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Modern Home, Modern Real Estate

The current U.S. real estate market is a burden and an asset to American investors, an article from Housing Predictor, an online forecaster of market trends, reports.

Citing as evidence thousands of reported home foreclosures, as well as homes that have been on the market for a substantial period of time without selling, the article notes that for a select group of investors, the time is drawing near to consider investments that could potentially turn into lucrative purchases and over time provide significant monetary returns.

The central issue is timing. Many investors are waiting to see how the government’s bailout affects Wall Street and consequently influences the real estate market, but many more investors are holding out until the bottom of the housing market hits its lowest rates.

Housing prices will continue to fall in the immediate future, and the nation’s credit crisis has put the brakes on consumer spending and made it difficult to obtain a reasonable mortgage. This means that housing prices could tumble even further and that investors could see more attractive prices for potential purchases.

But this wait-and-see approach has risks. If housing prices do not continue to go down, the opportunity for an investor to acquire property at its ideal price might pass him by. All this keeps mortgage companies, banks, real estate forecasters, and investors closely monitoring America’s temperamental housing market.

The next reasonable question to ask is when the bottom will hit. Housing Predictor forecasts that by 2009, and through 2010, most markets across the country will reach their lowest rates. The bottom will not come at once to every market in the country. Instead it will be a slow procedure, one that leaves some markets with their worst days behind them and others with their worst days still ahead. Based on current trends and data, the housing market will make a turnaround in 2010 and 2011. But the bottom is already near in California, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, which means that by the time the rest of the country is enduring its hardest times, these markets could very well be showing signs of growth.

Real Estate Investors understand the benefits of vigilance and timing. For some, whose previous investments have left them in a position to spend today, the market is an asset. And for others, perhaps just starting out, this too is a time of opportunity. But it is an opportunity that will largely be defined by the vision, resources, and wisdom of the investments. Warren Buffett has said that his investment philosophy is simple: Be cautious when others are aggressive, and aggressive when others are cautious. This statement is as true today as it was when the housing market was at its strongest.

Nowhere near its peak and still growing with tremendous strength, modern design has budding interior designers everywhere excited and spending. Across the globe, more and more consumers are environmentally conscious and have specific ideas and expectations when it comes to furnishing their homes. They want products that have superior design, products that are eco-friendly and practical. But they also want products that reflect their personalities and domestic lives, products that mark an increased enthusiasm for sustainability and uniqueness.

* Innovative Work Space Design from Design Within Reach This enthusiasm is global and has sparked increased sales for products with a keen sense of modern design. In Europe, Questo Design focuses on producing quirky accessories and highly stylized furniture. The Scandinavian inspired company Ikea brings sensibility and affordability to its myriad lighting, kitchen appliances and decor products. In the U.S., Design Within Reach, Hive, and 2Modern, are but three of the hundreds of companies whose collective business goal is offering sophisticated products to a hungry and intelligent consumer market.

Splinter off a section of modern design consumers and you will find people looking to buy or sell modern homes built with the same principals and sensibilities. A vast market is available for those who want their homes to be a symbol of their creativity, ingenuity, or personal style.

From San Francisco’s Bay Area to Boston’s historic outskirts, residential and commercial spaces designed with innovative architecture and sustainability continues to attract investors. These homes serve as local attractions and are often the focus of modern living oriented magazines such as Dwell and Metro Green+Business. They are places where industry meets intelligence, where design is defined by craftsmanship and durability.

* Classic Modern Living Just Outside New York City

Homeowners interested in selling their modern home today have key advantages in the current real estate market. The first advantage is that many modern homes now on the market attract buyers who have distinct interests in specific architecture and amenities that can only be found in certain modern homes. It’s a straightforward theory that is verified when thousands of people with similar tastes buy and sell homes to one another.

The second advantage is that a unique, modern home will always be just that: unique and modern. Even when styles and tastes change, superior craftsmanship and design allow modern homes to stand out and remain marketable. This market sustainability makes a modern home an investment that will experience years of healthy monetary returns.

A modern home is in some ways an extension of the person who lives there. It is about design and architecture. But it’s also about character. As someone buying or selling a modern home understands, a home is more than a roof and windows and floors. It is a space that informs and accentuates the people who live there. For these reasons, whether you are an investor, a person in the market to buy or sell, a modern home is a wise and rewarding investment, no matter the economic climate.

Brief Summary for the Article: Housing prices will continue to fall in the immediate future, and the nation’s credit crisis has put the brakes on consumer spending and made it difficult to obtain a reasonable mortgage. This means that housing prices could tumble even further and that investors could see more attractive prices for potential purchases.

Willie Sutton is Now Back not as a Bank Robber But as a Modern Day Identity Thief

Several times, using his skill of disguise, dressed in a prison guards uniform utilized two ladders carried across the yard and when a spot light hit him he yelled out, “It’s ok” and continued his escape without incident. Later, Sutton attributed the famous quote of “That’s Where The Money Is” to an inventive reporter embellishing a story. It was surmised that he had stolen around $2,000,000 over his career. Later on accountants would use this theory to focus on high cost areas as a target for savings. It was called the “Willie Sutton Rule” following “where the money is” as its basis. While serving a long prison term after his capture in 1952 and was serving a 105 sentence. With failing health, he was released in 1969 from Attica State Prison and died November 2, 1980 at age 79 in Spring Hill, Florida. His legacy lives on.

