It has been brought to my attention that the Times of London did a piece on Las Vegas foreclosures. In fact, they did two! But I digress. When you have quotes like this, you really need to watch yourself: Gail Burks, the head of the Nevada Fair Housing Centre, a citizens advice bureau, said that [...]

In Florida, work is underway to syndicate a little reality show called The Foreclosure Shoppe. It follows the wild adventures of Realtor Tom Bruzzesi as he navigates the tricky waters of the REO world of bank owned property. His competitors call him “The Maniac.” As many strange things as I have seen, I can only [...]

Today, tech news community Slashdot brought us a story from the British news site The Register: a company called Switch Communications — which calls itself “The #1 Rated Disaster Avoidance Colocation and Bandwidth Interconnect Facilities in North America” — is building one of the largest data centers in the world. It’s called the SuperNAP. Here’s [...]

I’ve updated the links, and added a section for Realtor Resources. Some of the other new additions include Frugal Vegas and the personal blog of former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. One of his recent posts is on the housing bill currently in Congress.

Thinking of the Children:  Child advocacy group First Focus has reported that roughly 40,000 Nevada children will be affected by foreclosure.  This is part of 2 Million kids nationwide. Meanwhile, there are about 2,000 homeless teenagers in Las Vegas. Efforts are underway to get them “survival kits” that include “hand wipes, anti-bacterial hand gel, a [...]

Remember some months back that the Tropicana begged workers to put off actually depositing their paychecks? Having lived through The Great DotCom Boom and subsequent bust, I know that this is a great big, glowing “get out now” red flag for any company’s prospects. The inevitable has happened:  Tropicana Entertainment LLC is declaring Chapter 11 [...]

TheStreet.com asks and answers 5 Questions about the Mortgage Crisis. Although you know my opinion regarding the local real estate market*, the question remains whether nationally speaking, we are at or near a bottom. Some people say yes. Some people say no. * Inventory is slowly dropping, sales are slowly increasing, prices may continue to [...]

If you’ve ever purchased a home, you have had a Realtor tell you that you should get a home inspection. Even if you rent or lease property, you may have had to open your door to an inspector performing “due diligence” as part of the landlord’s purchase/sale of the property. When you are spending hundreds [...]