I just took a class about how you can buy a home using your IRA. This is something that not many people know is a possibility but it has been going on for years, it is just not widely known. What a great opportunity if you have the ability to do it. 

I’m sure that most of you have heard that the Buyer’s Tax Credit has been extended for the first part of 2010.  The basics are as follows:

Business has been pretty quiet since Thanksgiving which is very normal for real estate around this time of year. I feel good about the New Year and taking on some additional listings. No doubt many of them will be short sales which we have become very experienced in, due to the number of short sales on the market. Because we completed so many in the last year, we now know the ins and outs of how the banks work.