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Financial Shock: A 360º Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis
Mark Zandi
FT Press, 2008
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The Choice
Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
Nicholas Sparks has another winner!
I love every book written by Nicholas Sparks! I can't put them down and they are finished in 2 days!!
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Missed Fortune 101: A Starter Kit to Becoming a Millionaire
Douglas R. Andrew
Business Plus, 2005
New Ideas that seem like commn since once explaind by Dough Andrew in this book.
Dough Andrew has many ideas that seem to go against traditional ideas of investment. But once you read his book it seems like common since and you wonder why no one has presented these ideas before.
Very respectfully,
Marty Burbank, JD, LLM(tax)
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Confessions of a Subprime Lender: An Insider's Tale of Greed, Fraud, and Ignorance
Richard Bitner
Wiley, 2008
Fantastic
The best book I've read in a long, long time. This should be required reading for EVERYONE in public office. You should not be allowed to utter a single word on the mortgage crisis until you've read this book.
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The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It
Robert J. Shiller
Princeton University Press, 2008
The subprime mortgage crisis has already wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people and now it threatens to derail the U.S. economy and economies around the world. In this trenchant book, best-selling economist Robert Shiller reveals the origins of this crisis and puts forward bold measures to solve it. He calls for an aggressive response--a ...
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Home Buying For Dummies, 3rd edition
Eric Tyson, Ray Brown
Wiley, 2006
Another great Dummy book!
This book goes without saying that it covers all the basics and provides additional information through web links. This is my 4th Dummy book and will continue to use it as a reference for many years to come! Easy read, funny at times without being to cheesy. Kudos ...
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Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve
William Fleckenstein, Fred Sheehan
McGraw-Hill, 2008
You Can't Dispute the Facts Provided in the Book
Shocking!! Great facts supporting the book. Truly shocking to see how irresponsible Greenspan acted in cuting rates when there was no evidence to support these cuts. From this book you can understand how Greenspan's ego created long term troubles for the US economy ...
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Real Estate Investing for Dummies
Eric Tyson, Robert S. Griswold
Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2007
An Well Written and Throrough Book
Real Estate Investing for Dummies is yet another excellent real estate book in the Dummies series. I have "Home Buying for Dummies" and "Property Management for Dummies." Both are highly valued, and frequently utilized, volumes in my investing library.
I have long ...
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Mortgages For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Eric Tyson, Ray Brown
For Dummies, 2004
Saved me a fortune!!!!!!
This book saved me about $22,000 when I purchased my house. It prepared me to know what to look for and what to ask for when searching for a mortgage! I had purchased the home buying for dummies book and while reading that I learned I needed to know so much more about ...
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Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis
Paul Muolo, Mathew Padilla
Wiley, 2008
The Chain of Blame
Great book couldn't put it down. In this day and age many have become greedy and instead of using common sense to know if they can afford they simply don't and sign on the dotted line. There are in this life con artists in many forms and it is up to us the consumer ...
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Subprime Mortgage Credit Derivatives (Frank J. Fabozzi Series)
Laurie S. Goodman, Thomas A. Zimmerman, ...
Wiley, 2008
A good descriptive introduction
This book is a purely descriptive overview of subprime mortgage credit derivatives and thus will suit the needs of readers who do not want to get into the sometimes sophisticated mathematical formalism that can be associated with the modeling of credit derivatives. For ...
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Mortgage Encyclopedia: An Authoritative Guide to Mortgage Programs, Practices, Prices and Pitfalls
Jack Guttentag
McGraw-Hill, 2004
Mortgage Books
This was one of several books I ordered as learning and reference tools as I embark on my new career as a loan officer. While I have not read any of the books from cover to cover, they are all serving me well as reference and training tools. The book was shipped in a ...
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The Last Chance Millionaire: It's Not Too Late to Become Wealthy
Douglas R. Andrew
Business Plus, 2007
Great book, good information
This book will change the approach of many peaople that are close or in the retirement. Valuable information with especific direction.
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Mortgage Ripoffs and Money Savers: An Industry Insider Explains How to Save Thousands on Your Mortgage or ...
Carolyn Warren
Wiley, 2007
I had no idea!
I'm about to buy my first house, and I'm so happy I read this book first! I had no idea all these junk fees existed. And YSP? I definately would have been one of the 'stupid' people who blindly trusted my broker and assumed these fees were all standard. I also like ...
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How to Buy a House in California
Ralph E. Warner, Ira Serkes, ...
NOLO, 2007
Prepared for the LA Market-Whoa!
This book is the only book you will need if buying a home in California. I am in my early thirties and knew nothing about the housing market in California until reading this easy and thorough guide to California home buying.
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