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Issue	Title
November 2009	Common Investor Mistakes
October 2009	Real Estate Home Inspectors
September 2009	Loan Modification Failure Rate Update
August 2009	Title Companies and Property Profiles
July 2009	If I Lose My Home in Foreclosure Am I Still Liable for the Debt?
June 2009	The Owners Have Filed for Bankruptcy: Now What?
May 2009	Who Pays When Renter Skips Out?
March 2009	Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan: Questions and Answers
January 2009	What Can We Expect From Congress in 2009?
December 2008	Avoid This Tenant Debt Collection Nightmare
November 2008	12 Eviction Mistakes That Can Sink You
October 2008	Lis Pendens – What Is It and How Does It Affect Title?
September 2008	Get that Property Out of Your Name!
August 2008	Seller Carry-back Financing and Anti-deficiency
June 2008	Top 10 Legal Mistakes Than Can Sink Your Landlord Business
May 2008	Where to Incorporate? The Answer May Surprise You!
April 2008	Housing Stimulus: Lawmakers Eye Home-Buyer Tax Credit
April 2008	The Property Has a Judgment Lien What Does That Mean To the Pre-Foreclosure Investor?
March 2008	Sale Leaseback Recharacterization Results in Criminal Conviction
February 2008	Who's On First?
January 2008	California Foreclosure Laws Update: Court Strikes Down Surety Bond Requirement
December 2007	Buy a House, Get Thrown in Jail?
November 2007	Can Government Solve the Foreclosure Problem?
October 2007	Michigan Appellate Court Sends Warning to the 'Sale-Leaseback' Foreclosure Deal
September 2007	Bubble, Schmubble - Flipping Works in ANY Market!
August 2007	Loss Mitigation the Right Way
July 2007	National Association of Responsible Home Rebuilders and Investors (NARHRI)
June 2007	Foreclosure Scam #7: Straw Buyers
May 2007	Do You Need a Real Estate License to 'Flip' Properties?
April 2007	Increase in Real Estate Fraud
March 2007	Landlords Protect Yourself from Your Tenants and Lawsuits
February 2007	Evicting Holdovers Legally Risky Business of Auction Investing
January 2007	Owner Wants a Do-Over Legally Risky Business of Auction Investing (part 2 of 3)
December 2006	Legally Risky Business of Auction Investing
November 2006	California Foreclosure Investing Update:
October 2006	How to Get Rid of a Real Estate Nuisance Lawsuit advised as last resort
September 2006	Bankruptcy and Foreclosure: How the New Law Impacts Landlords, Tenants and HOA’s Part 3 of a 3 part series.
August 2006	Bankruptcy and Foreclosure: New Law's Most Damaging Parts for Homeowners Part 2 of a 3 Part Series.
July 2006	Bankruptcy and Foreclosure: How the New Law Impacts Homeowners Part 1 of a 3 part series
June 2006	Do You Need a License to Flip Real Estate?
May 2006	Part 2 of 2: Foreclosure Scams Leading to Bad Laws
April 2006	Part 1 of 2: Foreclosure Rescue Scams Leading to Bad Laws
March 2006	Progress in the Fight Against Predatory Lending
February 2006	Dirty Deeds: Putting these Bandits Out of Business. Part 3 of 3
January 2006	Dirty Deeds Part 2 of 3: Predatory Lending
December 2005	Abuses and Fraudulent Practices in the Home Equity Market.
November 2005	New Bankruptcy Act Key Changes
October 2005	So, How Do You Evict Someone?
September 2005	NCLC's "Dreams Foreclosed" Report Reviewed
August 2005	Asset Protection Misconceptions
July 2005	The Sale-Leaseback Scheme
June 2005	Mortgage Elimination Scams Sweeping the Nation
May 2005	Maximizing Profit and Limiting Liability in Real Estate Investing
April 2005	2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act: Overview and Summary
March 2005	Broker Arranged Loan Usury Exemption Comes Under Attack
February 2005	To Short Sell or Not to Short Sell: That is the Question
January 2005	Tax implications of the Limited Liability Company
December 2004	Last Minute Tax Tips
November 2004	Prohibit Predatory Lending
October 2004	Asset Protection Trusts: Are they Valid?
