[garysears]

Craigslist is full of scammers. I’ve seen the same one. Made me feel stupid for even emailing when I got that reply. Should have recognized the offer was too good to be true from the start.

I’m currently renting a place found on craigslist. At first I was concerned whether I was even renting from the rightful owner. There are scammers out there who will pose as the owner of a place, take your first month’s rent and security deposit and be gone.

[garysears]

I’ve noticed over the past year and a half or so that in Spring Valley and Encanto there are bank owned properties with signs out front that are not listed on the MLS.

At one point last year it seemed like for every one on the MLS there was one not. I interpreted that to mean the banks were trying to reduce the apparent inventory, but I can’t see how that strategy would actually help any particular bank. The more I think about it, the more I am perplexed.

It would seem most advantageous to the banks to reach the widest market possible.

[garysears]

I’ve noticed over the past year and a half or so that in Spring Valley and Encanto there are bank owned properties with signs out front that are not listed on the MLS.

At one point last year it seemed like for every one on the MLS there was one not. I interpreted that to mean the banks were trying to reduce the apparent inventory, but I can’t see how that strategy would actually help any particular bank. The more I think about it, the more I am perplexed.

It would seem most advantageous to the banks to reach the widest market possible.

[garysears]

I’ve noticed over the past year and a half or so that in Spring Valley and Encanto there are bank owned properties with signs out front that are not listed on the MLS.

At one point last year it seemed like for every one on the MLS there was one not. I interpreted that to mean the banks were trying to reduce the apparent inventory, but I can’t see how that strategy would actually help any particular bank. The more I think about it, the more I am perplexed.

It would seem most advantageous to the banks to reach the widest market possible.

[garysears]

I’ve noticed over the past year and a half or so that in Spring Valley and Encanto there are bank owned properties with signs out front that are not listed on the MLS.

At one point last year it seemed like for every one on the MLS there was one not. I interpreted that to mean the banks were trying to reduce the apparent inventory, but I can’t see how that strategy would actually help any particular bank. The more I think about it, the more I am perplexed.

It would seem most advantageous to the banks to reach the widest market possible.

[garysears]

I’ve noticed over the past year and a half or so that in Spring Valley and Encanto there are bank owned properties with signs out front that are not listed on the MLS.

At one point last year it seemed like for every one on the MLS there was one not. I interpreted that to mean the banks were trying to reduce the apparent inventory, but I can’t see how that strategy would actually help any particular bank. The more I think about it, the more I am perplexed.

It would seem most advantageous to the banks to reach the widest market possible.

[garysears]

I use foreclosureradar.com. I have never paid for the service. Instead I use the free search function. I find that foreclosureradar gives enough free detail to identify the actual address if you cross reference the data using ziprealty (or maybe some other site) satellite view.

Go to foreclosureradar.com and search by zip. It lists the property street name and shows a fairly accurate location on the map. Look at the number of bedrooms and baths and square footage and then go look at the satellite view on ziprealty that corresponds to the area. Zoom in until you see the lot lines and addresses. Click on the individual lot numbers until you see the matching square footage, bedrooms, and baths. Bingo. Now you know the address.

I haven’t tried to figure out the best way to get the auction dates and times for free as I’m not yet interested in attending auctions. I would think you could physically go to the county recorder’s office, look up the loan originator in the public records and contact the company for more detail. But by the time you put that level of effort into it you’d probably rather just sign up for the $50 a month service.

Foreclosureradar seems to update their data frequently. I’m still debating whether I should check out the auction process. Properties have been so upside down that the opening bids at Trustee Sales weren’t worth it. I’ve heard maybe that is changing though (the opening bid amount, not the underwater part).

Hope this helps.

[garysears]

I use foreclosureradar.com. I have never paid for the service. Instead I use the free search function. I find that foreclosureradar gives enough free detail to identify the actual address if you cross reference the data using ziprealty (or maybe some other site) satellite view.

Go to foreclosureradar.com and search by zip. It lists the property street name and shows a fairly accurate location on the map. Look at the number of bedrooms and baths and square footage and then go look at the satellite view on ziprealty that corresponds to the area. Zoom in until you see the lot lines and addresses. Click on the individual lot numbers until you see the matching square footage, bedrooms, and baths. Bingo. Now you know the address.

I haven’t tried to figure out the best way to get the auction dates and times for free as I’m not yet interested in attending auctions. I would think you could physically go to the county recorder’s office, look up the loan originator in the public records and contact the company for more detail. But by the time you put that level of effort into it you’d probably rather just sign up for the $50 a month service.

