Keith Gantenbein
Freddie Mac Sells Off $667 Million In Non-Performing Mortgage Loans
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, known as Freddie Mac, announced last week that it’s selling off non-performing loans to...
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Keith Gantenbein
- Dec 29, 2016
Home Loan Modifications Ending
The Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) was introduced in 2009 and established to help homeowners recover from the great housing...
Keith Gantenbein
- Sep 28, 2016
How To Spot A Fake Tax Call From An 'IRS Agent'
Hundreds of Americans are getting frightening calls from “IRS Agents” making threats including sending the sheriff over to arrest them if...
Keith Gantenbein
- Sep 15, 2016
Denver's Hot Summer Real Estate Market- Will It Cool In The Fall?
Colorado’s housing market continues to be ‘hot’. The top ten hottest cities in our nation are: Miami, Phoenix, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale,...
Keith Gantenbein
- Aug 15, 2016
The Tiny Home Real Estate Movement
About two years ago “tiny houses” began an upward trend in new sales of homes in what has become the Tiny House Movement. Even the most...
Keith Gantenbein
- Jul 26, 2016
Co-Owning Real Estate With A Partner Or A Friend
If you’re thinking of buying (co-owning) a home with a partner, if you’re an unmarried couple or just friends, it’s extremely important...
Keith Gantenbein
- Jul 14, 2016
Getting a Mortgage After a Short Sale or Foreclosure
The housing bubble triggered foreclosures to hundreds of thousands of distressed homeowners all over our nation. If you experienced a...
Keith Gantenbein
- Jul 6, 2016
How Brexit Might Affect The U.S. Real Estate Market
By now, most of us have heard something about Brexit (British Exit). In a sentence, Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) in a...
Keith Gantenbein
- Jun 23, 2016
International Businesses- At Risk? French Tax Authorities Go After Major Businesses
Our own IRS isn’t the only entity to fear when it comes to taxes. Europe has their eye on international businesses as well as wanting...
Keith Gantenbein
- Jun 13, 2016
Signs The Real Estate Bubble Is About To Burst- Again
The number of luxury homes sitting on the global market and not selling is beginning to pile up. It may also be a forewarning of the...
Keith Gantenbein
- Jun 6, 2016
Tax Tips For Starting Your Own Business
If you’re starting a new business, the tax obligations aren’t something you should try to handle alone. Meeting with a qualified tax and...
Keith Gantenbein
- May 31, 2016
Mortgage Foreclosure and Survivors' Rights
California is a step closer to signing a bill into law to protect families from foreclosure after the death of the primary mortgage note...
Keith Gantenbein
- May 25, 2016
Reverse Mortgage Advantages and Risks
A reverse mortgage or home equity conversion mortgage (HECM) was signed into law in 1988 as part of the Housing and Community Development...
Keith Gantenbein
- May 18, 2016
Timeshare Horror Stories
Timeshares came into being during the early 1960s in England where people would share a holiday (vacation) home. The sharing typically...
Keith Gantenbein
- May 10, 2016
Shutting Down Illegal Student Loan Relief Schemes
On March 15th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requested that a federal district court enter a final judgment and order...
Keith Gantenbein
- Apr 25, 2016
Life After Death- Tax Surprise For Millions
Millions of Americans have had horrible and challenging years due to the Great Financial Crisis and subsequent meltdown. Many are just...
Keith Gantenbein
- Mar 24, 2016
Save Big On Taxes With Charity-Related Donations
When doing your taxes, one of the deductions most overlooked are charitable contributions. You can deduct a maximum of up to 50% of your...
Keith Gantenbein
- Sep 10, 2015
Colorado "Landlord" Arrested For Phony Rent Payments
A Wheat Ridge, Colorado woman was arrested for renting out a home through Craigslist last week. A woman who identified herself as Lisa...
Keith Gantenbein
- Sep 2, 2015
Nationstar Providing Millions of Dollars to Milwaukee Homeowners
Nationstar Mortgage will be providing up to $30 million dollars to distressed Milwaukee homeowners under a special agreement with the...
Keith Gantenbein
- Jul 27, 2015
HOAs from Hell
More than forty years ago, developers began ‘common-interest housing’ as a way to cut costs and taxes and built more units on less land....
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