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Irving Housing Blog has another one of those outrageous properties that are way overpriced for today's market.

He is featuring it again, and we thought we would give you the link to his first post about it here. Overpriced Irving Property.

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• Review of eBay Developers Program blog This is a review of the eBay Developers Blog. One of the things that set blogs apart from news listings is the ability to interact with the readers, and their ability to interact back. Even a corporate blog should have the capability for readers to post comments to posts. Not......
• My Weekly Personal Finance Reader I found a few interesting and amusing writings this week to share: My oldest son understands my attitude about young adults who go to law school or who enter an MBA program because they have nothing better to do. He sent me a link to this funny piece about a......
• The Personal Touch - Why Companies Need to Blog As corporate blogging becomes more popular, many companies are wondering if this is something that is right for them. There are many benefits that can be achieved by having a corporate blog, such as increased sales, better brand recognition and SEO, but none are as important as creating that personal......
• Cartoon Capitalism I'm often extremely pessimistic on the state of the US economy. In public settings my doom and gloom predictions seem to depress people so I tend to restrict my rants solely to my blog. So it makes me happy when I read an article that agrees with my thoughts on......
• Guest Post - 4 Sites to Visit Before You Go Car Shopping (I have the pleasure of sharing yet another guest post with all of you, my kind and wonderful readers.  This week, we have a guide to some of the useful resources out there for would-be car buyers to consider before they take the big plunge (so to speak).  Thanks to......

The housing crisis meltdown continues with the rogue appraisers scandal that amounts to downright appraisal fraud.

Conclusion? The last market heyday was not a good time to be a appraiser.

Now it's being revealed significant numbers of appraisers felt pressure to come up with the magic numbers some banks wanted. 

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• Guest Post - Are your Christmas presents insured? (It's time for yet another guest post from the Amateur Financier.  This time, we're looking at something you probably haven't thought about, insuring your Christmas presents.  Never heard of the concept before?  Neither did I, but read on to find out more!) With Christmas on the way, the hidden nooks......
• The Emotional Side of Home Downsizing I write regularly here on the topic of downsizing your home because it's something we think about often. We spend most of our time in a house that is much larger than we need. We also have a lot of equity tied up in that house. That equity could likely......
• Your Home Pays You Back with Reverse Mortgages The follow is a guest post by Tanesha Morgan a writer for Personal Finance Analyst. Personal Finance Analyst is an online community of bloggers dedicated to taking the mystery out of money and helping you to live a happier, more successful life with the money you have. Lately, I have......
• 6 Great Home Uses for Power Pressure Washers Power pressure washers are handy pieces of equipment for home use, and some models are made for commercial use, as well. Unless you plan on running a pressure washing business, however, you can get away with a relatively inexpensive piece of equipment that can you use to do a large......
• Economy Picking Up Steam Subject to revision, the Q3 GDP was up 2.0% as compared to the Q2 growth of 1.7%. The first revision will be published November 23, and a final number in December. While 2% is nothing to write home about, and certainly not the 5% number we saw in Q4......

Frank McKinney is a builder whose favorite color is green.  His hero is Robin Hood, and yep, he does probably physically resemble the storybook Brit with his long lion-like locks. 

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• Sensible and Cost Effective Green Building Green construction has to be neither cost prohibitive or complicated, according to experts at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference. According to these experts, building homes that are green and energy efficient does not have to be rocket science at all, but rather you can build a very efficient home at......
• New protocol to identify location of access point users? Intel has developed a new technology that will more precisely identify where a wireless user is. The previous approach has used signal strength to more than one access point as a guage. This new approach uses a time-stamped packet from two access points. The difference between the packet stamp and......
• Eco Recap 8.26.10 There's a little bit of everything this week! You can follow me on Twitter and Facebook to read the stuff I didn't have room for! > Now THIS is closer to my idea of being green - holistic and progressive! I think all new construction should have sustainable features, but......
• Baghdatis Takes Title in Stockholm ATP World Tour Tournament In Stockholm, Sweden, Marcos Baghdatis managed to take his first title in the ATP World Tour since February of 2007, after having defeated Oliver Rochus from Belgium with 6 - 1, 7 - 5 during the If Stockholm Open during Sunday. He has become the tenth unseeded winner to claim......
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