CoRE Link Post #25

If you haven’t taken a look at this week’s carnival, please do so. Here’s the best of the rest in this week’s CoRE Link post…enjoy.

Investing

Joshua Dorkin presents Advantages of Buying REO Properties - Real Estate Owned Properties - posted at Real Estate Investing For Real.

Tracy Coenen presents Flip This House lawsuit posted at FRAUDfiles.

Matthew Paulson presents Private Mortgage Insurance Explained posted at Getting Green.

Jane May presents Do’s and Don’ts for Home Remodeling Projects posted at Rich Dad Says, saying, "Do’s and Don’ts of Remodeling.  It can save you a lot of heartache and money."

Paul presents ExtremePerspective: Chinese Real Estate posted at ExtremePerspective.

Sagar Satapathy presents Shakedown in the Mortgage Industry posted at Mortgage Lowdown.

Real Estate Market

Moneywalks presents 5 common homebuyer mistakes you want to avoid posted at moneywalks.

Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty presents Minneapolis/St. Paul Housing Affordability Hits Highest Level Since July 2005 posted at Minneapolis Real Estate Market Update.

V. K. Melhado presents FLORIDA: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth posted at NaplesRealEstate.

Jeff Somers presents Agents: How to Advertise on Zillow.com posted at Zillow Blog.

Alison Soltau presents Chicago auction action: slower condo market keeps auctioneer busy posted at YoChicago today, saying, "A slow real estate market leads to big business for auction houses."

Douglas Pope presents Real Estate Search Technology and Business Time Line posted at HotPads Daily :: The Official Blog of HotPads.com, saying, "The timeline tracks technology advancements and business events in the real estate search industry.  It should be a very useful and interesting tool for anyone involved an real estate."

Dan Melson presents Deferred Payment Mortgages - Not As Bad As I Expected posted at Searchlight Crusade.

Alison Soltau presents Chicago Auction Action: slower condo market keeps auctioneer busy at YoChicago.

Peter Comitini presents Open House attendance soars post at comitini.com

Real Estate Professionals

Brian Brady presents Hard Money: 7 Tips For Borrowers posted at The Most Opinionated Mortgage Broker.

Sergey Kalinin presents Best investments in Ukraine 2006 posted at Ukraine Real Estate Market.

Jonathan Dalton presents Blogging: The Why is Easy, the What Much Harder posted at Dalton’s Arizona Homes Blog.

Cristina Vatasoiu presents Top 5 gadgets for Realtors at  OwnChicagoHome.com posted at OwnChicagoHome.com.

Brian Brady presents Predatory Lending Legislation Can Prey on The Responsible posted at BloodhoundBlog, saying, "New Minnesota Attorney General, Lori Swanson, vows to put an end to predatory lending.  She formed an 11-member task force to come up with proposals to curb the practice. That sounds pretty good unless you don’t know how to define predatory lending."

Michael Price presents Mike’s Corner Web 2.0 For Real Estate Pros: I Could of Been a Hacker Today posted at Mike’s Corner Web 2.0 For Real Estate Pros.