Peace in the Neighborhood

Renters Affected by Foreclosure in Daytona Beach  Last Friday afternoon dozens of pieces of furniture, mattresses, lamps and other assorted household items were scattered across Magnolia Avenue in Daytona Beach because several renters were forced out of two houses lost to foreclosure. Joy Soriano...

Operation Stolen Dreams--South Florida Mortgage Fraud Operation Stolen Dreams resulted in the indictments of 86 individuals in South Florida for their participation in a series of mortgage fraud schemes that resulted in more than $76 million in fraudulent loans. Mortgage fraud ruins lives, destro...

"Real Unemployment" Effect on Housing If the housing recovery is supposed to be led by job growth, as most experts have predicted, it's going to be a long, slow climb from the bottom.  The unemployment rate nationally has been pegged at a little under 10% by Uncle Sam, but the true rate, or what ...

Mociute 1 Timothy 5:8 "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." My grandmother, Ona Zindzius Lanys has been an inspiration to me my entire life. Since landing at Ellis Island on July 4, 1949 wi...

TAKING ACTION: Finding lost mortgage payments: PARK CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A Utah family, victims of the recession and on the brink of losing their home to foreclosure, finally breathed a sign of relief Tuesday after their bank found a mistake on their loan payments.

Interest Rates...Staying Low Interest rates are likely to stay low for a long, long time...how low & for how long...that's a tough call.  I, along with most of the financial industry expected rates to spike higher when the Federal Reserve & the Treasury stopped buying MBS (Mortgage Backed Securit...

Mother's Day Angel...Importance of Mommy's Once upon a time there was child ready to be born.  So the child asked God, "I heard I am going to to Earth tomorrow, but I'm scared, how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?" God answered the child, "I chose an angel for you.  She will ...

What Are You Afraid of...Failure? During my years on Wall St., many of the "so-called" successful people were driven by the fear of failure.  No matter how difficult the task the thought of failing at something is simply unacceptable. The traders/brokers who were financially successful did whatev...

Which Would You Prefer to Have More...Time or Money? A question many have asked others and ourselves.  Most people look at their bank accounts, investment accounts & their wallets and assess how much money is available to spend, invest or give away.  Sadly, most people don't look at time the same...