Social Media Posts Can Affect Your Career PC Magazine reported on June 20, 2011, that social media posts can impact your job prospects. Many people already know the warning: what you post online can follow you for years. Now, a company called Social Intelligence Corp. has confirmed that risk. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently […]

A Home Wrongfully Foreclosed In this case, the homeowners owned their house outright. They paid cash and never took a mortgage. However, Bank of America claimed the homeowners still owed money. Based on incorrect records, the bank moved forward with foreclosure and seized the home. The homeowners spent thousands of dollars and endured years of […]

$88 million cut in housing counseling has consumer advocates concerned Federal Housing Counseling Funding Cut On April 25, 2011, MarketWatch.com reported major cuts to federal housing counseling funds. The government reduced millions of dollars from programs that support housing counseling services. These funds paid for HUD-approved counselors across the country. These counselors help first-time homebuyers, […]