention that you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Strategies in a Problem Economy</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/10/19/real-estate-strategies-in-a-problem-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/10/19/real-estate-strategies-in-a-problem-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How can you sell your home in this Buyer&#8217;s Market?  So many houses on the market, so many options.  A Buyer can be choosy, and expectations can be high.  How will you meet those expectations ?  How will you compete with all those other houses down the street and in the next Addition?
Creative
These are times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Note to Self:  Never build my house around a swimming pool!</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/09/08/note-to-self-never-build-my-house-around-a-swimming-pool/</link>
		<comments>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/09/08/note-to-self-never-build-my-house-around-a-swimming-pool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw something amazing the other day in Oak Cliff (Dallas).  I looked at a house in the Red Bird area built around a swimming pool!  I guess it sounded like a good idea to them at that time! But mildew, warped wall boards, rusted metalwork, rotting door frames!
Guess I ought to write a blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faucets and Leaks</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/07/29/faucets-and-leaks/</link>
		<comments>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/07/29/faucets-and-leaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when a faucet starts leaking?  We had a problem a while back at our house, when we realized the floor of the cabinet under the kitchen sink was damp.
We could not see any drip and could not tell where it was coming from.  There was some funny stuff going on, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Topics and Discussions in Real Estate Investment</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/07/18/topics-and-discussions-in-real-estate-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/07/18/topics-and-discussions-in-real-estate-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Visit Real Estate Investor&#8217;s Forum
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		<title>What Determines Market Prices?</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/07/08/what-determines-market-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/07/08/what-determines-market-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What sets market value?  Not the prices people ASK, but what buyers are willing to pay for a house.  When something does not sell you lower the price as an incentive.  SO when selling slows down, prices get lower.
The price of recently SOLD houses tells you what a house can likely be sold for.  If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Do You Owe?</title>
		<link>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/06/21/how-much-do-you-owe/</link>
		<comments>http://texashomestrategies.us/2011/06/21/how-much-do-you-owe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Would a Buyer Ask You How Much You Owe on Your House?
On a discussion list I saw a comment from one home seller who commented that he got a call from someone about his house who asked &#8220;personal questions, like how much I owe on the house.&#8221;  He wondered why a potential buyer would [...]]]></description>
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