Foreclosureradar seems to update their data frequently. I’m still debating whether I should check out the auction process. Properties have been so upside down that the opening bids at Trustee Sales weren’t worth it. I’ve heard maybe that is changing though (the opening bid amount, not the underwater part).

Hope this helps.

[garysears]

I use foreclosureradar.com. I have never paid for the service. Instead I use the free search function. I find that foreclosureradar gives enough free detail to identify the actual address if you cross reference the data using ziprealty (or maybe some other site) satellite view.

Go to foreclosureradar.com and search by zip. It lists the property street name and shows a fairly accurate location on the map. Look at the number of bedrooms and baths and square footage and then go look at the satellite view on ziprealty that corresponds to the area. Zoom in until you see the lot lines and addresses. Click on the individual lot numbers until you see the matching square footage, bedrooms, and baths. Bingo. Now you know the address.

I haven’t tried to figure out the best way to get the auction dates and times for free as I’m not yet interested in attending auctions. I would think you could physically go to the county recorder’s office, look up the loan originator in the public records and contact the company for more detail. But by the time you put that level of effort into it you’d probably rather just sign up for the $50 a month service.

Foreclosureradar seems to update their data frequently. I’m still debating whether I should check out the auction process. Properties have been so upside down that the opening bids at Trustee Sales weren’t worth it. I’ve heard maybe that is changing though (the opening bid amount, not the underwater part).

Hope this helps.

[garysears]

I use foreclosureradar.com. I have never paid for the service. Instead I use the free search function. I find that foreclosureradar gives enough free detail to identify the actual address if you cross reference the data using ziprealty (or maybe some other site) satellite view.

Go to foreclosureradar.com and search by zip. It lists the property street name and shows a fairly accurate location on the map. Look at the number of bedrooms and baths and square footage and then go look at the satellite view on ziprealty that corresponds to the area. Zoom in until you see the lot lines and addresses. Click on the individual lot numbers until you see the matching square footage, bedrooms, and baths. Bingo. Now you know the address.

I haven’t tried to figure out the best way to get the auction dates and times for free as I’m not yet interested in attending auctions. I would think you could physically go to the county recorder’s office, look up the loan originator in the public records and contact the company for more detail. But by the time you put that level of effort into it you’d probably rather just sign up for the $50 a month service.

Foreclosureradar seems to update their data frequently. I’m still debating whether I should check out the auction process. Properties have been so upside down that the opening bids at Trustee Sales weren’t worth it. I’ve heard maybe that is changing though (the opening bid amount, not the underwater part).

Hope this helps.

[garysears]

I use foreclosureradar.com. I have never paid for the service. Instead I use the free search function. I find that foreclosureradar gives enough free detail to identify the actual address if you cross reference the data using ziprealty (or maybe some other site) satellite view.

Go to foreclosureradar.com and search by zip. It lists the property street name and shows a fairly accurate location on the map. Look at the number of bedrooms and baths and square footage and then go look at the satellite view on ziprealty that corresponds to the area. Zoom in until you see the lot lines and addresses. Click on the individual lot numbers until you see the matching square footage, bedrooms, and baths. Bingo. Now you know the address.

I haven’t tried to figure out the best way to get the auction dates and times for free as I’m not yet interested in attending auctions. I would think you could physically go to the county recorder’s office, look up the loan originator in the public records and contact the company for more detail. But by the time you put that level of effort into it you’d probably rather just sign up for the $50 a month service.

Foreclosureradar seems to update their data frequently. I’m still debating whether I should check out the auction process. Properties have been so upside down that the opening bids at Trustee Sales weren’t worth it. I’ve heard maybe that is changing though (the opening bid amount, not the underwater part).

Hope this helps.

[garysears]

It seems to me that many people automatically paint all gun owners and gun rights advocates as extremists. The thread on best firearm for home defense got me thinking that maybe I should join the “extremist” ranks myself.

I personally see the need for and the value of personal gun rights and I’d hate to think we ever reach a day where taking precautions to defend life and liberty by simply owning a firearm is criminalized.

I am currently not a gun owner but I do have some level of concern regarding the amount of civil unrest that could be brewing. Any serious effort to curb gun rights is the sort of thing that by itself would encourage me to go get one. (Personally I see this attitude as more libertarian than anything so maybe someone can explain where I’m wrong).

