How to Buy a Foreclosure in a Robo Signing World...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — You want to buy a foreclosure? It has gotten a lot harder the past couple of weeks. The fallout over “robo-signing” — where bank executives sign off on foreclosure filings without reviewing the paperwork to make sure they’re valid — has led to a freeze on foreclosure sales, limiting the number of properties available. In South Florida, for example, the...

How to Buy a Foreclosure in a Robo Signing World...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — You want to buy a foreclosure? It has gotten a lot harder the past couple of weeks. The fallout over “robo-signing” — where bank executives sign off on foreclosure filings without reviewing the paperwork to make sure they’re valid — has led to a freeze on foreclosure sales, limiting the number of properties available. In South Florida, for example, the...

Autumn Comfort Food: Pumpkin and Peanut Curry...

Making pumpkin soup is one of our Halloween week traditions. Last year, it was pumpkin tortilla. This year, we tried a Thai-inspired recipe for pumpkin curry with peanut butter and coconut milk. The recipe, by chef Tom Norrington-Davies, attracted us with all its flavorful ingredients. In addition to the peanuts and coconut, there’s lime juice and zest, soy sauce or fish sauce, cilantro, chili peppers, ginger,...

5 Worst Halloween Candies (and 10 Best Survival Ti...

A cocker spaniel weighs about 24 pounds. You know what else weighs 24 pounds? The heft of candy the average American gobbles down each year, a big chunk of that falling to our waistlines in the days before and after Halloween. Fun size? I don’t think so—unless it’s fun being size 16. These stats could very well turn you as white as a ghost: Three miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups—the kind...

Real Estate News...

This article will give the low-down of pertinent news pertaining to the world of real estate for October 2010.  PLANO RESIDENTS ‘DOING THE SAFETY DANCE’ America’s Safest Cities (Forbes.com) If you’re in Plano, absolutely. So says Forbes.com, which has deemed the Dallas suburb “America’s Safest City.” Plano, the only Texas city to land in the top ten...

YES on Prop B! Launches New Ad Campaign...

On November 2, animal lovers everywhere will be watching election returns from the State of Missouri as its citizens decide the fate of the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, which will appear on the ballot as “Proposition B.” If passed, the Act will vastly improve the lives of dogs in Missouri’s commercial breeding operations by limiting the number of breeding dogs to 50 per facility and requiring...

Lessons in Failure: The Startup Post-Mortem...

Entrepreneur and startup advisor Eric Ries yesterday wrote an impassioned blog post at Startup Lessons Learned asking startups and other companies to “stop lying on stage” about their accomplishments, and to be more honest about their failures. Among other things, he mentioned a blog post last week from Wesabe co-founder Marc Hedlund that went into detail about why the company failed and its competitor (Mint)...

Interesting Holidays of October...

  October Month: Adopt a Shelter Dog Month American Pharmacist Month Apple Jack Month Awareness Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month Clergy Appreciation Month Computer Learning Month Cookie Month Domestic Violence Awareness Month Eat Country Ham Month International Drum Month Lupus Awareness Month National Diabetes Month National Pizza Month National Vegetarian Month National Popcorn Popping Month Sarcastic...

6 Start-Ups Trying to Change the World...

At TechCrunch Disrupt, dozens of new tech ventures battled for a $50,000 prize and killer buzz. Here are our picks for the ones to watch. QwikiHeadquarters: Palo Alto, Calif.Founded: Oct. 2009Raised: $1.5 millionTechCrunch Disrupt $50,000 Grand Prize Winner Qwiki is like Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy come to life: type in a topic — any topic — and you’ll get a...