Any licensed real estate broker or agent may advertise HUD homes, as long as they have an active NAID.

All advertising of HUD Homes must comply with all applicable Federal and state laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to: the advertising guidelines specified in HUD Handbook 4310.5 Rev. 2, Section 9-18 Broker Advertising; Truth & Lending and Z regulations; Equal Housing guidelines, including utilization of the Equal Housing Opportunity logo; and Federal Criminal Statute 18 U.S.C.

It seems that Squatters have come to the High Desert! What these people do is look for a home or property that is empty and occupy it. This is obviously illegal, however, it seems that there is nothing that can be done. The police say that it is a civil matter, so guess what happens now. Start your eviction proceedings.

I say that there are things that you can do. Contact the deputy district attorney for San Bernadino County. He will try to help. If you need them out faster than that, you can always pump bees into the house! (Just Kidding)

Some of these intruders have streamlined the process by demanding that you pay them a fee to leave. Funny that you should have to pay them when they are not even legally supposed to be there! Well there is always bull dozing your property. LOL!

Tell me what you think about this subject and if you have had any experiences with it.

Get the info you need to know about your home. Check out the article link below about a drop in the High Desert home market.

Local Home Sales Drop In January

It seems to me that there are plenty of people out there that want to buy a home. The problem seems to be that the majority of them do not qualify for a loan. What can be done about this? I tried to go to a company that promised to FIX my credit. After 7 months the only thing that they did was to take about $400 dollars and actually lower my score. What can be done? Do you go about the arduous task of fixing your own credit or pay someone? There has to be a better way right. Well I have talked to several Mortgage companies and they informed me that if you plan on using them for the loan they actually have people to help you with your credit.

The fact of the matter is that if your credit is poor you need to:

1. Pay the people that you owe.

2. Monitor your credit reports (all three of them).

3. Look for things that are being reported incorrectly.

4. Dispute anything that is incorrect on all three reports.

5. Pay all of your bills on time from now on.

6. Do not open any new lines of credit while in the process of looking for a home.

Eventually if you do these things your credit should go up. Just remember that your credit is the picture of you that banks and companies that extend credit use to judge your worthiness. If you want to be trusted and get that home or car or whatever, PAY YOUR BILLS! Tell me what you think.