Today, Willie Sutton, just arriving fresh out of the time machine, could be sitting in his home perhaps in his underwear with a wry smile that this new game was really better than any bank job. With hands spread between the keyboard and mouse with a bent on “Philsing” and stealing as much money as possible online. A cold one would be close by with a tasty snack. These “bank teller windows” are open 365 days 24 hours a day, their motto might be “We never close”. No more casing future jobs, no need for cleaver disguises, no need to carry a gun, no get away car, no threat of shoot outs, no following opening and closing times of the bank, all that is needed is an Internet connection and a computer. What a country!

There are many modern day “Willie Suttons” out there trying to separate citizens from their hard earned money. It is likewise a “worldwide robbery in progress” from the cafés from New Deli, from the depths of Asia or from anywhere in the world where anyone in cyberspace is a potential target for being fleeced of their money. Scams and consumer alerts go from low tech to major firewall crashing and intervention.

From Dumpster diving looking for your personal information to all sorts of scams. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the U.S. today. The con artists are skilled at putting together believable scripts and stories that will play well to the unsuspecting pigeon. The mark wakes up only after their bank accounts have been cleaned out or their credit cards maxed out.

The Identity Theft Resource Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting citizens in fighting scams. Some of the scams are summarized below:

Job Scams where you are asked to provide personal information including dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Some enterprising cons posted employment ads to get applicants to share personal information that can be exploited. No job exists-the con is on.

Calls from credit card “Representatives” to verify unusual purchases and to verify your card by sharing the three-digit number code on the back of the card. This conversation follows after a lengthy discussion on avoiding credit card scam. It is the scam. They already have your credit card number from other sources, only now they need the additional key to gate of your money.

“Phisher” scams involving using web page similar to your financial institution or consumer retail store looking (logos and all) for passwords and personal information with Social Security numbers. This could be E-Bay, Best Buys, Discover, AOL, MSN, Earthlink, PayPal, and Bank of America, Providian and other banks such as Wells Fargo.

Sign In Rosters at schools and such where you list your Social Security and other personal information that can be ripped off by any eyeball noting the information.

The famous Nigerian scam asking you to help them move money out of the country with a big reward to the facilitator. This total fraud has fleeced many citizens of their door.

The Canadian/Netherlands Lottery touting that hey “YOU WON”. The new Spanish Lottery is now hot as well. Naturally, you will be asked to post some cash as good faith.

Promises of “Free Credit Reports” can be a scam with bills and such showing up later OR your information is utilized for a fleece job.

Offers of a FREE GIFT will usually lead to costing you as you share your information.

E mailing and forwarding Chain Letters helps the con collect your friends and contacts e-mail addresses to fleece them as well.

Offers to buy a CD on skip tracing someone anywhere is utilized to gather your credit card information that can be later used to rip you off.

Questionnaires are a good device to gather personal information for “Bad Purposes” where Chat rooms for friends is a slick method to gather information on citizens. Won’t you be my “friend”?

Persons in acting as store security scams to catch a bad employee all the while noting the personal information of the target of identity theft.

Charities on the phone, who are skilled at raising money, call and prey on the good nature of the donors. Many times the charities get like 5% or less of monies collected plus your information is used to commit a later Fraud. A “Do Not Call Verification” representative calls to get verify personal information. This is done online or by mail, if ever.

A person gets a call from a “clerk” of the court regarding jury duty while verifying personal information. Again this is a scam. Normally, jury duty is noted by mail.

Additional scams are referred to as:

Disaster relief, FTC Warning Registry, IRS Scam, “Hospital Personnel”, Pay Pal Verification-Phony, Credit Reporting Agencies ploy, Get Out Of Debt e-mail, and any new wrinkle with larceny in the hearts of the perpetrators of Identify Theft Scam.

When conducting online business one must be very careful with personal and private information that can be turned around and used to the perpetrator’s advantage to screw the consumer. It is not limited to just the U.S. as mentioned, it is now a worldwide effort to pull a scam. With the U.S. being heavily wired on the Internet with good financial depth consumers’ are a focused target for exploitation.

Willie Sutton today would have a huge callous on his mouse hand with all the clicks and spaming necessary to separate the mark from their money. The mantra of “That’s where the money is” has shifted to a new paradigm with a focus on identify theft through low tech and high tech means to rob people of their money by various means. The new Willie Suttons of the world is dedicated to this venture and a consumer must be very careful in throwing around personal information. The difference in bank robberies of the past by “Slick Willie” is that in this case consumers credit histories can be destroyed and ruptured requiring years to recover. Families can be destroyed, divorces happen, bankruptcy can ensue and the dark hole of identify theft is entered. It is a destructive force in our country. Better safe guards and protections are needed to solve this sometimes-heartbreaking crime. Breaking through firewalls and setting up shop on personal computers to steal passwords and establish a base to “spam the scam” to other unsuspecting consumers. Awareness and good set of radar antennae are a good first line of defense. It it’s too good to be true…you already know.

Dale Rogers

www.brokencredit.com