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Keith Gantenbein
Jul 26, 2016
Co-Owning Real Estate With A Partner Or A Friend
If you’re thinking of buying (co-owning) a home with a partner, if you’re an unmarried couple or just friends, it’s extremely important...


Keith Gantenbein
Jul 14, 2016
Getting a Mortgage After a Short Sale or Foreclosure
The housing bubble triggered foreclosures to hundreds of thousands of distressed homeowners all over our nation. If you experienced a...

Keith Gantenbein
Jul 6, 2016
How Brexit Might Affect The U.S. Real Estate Market
By now, most of us have heard something about Brexit (British Exit). In a sentence, Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) in a...


Keith Gantenbein
Jun 23, 2016
International Businesses- At Risk? French Tax Authorities Go After Major Businesses
Our own IRS isn’t the only entity to fear when it comes to taxes. Europe has their eye on international businesses as well as wanting...


Keith Gantenbein
Jun 13, 2016
Signs The Real Estate Bubble Is About To Burst- Again
The number of luxury homes sitting on the global market and not selling is beginning to pile up. It may also be a forewarning of the...


Keith Gantenbein
May 25, 2016
Reverse Mortgage Advantages and Risks
A reverse mortgage or home equity conversion mortgage (HECM) was signed into law in 1988 as part of the Housing and Community Development...


Keith Gantenbein
May 18, 2016
Timeshare Horror Stories
Timeshares came into being during the early 1960s in England where people would share a holiday (vacation) home. The sharing typically...

Keith Gantenbein
May 5, 2016
Are HARP And HAMP Ending This Year?
Are the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) really be ending at the end of this...


Keith Gantenbein
Apr 29, 2016
Want To Save A Ton Of Money? Hire An Attorney Instead Of A Realtor
When buying or selling real estate, normally a real estate agent is involved. In the past, one of the main reasons for using realtors...


Keith Gantenbein
Apr 19, 2016
New Student Loan Forgiveness
The Department of Education announced this week they will be sending letters to 387,000 people who have student loans telling them...


Keith Gantenbein
Apr 14, 2016
Life After Foreclosure- The Boomerang Buyers
The past seven years have been horrendous for millions of homeowners who lost their homes. Somewhere between 7 and 8 million homes were...


Keith Gantenbein
Mar 24, 2016
Save Big On Taxes With Charity-Related Donations
When doing your taxes, one of the deductions most overlooked are charitable contributions. You can deduct a maximum of up to 50% of your...


Keith Gantenbein
Oct 13, 2015
Student Loans Need Oversight
​Back in the day - when the predatory mortgage loans were being tossed out like candy, so were the student loans. It was easy to get a...


Keith Gantenbein
Sep 29, 2015
Death Of A City
Housing prices have plummeted in the last year in Ferguson, Missouri. The average home sold for $66,764 in 2014. In the last three months...
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