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Home buyers duped into foreclosure [South Florida] The beige ranch house at 4501 SW 13th Ter. looks much like any other on this ordinary street in the Little Gables neighborhood. But it’s one of a string of homes bought for more than $7 million in suspicious mortgage deals orchestrated by the former co-owner of a …
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The $3.6 Million Mortgage [New York City] SETH WEINSTEIN is not a guy who likes to run a tab. He has only two credit cards — one for his personal use and one for business — and he says he pays them in full each month. He even wrote a check the last time he …
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$20-million gets it all [Tampa Bay Florida] Matt Geiger’s mansion is the envy of any bachelor. The sprawling estate boasts several lavish bars, a DJ station and dance floor, hot tubs, a pizza oven and even a cigar room. Only problem is, Geiger is settling down. The former NBA player recently had a baby with …
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After long fight, Pembroke Pines condo receives $8 million insurance check for Wilma damage [South Florida] For 18 months, the patched roofs leaked at the Park Place condo complex while the board of directors tried to get its insurance company to fix the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma. Southern Family Insurance had offered the Pembroke …
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In ‘walk of faith,’ Tamarac pastor sells churchgoers land in desolate west Texas The Rev. Dennis Grant has found his version of the Promised Land — miles of undeveloped desert in far western Texas he is reselling for $22,000 per 20-acre parcel. Preaching that “God did not create us to be broke,” Grant, a community …
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Fast-tracking mortgage payments Making biweekly mortgage payments instead of monthly shaves years off the life of the loan and saves thousands of dollars in the long run. But is it the best idea? Maybe not always. And maybe not for everyone. I wondered: Could this be possible? The direct-mail solicitation claimed that we could shave …