Somebody who lost a house to foreclosure or a short sale can qualify for a government backed loan far sooner than they assume, provided they can document the economic event that caused it. That is real information with a real consequence, and Jonathan Herz writes it as somebody working inside the industry rather than reporting on it from outside.
Several posts follow legislation closely, including a state bill about whether forgiven mortgage debt should be taxed at all, and an agency policy on whether one person may represent both sides of a sale. He is openly annoyed in some of them.
Away from property he writes about breakfast advice he considers nonsense, about fermented drinks, and about resetting a habit deliberately over three weeks.
If you lost a home and assumed the door had closed on you, start with the lending posts. They are the reason this blog is worth finding at all.