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LA Event Friday Slides

Ron Ballard — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:51:19 +0000

Did you attend the L. A. Investor Event at the LAX Marriott Hotel on July 15-17, 2011? If so, you are on the right page. Follow the link below to the PDF file of the slides from Ron Ballard’s talk on Friday morning. Distressed Property Deals from Ground Up — Part 1 RESI members get [...]

June 28 Webinar Slides and Replay Links

Ron Ballard — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:39:31 +0000

My June 28, 2011 webinar with Nathan Jurewicz was a non-stop run to try to cover 70 slides. You can download a PDF file of the slides from Legal Do’s and Don’ts of Short Sales Nathan and Chris are temporarily hosting a replay of the webinar at http://bit.ly/web628 I will be attending most of each of [...]

Get the CoreLogic Report

Ron Ballard — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:37:03 +0000

You hopefully have read my blog article regarding the bogus Washington Post syndicated article discussing the even more bogus CoreLogic 2011 Short Sale Report. My article can be found at http://bit.ly/illogic and I encourage you to share it though as many social media avenues, etc. as you can so we can get the clarification out. It [...]

Political Update for June 2011

Ron Ballard — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:45:49 +0000

Real estate investing is a HIGLY politicized business. One lobbyist has said, “If you don’t have a seat at the policy making table, you are probably on the menu.” I can’t emphasize enough how important political action is for this business — no matter how skeptical you may be about politics. The bottom line is that [...]

CA Short Sale Supplement for Defaults Posted

Ron Ballard — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:51:00 +0000

Long ago California adopted Civil Code Section 1695 (technically 1695.1 — 1695.17) to protect homeowners in default from having their equity “stolen” from them by unscrupulous people. This law applies even when there is no equity. It requires the contract to provide a right to cancel and other provisions. Experienced investors and real estate licensees [...]

B of A Addendum Analyzed

Ron Ballard — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:42:20 +0000

Bank of America has recently been requiring the execution of a two page addendum. One page for the buyer and seller and one page for the brokers or agents. RESI has issued a 10 page bulletin analyzing each paragraph of the addendum and how investors and agents may consider dealing with it. The bulletin is available to all membership levels and can be found on the new Bulletins page at
www.theresi.com/content/member-content/bulletins/ . Please post your

Site Update Issues

Ron Ballard — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:48:37 +0000

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