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		<title>The American Ninja</title>
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What do the traditional Japanese Ninja and the the American Ninja have in common?  Both destablize and cause social chaos.  While traditional Ninjas allegedly intended to destabilize and cause social chaos in enemy territory or against opposing rules, the American Ninja never intended to do anything but make money.
The American Ninja is actually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=44&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/the-american-ninja/</link>
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		<title>Arizona Tax Lien Foreclosure &#8211; Doing Your Due Diligence</title>
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Once an investor has owned a tax lien certificate of purchase for at least three years since it was first offered for sale by the given county, the investor may seek to foreclose the right of the property owner to redeem the tax lien.  Arizona&#8217;s statutes (A.R.S. Section 42-18201, et seq.) govern the foreclosure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=39&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/tax-lien-foreclosure-doing-your-due-diligence/</link>
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		<title>Affecting Title to Real Property &#8211; The &#8220;Lis Pendens&#8221;</title>
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In cases involving real property, a plaintiff often will file what is called a &#8220;lis pendens,&#8221; which is Latin for suit pending.  The purpose of filing a lis pendens is to secure a plaintiff&#8217;s claim on a property so that a sale, mortgage, or encumbrance of the property will not diminish the plaintiff&#8217;s rights [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=32&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/affecting-title-to-real-property-the-lis-pendens/</link>
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		<title>Tax Lien Foreclosures and Bankruptcy</title>
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Due diligence &#8211; do it and do it well.  For unsuspecting tax lien investors who have not done their research, they might be surprised to learn that while property tax liens have very high priority, in certain circumstances, a bankruptcy can wreak havoc on their investment.
It should be noted that bankruptcy courts often respect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=28&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/tax-lien-foreclosures-and-bankruptcy/</link>
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		<title>Staving Off The Foreclosure Juggernaut</title>
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RealtyTrac estimates that 1 in every 171 United States households were in the process of losing their home &#8211; up 121% on last year.  To give some perspective on that number, RealtyTrac estimates that almost 740,000 United States homes entered the foreclosure process in the second quarter of 2008.  That number includes receiving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=17&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/staving-off-the-foreclosure-juggernaut/</link>
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		<title>Freddie and Fannie &#8211; &#8220;Daddy, we need your credit card!!&#8221;</title>
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Looks like Freddie and Fannie needs Daddy&#8217;s credit card.  With $5.3 TRILLION in combined mortgage debt (about 1/2 of the total mortgage debt in the United States), when Wall Street and the Feds begin to worry about Freddie and Fannie&#8217;s financial health, there is good reason to be concerned.
Freddie and Fannie are the MAJOR [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=13&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/freddie-and-fannie-daddy-we-need-your-credit-card/</link>
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		<title>Mr. Foreclosure and the Copper Thieves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent Reader&#8217;s Digest article highlighted Clint Medford, referred to by some as &#8220;Mr. Foreclosure.&#8221;  While the foreclosure epidemic certainly has hit many homeowners and would-be investors hard, it has created a host of interesting opportunities for savvy investors and thieves alike.
Often a foreclosed home will sit empty for a time, which has invited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=12&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/mr-foreclosure-and-the-copper-thieves/</link>
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		<title>What happens to a tax lien in a foreclosure?</title>
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(Fleishman Law, PLC)
A common question in the tax lien investing arena is what happens to a tax lien if a property is foreclosed on?
In a tax lien state like Arizona, counties do not sell property; rather they sell a tax lien in the form of a certificate of purchase for unpaid property taxes. This tax [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=11&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/what-happens-to-a-tax-lien-in-a-foreclosure/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s With the Short Sale?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simply speaking, a short sale is when a bank or mortgage lender agrees to allow a homeowner to sell their home for less than the outstanding balance on the home.   Lenders often only consider this option if it makes if the cost of a foreclosure is greater than the loss it will suffer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=8&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/whats-with-the-short-sale/</link>
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		<title>Fleishman Law&#8217;s Tax Lien Foreclosure Primer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fleishman Law&#8217;s Tax Lien Foreclosure Primer
If you own a home and dutifully pay your mortgage each month, chances are, you do not worry much about whether your property taxes are being paid.  Hopefully, if your mortgage servicer is doing its job correctly, you have an impound or escrow account set up from which your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landandbiz.wordpress.com&blog=3965093&post=10&subd=landandbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://landandbiz.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/fleishman-laws-tax-lien-foreclosure-primer/</link>
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