Click here to read the latest issue of Buy Line, from our friends at Note School. In This Issue Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass Stay up to Speed with Eddie “The Two Wings of an Entrepreneur’s Airplane: Planning & Execution” Marketpulse “Keeping Your Finger on the Pulse” Capital Market Update “Ways to Minimize …
The tax overhaul bill that was passed in late 2017 garnered a great deal of attention for its changes to the tax treatment of real estate, along with other asset classes. What got less attention (at least initially) was the bill’s Investing in Opportunity Act, which established the new Opportunity Zone program, consisting of Opportunity …
Texas Land Developers Association participated this weekend in Note Expo, one of the largest note events in the country, combining education, networking, vendor exhibitions. More than 500 people from across the country convened in Dallas this weekend, with keynote speaker Pat Precourt of North Shore Enterprises, and panels ranging from Capital Markets and Self-Directed IRAs, to …
In case you missed it…. Texas 100 is up and running and hosted its first webinar this fall, regarding the Texas Department of Savings & Mortgage Lending sunset review, as well as state and federal issues on the agenda for the upcoming session. Click here to watch!
In an effort to fund, once and for all, the lobbyist and the efforts of these two fine organizations, in 2018 we are stepping up to build a force of Texans at least 100 strong. These 100 Texans will pledge to donate $1,000 per year for 3 years so that these real state watch-dogs can …
From Former Ambassador Tony Garza: Amid persistent chants of “presidente” from his supporters, Andrés Manuel López Obrador took the stage to give his acceptance speech and make history as the country’s first president who was not part of the country’s two major political parties. After leading in the polls since well before the campaigns officially …
2018 RMLO CE Private/Live Class – September 20, 2018 8 Hour SAFE Comprehensive: Examining Industry Issues in Today’s Mortgage Market – Live Private Class – Edinburg, TX – 3 Hour SAFE Federal Law: Challenges of TILA, RESPA, and TRID Rule Compliance – 2 Hour SAFE Ethics: Using the URLA to Prevent Fraud and Money Laundering …
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Texas Land Developers Association will host their monthly meeting on Thursday, June 7, at noon, at the McAllen Country Club, with special guest Mayor Richard Molina, of Edinburg. Mayor Molina is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Operation Joint Forge-Bosnia and was honorably discharged. He was an employee of the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department …
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From CNN Money Banks have been walking away from low-income homebuyers seeking loans, and that has affordable housing advocates worried. Newly-released federal data on mortgage lending from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shows people with low- and moderate-incomes made up only 26.3% of borrowers in 2017, down from 36.6% in 2009…. Read more
From the Rio Grande Guardian: MCALLEN, RGV – Texas economist Ray Perryman is projecting that the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA will add 29,700 jobs over the next five years, at an annual rate of 2.1 percent. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area covers Hidalgo County and thus includes other major cities such as Pharr and Weslaco. Perryman utilizes …
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