I know that maybe I should stop reading online forums as they are undoubtedly infested with right wingers trying to pull me in to the fold. But the collective wisdom of this blog and others leads me to seriously consider some of the more dire future scenarios out there.

The speed and level of decline in the housing market predicted here and elsewhere (but not by any level of governemnt or mass media) has made me trust anonymous bloggers for insight and wisdom far more than government or media. If the most overblown credit bubble in our history wasn’t seen before the fallout of the collapse by our great leaders and media, who should I trust for straight talk on the real issues facing us? Who can I trust for advice and help with discerning the times we live in?

So I’m drawn to these sort of blogs thinking I’m getting some measure of truth that is being intentionally withheld from the public at large. That is, I believe if an emergency is brewing, government is the last source I’d expect to hear a warning from.

I’m thinking of purchasing a firearm today even though I don’t need it immediately, knowing that if I wait until significant social unrest occurs it may be too late to obtain one. But I think there is something of a dilemma:

1) If I obtain a gun now legally and violence and unrest occurs, I expect the government to seize my firearm. I might also face an undesired level of scrutiny for having even registered a firearm in the past.

2) If I obtain an illegal gun now so the government won’t know who to confiscate it from, I am making myself a criminal now which I don’t want. (Maybe it is a leap to assume government will automatically confiscate weapons, but if martial law is declared in cities I would expect it.)

So my motivation to go to the trouble and expense to have a gun today is tempered by my belief I wouldn’t own it for long when I really wanted it around.

All of the doomish talk I’m hearing has made me seriously think about my own personal preparedness and I’m considering stocking up on some basics. But I know that if it becomes known that I have necessities that are scarce, I’m making myself a target. That is the big reason I’m thinking of home defense.

Are any other non gun owners thinking similar thoughts?

[garysears]

It seems to me that many people automatically paint all gun owners and gun rights advocates as extremists. The thread on best firearm for home defense got me thinking that maybe I should join the “extremist” ranks myself.

I personally see the need for and the value of personal gun rights and I’d hate to think we ever reach a day where taking precautions to defend life and liberty by simply owning a firearm is criminalized.

I am currently not a gun owner but I do have some level of concern regarding the amount of civil unrest that could be brewing. Any serious effort to curb gun rights is the sort of thing that by itself would encourage me to go get one. (Personally I see this attitude as more libertarian than anything so maybe someone can explain where I’m wrong).

I know that maybe I should stop reading online forums as they are undoubtedly infested with right wingers trying to pull me in to the fold. But the collective wisdom of this blog and others leads me to seriously consider some of the more dire future scenarios out there.

The speed and level of decline in the housing market predicted here and elsewhere (but not by any level of governemnt or mass media) has made me trust anonymous bloggers for insight and wisdom far more than government or media. If the most overblown credit bubble in our history wasn’t seen before the fallout of the collapse by our great leaders and media, who should I trust for straight talk on the real issues facing us? Who can I trust for advice and help with discerning the times we live in?

So I’m drawn to these sort of blogs thinking I’m getting some measure of truth that is being intentionally withheld from the public at large. That is, I believe if an emergency is brewing, government is the last source I’d expect to hear a warning from.

I’m thinking of purchasing a firearm today even though I don’t need it immediately, knowing that if I wait until significant social unrest occurs it may be too late to obtain one. But I think there is something of a dilemma:

1) If I obtain a gun now legally and violence and unrest occurs, I expect the government to seize my firearm. I might also face an undesired level of scrutiny for having even registered a firearm in the past.

2) If I obtain an illegal gun now so the government won’t know who to confiscate it from, I am making myself a criminal now which I don’t want. (Maybe it is a leap to assume government will automatically confiscate weapons, but if martial law is declared in cities I would expect it.)

So my motivation to go to the trouble and expense to have a gun today is tempered by my belief I wouldn’t own it for long when I really wanted it around.

All of the doomish talk I’m hearing has made me seriously think about my own personal preparedness and I’m considering stocking up on some basics. But I know that if it becomes known that I have necessities that are scarce, I’m making myself a target. That is the big reason I’m thinking of home defense.

Are any other non gun owners thinking similar thoughts?

[garysears]

It seems to me that many people automatically paint all gun owners and gun rights advocates as extremists. The thread on best firearm for home defense got me thinking that maybe I should join the “extremist” ranks myself.

I personally see the need for and the value of personal gun rights and I’d hate to think we ever reach a day where taking precautions to defend life and liberty by simply owning a firearm is criminalized.