September 2004	The New Limited Liability Company
August 2004	Insurance in Asset Protection Planning
July 2004	Tax Implications of the Limited Liability Company
June 2004	Good Trusts by Bad People
May 2004	Bulletproof your Wealth
April 2004	Four Simple Rules for Spotting a Tax Scammer
March 2004	Using Trusts for Personal and Business Privacy
February 2004	Get That Property Out of Your Name: Using land Trusts for Privacy and Protection
January 2004	If Your Household Worker or Contractor is Injured, Will You be Liable? Part II of Two Parts
December 2003	If Your Household Worker or Contractor is Injured, Will You be Liable?
October 2003	The Newest Insurance Crisis: Will You be the Next Victim?
September 2003	New “Anti-Flipping” HUD Rule Holds Lenders, Sellers and Appraisers Accountable.
August 2003	Defective Foreclosure Sales: What are Your Rights?
July 2003	What Can Happen When You Buy A House That Is About To Be Foreclosed Upon
June 2003	Legislation Affecting Real Estate as of 2003
May 2003	50 ways to Chill the Bidding at a Trustee's Sale- Part 2
April 2003	The Limited Liability Company: The Landlord's Defense Against Lawsuits, Estate Taxes, and Creditors
March 2003	50 Ways to Chill the Bidding at a Trustee's Sale [Part 1]
February 2003	New for California 2003: Real Estate Transfer Withholding Requirements
October 2002	SB 958 Legislation - Clears up 7-Day Postponement Rule
September 2002	Know Your Real Estate Laws
August 2002	Can Foreclosure Investing be Criminal?
July 2002	Skim Rent, Go To Jail
May 2002	When is a Deed a Mortgage?
April 2002	Use Caution before you try a "Lease-Option"
March 2002	Winning Auction Bidders — How to Get the Old Owners OUT!
February 2002	Buying the Note... Another way to get your deal
January 2002	Payoff Demand Statements
November 2001	Cancellation of the Home Equity Purchase Contract
October 2001	Rent Skimming
September 2001	What Can a Lender do to be Prepared? (part 2 of 2)
August 2001	A Bankruptcy Petition Has Been Filed. What Now? (part 1 of 2)
May 2001	Choosing Credit Counseling Firms; Q & A About Bankruptcy Legislation
April 2001	Dealing with the "Dealer Issue"
March 2001	How to Create a Real Estate Cash Cow
February 2001	Flipping Properties for Cash Profit
December 2000	Guarantees and the Anti-Deficiency Laws, Part 2
November 2000	There is No "Due on Sale Jail"
October 2000	Guarantees and the Anti-Deficiency Laws
September 2000	Statement By A Junior Lienor
August 2000	Construction Defect Claims: Who Can Sue
July 2000	A Primer on Foreclosure (refresher)
June 2000	Contractors and Construction Defects
May 2000	Cancelling Home Improvement Contracts
April 2000	Residential Boundary Line Disputes
March 2000	Liquidated Damages In Real Estate Contracts
February 2000	The Sold Out Junior
January 2000	When is a Deal a Deal?
December 1999	Prohibitions of the Mortgage Foreclosure Consultants Law
November 1999	Foreclosure Consultants Law
October 1999	Purchasing Property From a Decedent's Estate
September 1999	Using Lease/Option
July 1999	Usury-Trap for the Private Lender
January-February 1999	Getting Possession After a Foreclosure Sale
October 1998	Do You Need A Real Estate License?
August 1998	A Primer on Foreclosure
June 1998	Taking Note…
May 1998	Is There a Best Way To Hold Title To Real Property?