The following guest post is from Jack Simms, a former real estate professional. Jack’s bio appears immediately following the post. The economic turmoil in the United States is nowhere more apparent than in the residential real estate world. All of that bad economic news that we hear about daily has led to ...

These continue to be the worst of times for home sellers. The rate of foreclosures has fallen, yet RealtyTrac.com reported in early March that the number of homeowners facing foreclosure in February 2010 still was six percent more than in February 2009. That six percent was the smallest annual increase in ...