Don’t Buy That Furniture (If you want the $8000 tax credit, that is)

Good article in the WSJ about how lenders might actually be checking your credit on closing day, hence advising would-be benefactors of the $8000 first time homebuyer tax credit to NOT buy stuff until after you close.
Here’s some more of the good snippets from the article:
With the deadline on the first-time home buyer tax credit [...]

Tales of Buffoonery, aka What the Heck is Bank of America Smoking?

Ok, I only republish these three stories below because the last two transactions I’ve had where B of A was the buyer’s lender have me totally convinced that BofA’s left hand does not even KNOW there is a right hand. Ok, ok, I know that mortgage regulations did need to be more restrictive compared to [...]

Support a Redwood City Biz – The Movie Groove & Grind

In an effort to promote the great local businesses of Redwood City, I have this, courtesy of a handful of friends:
I wanted to recommend a great local business here in RWC that is having a hard time financially and we would hate to see them go out of business.
“The Movie Groove and Grind” DVD/video rental [...]