Archive for the 'Buying Real Estate' category

Can’t Afford to Retire? Maybe you can

Many Americans are working into their seventies these days because they feel that they simply cannot afford to retire. In this report by ABC News they say otherwise.



Bob Roscoe, Mortgage Marketing Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota

401k for down payment

Avoid This Real Estate Scam

If you are in the market to buy a home or investment property, you might want to learn from this investor’s mistake.


The investor’s main problem here was he was entirely too trusting. He did not verify that the real estate agent he was working with was actually an agent at all. He was taken to the cleaners because he did not do his due diligence. It appears that he verified very little in the biggest financial mistake of his life.

Any reputable Realtor or loan officer will be more than happy to let you verify their status as agents.

Bob Roscoe, Mortgage Marketing Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Free Mortgage Rate Floatdown

Alan Greenspan Defends His Record on Subprime Lending

Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan talks on CBS’ “60 Minutes” with Leslie Stahl about his record and the subprime lending crisis.

Bob Roscoe, Mortgage Marketing Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota

FHA Mortgages

Mortgage Crisis Explanation Video

Ken Rosen, head of the Rosen Consulting Group and a hedge fund manager explains the whys of the current mortgage crisis.