I am currently not a gun owner but I do have some level of concern regarding the amount of civil unrest that could be brewing. Any serious effort to curb gun rights is the sort of thing that by itself would encourage me to go get one. (Personally I see this attitude as more libertarian than anything so maybe someone can explain where I’m wrong).

I know that maybe I should stop reading online forums as they are undoubtedly infested with right wingers trying to pull me in to the fold. But the collective wisdom of this blog and others leads me to seriously consider some of the more dire future scenarios out there.

The speed and level of decline in the housing market predicted here and elsewhere (but not by any level of governemnt or mass media) has made me trust anonymous bloggers for insight and wisdom far more than government or media. If the most overblown credit bubble in our history wasn’t seen before the fallout of the collapse by our great leaders and media, who should I trust for straight talk on the real issues facing us? Who can I trust for advice and help with discerning the times we live in?

So I’m drawn to these sort of blogs thinking I’m getting some measure of truth that is being intentionally withheld from the public at large. That is, I believe if an emergency is brewing, government is the last source I’d expect to hear a warning from.

I’m thinking of purchasing a firearm today even though I don’t need it immediately, knowing that if I wait until significant social unrest occurs it may be too late to obtain one. But I think there is something of a dilemma:

1) If I obtain a gun now legally and violence and unrest occurs, I expect the government to seize my firearm. I might also face an undesired level of scrutiny for having even registered a firearm in the past.

2) If I obtain an illegal gun now so the government won’t know who to confiscate it from, I am making myself a criminal now which I don’t want. (Maybe it is a leap to assume government will automatically confiscate weapons, but if martial law is declared in cities I would expect it.)

So my motivation to go to the trouble and expense to have a gun today is tempered by my belief I wouldn’t own it for long when I really wanted it around.

All of the doomish talk I’m hearing has made me seriously think about my own personal preparedness and I’m considering stocking up on some basics. But I know that if it becomes known that I have necessities that are scarce, I’m making myself a target. That is the big reason I’m thinking of home defense.

Are any other non gun owners thinking similar thoughts?

[garysears]

It seems to me that many people automatically paint all gun owners and gun rights advocates as extremists. The thread on best firearm for home defense got me thinking that maybe I should join the “extremist” ranks myself.

I personally see the need for and the value of personal gun rights and I’d hate to think we ever reach a day where taking precautions to defend life and liberty by simply owning a firearm is criminalized.

I am currently not a gun owner but I do have some level of concern regarding the amount of civil unrest that could be brewing. Any serious effort to curb gun rights is the sort of thing that by itself would encourage me to go get one. (Personally I see this attitude as more libertarian than anything so maybe someone can explain where I’m wrong).

I know that maybe I should stop reading online forums as they are undoubtedly infested with right wingers trying to pull me in to the fold. But the collective wisdom of this blog and others leads me to seriously consider some of the more dire future scenarios out there.

The speed and level of decline in the housing market predicted here and elsewhere (but not by any level of governemnt or mass media) has made me trust anonymous bloggers for insight and wisdom far more than government or media. If the most overblown credit bubble in our history wasn’t seen before the fallout of the collapse by our great leaders and media, who should I trust for straight talk on the real issues facing us? Who can I trust for advice and help with discerning the times we live in?

So I’m drawn to these sort of blogs thinking I’m getting some measure of truth that is being intentionally withheld from the public at large. That is, I believe if an emergency is brewing, government is the last source I’d expect to hear a warning from.

I’m thinking of purchasing a firearm today even though I don’t need it immediately, knowing that if I wait until significant social unrest occurs it may be too late to obtain one. But I think there is something of a dilemma:

1) If I obtain a gun now legally and violence and unrest occurs, I expect the government to seize my firearm. I might also face an undesired level of scrutiny for having even registered a firearm in the past.

2) If I obtain an illegal gun now so the government won’t know who to confiscate it from, I am making myself a criminal now which I don’t want. (Maybe it is a leap to assume government will automatically confiscate weapons, but if martial law is declared in cities I would expect it.)

So my motivation to go to the trouble and expense to have a gun today is tempered by my belief I wouldn’t own it for long when I really wanted it around.

All of the doomish talk I’m hearing has made me seriously think about my own personal preparedness and I’m considering stocking up on some basics. But I know that if it becomes known that I have necessities that are scarce, I’m making myself a target. That is the big reason I’m thinking of home defense.

Are any other non gun owners thinking similar thoughts?

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