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Featuring Joseph Maggiore Phoenix Business Journal, Jan 2010 Investors and real estate agents who want to buy and then flip houses are getting a head start over other buyers when it comes to short sales, and that’s raising red flags among consumers and banks. Short sales are ripe for the picking ... » Learn More about Investors, Agents Getting First Dibs on Short Sales

Featuring Joseph Maggiore Phoenix Business Journal, January 2010 Arizona is a popular tourist destination — mostly for the Grand Canyon, golf and warm weather. But a new trend is emerging in state tourism, and it’s not based on one of Arizona’s strengths. In foreclosure tourism, out-of-towners ... » Learn More about Foreclosures, Short Sales Bring Tourists Seaking Cheap Houses

Featuring Joseph Maggiore Phoenix Business Journal, Aug 2009 House flippers and real estate investors are coming back to the Valley and looking to get rich off the housing crash and anticipated rebound. While many Valley homeowners and buyers are sidelined by underwater values, damaged credit ... » Learn More about Rich Investors Snapping Up Low-Price Properties

Featuring Joseph Maggiore Phoenix Business Journal, Dec 2008 Arizona and California are in the same sinking ship when it comes to the rise in foreclosures and the subprime mortgage mess. But the two states are oceans apart in how they are dealing with those distressed mortgages. California is ... » Learn More about California, Arizona Take Different Approaches to Fix Mortgage Mess