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	<title>Real Estate Investing</title>
	<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate</link>
	<description>Find up-to-date real estate investing news and tips on the Banks.com Real Estate Investing Blog.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Left Foot Blue&#8221; Could Tumble Fannie Mae</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/24/left-foot-blue-could-tumble-fannie-mae/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/24/left-foot-blue-could-tumble-fannie-mae/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foreclosures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I find blogs to read whose messages are serious, yet hilarity ensues.  IowaHawk has written two posts about the mortgage crisis and about how Fannie Mae is like the drunk fat chick,
It&#8217;s useful to think of our current economic situation as a spirited game of nude Twister, with Fannie Mae as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Ways to Keep House Cool</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/23/top-10-ways-to-keep-house-cool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/23/top-10-ways-to-keep-house-cool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Home Care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my it&#8217;s hot outside today.  Luckily, we&#8217;ve only reached 102 degrees so far this year and with the high clouds billowing up right now, we may be in for rain and relief.  Even with our thermostat set at 74 in my building, I still have my oscillating fan cooling my office because I&#8217;m on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find a Free House on Craigslist</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/22/find-a-free-house-on-craigslist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/22/find-a-free-house-on-craigslist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technology &amp; Tools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[home buying strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[home selling strategies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want a free house, there&#8217;s one waiting for you in Clarksville, Tennessee.  But there&#8217;s a catch&#8230;. really a couple of catches.  First, the house is not livable without complete remodeling.  The second catch is the house doesn&#8217;t come with the land.  You must move the 880 square foot house to somewhere else.  Further, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Realtors: Two Sides to the Love:Hate Relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/20/realtors-two-sides-to-the-lovehate-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/20/realtors-two-sides-to-the-lovehate-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Agents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I bought my first house, we had a wonderful agent.   It seems like she worked with us for a year or two before we actually found our home. When we first started our search, we quickly learned we just couldn&#8217;t come up with the down payment and closing costs.  This was the time before there were down payment assistance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiation Is an Art When Buying a Home</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/16/negotiation-is-an-art-when-buying-a-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/16/negotiation-is-an-art-when-buying-a-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[home buying strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before we start talking about the art of negotiation, I want to refer you to our Mortgage corner for an update by Miranda Marquit about what&#8217;s going on with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  It&#8217;s essential that these power houses survive so that buyers can find affordable home loans!
However, for those lucky people who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Less Lending Could Mean Less Shady Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/15/less-lending-could-mean-less-shady-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/15/less-lending-could-mean-less-shady-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/15/less-lending-could-mean-less-shady-loans/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For what seems like forever now, I&#8217;ve questioned why Realtors are so heavily monitored by our brokers, by local, state and national associations, and by the state while the oversight of mortgage lenders is so light nonexistent.

Realtors undergo massive training.  While we don&#8217;t study for years and years like a medical doctor, we must take ethics classes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ban All Non-Approved Short Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/12/ban-all-non-approved-short-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/12/ban-all-non-approved-short-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[short sale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At Wexzilla.com, James Wexler is calling for a ban on all non-approved short sales.  Having experienced the nightmare of a short sale, I have to agree with him that banks often cause their own problems and make incredibly bad business decisions.  Sometimes they cut off their nose to spite their face.
First, what is a short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Message to Loan Industry: &#8220;Clarence! Get me back!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/12/message-to-loan-industry-clarence-get-me-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/12/message-to-loan-industry-clarence-get-me-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/12/message-to-loan-industry-clarence-get-me-back/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[George Bailey suffered his Savings &#38; Loan breakdown when his Uncle Billy stopped at a bar on the way to make a bank deposit and mean Mr. Potter took the money bag.  Of course, it&#8217;s never a good idea to stop for a strong drink while carrying large sums of business cash and rightfully George was might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Foreclosure Shatter Your Ability to Rent?</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/10/does-foreclosure-shatter-your-ability-to-rent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/10/does-foreclosure-shatter-your-ability-to-rent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[rental market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I took a photo of a family who had been evicted after their home foreclosed.  The sheriff car had pulled up to the driveway and the deputy calmly handed them the notice that they had to vacate immediately.  The family was, of course, upset.  The piled all their belongings on the front lawn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Puzzle of Social Networking</title>
		<link>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/09/social-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.banks.com/blogs/realestate/2008/07/09/social-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Tyson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technology &amp; Tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I discovered the Google Feed Reader a year or so ago, I was quite excited that I no longer had to visit all of my favorite sites every day to find new posts.  Then I found Twitter and now keep up with my blogging buddies there.  Is it just me or have I noticed a decline [...]]]></description>
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