Latest Videos - Homeowners Of Texas 2009-12-26T13:12:55Z http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/video/rss?xn_auth=no Caveate Emptor. Home buyers beware tag:homeownersoftexas.ning.com,2009-07-10:2355237:Video:766 2009-07-10T20:50:50.766Z Wayne Caswell <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/caveate-emptor-home-buyers"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/yaHYf3-TfcIbWgSW6OAUJayyd2N9cQR8wkBuN8cuB45St7wf5w98oXmh8tuQMKQJiOO5mDrj9tLesU7jEtOujzmpmoe*Fkob/341717532.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail"/><br /> </a> <br/>Defective homes can turn your life upside down, but Texas laws don't protect you. They instead protect the contractor that built your defective home. That's why many say it's&hellip; <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/caveate-emptor-home-buyers"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/yaHYf3-TfcIbWgSW6OAUJayyd2N9cQR8wkBuN8cuB45St7wf5w98oXmh8tuQMKQJiOO5mDrj9tLesU7jEtOujzmpmoe*Fkob/341717532.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Defective homes can turn your life upside down, but Texas laws don't protect you. They instead protect the contractor that built your defective home. That's why many say it's far safer to buy an older home than a new one. The laws were better then, and builders took pride in their work. Today, shielded by binding arbitration and legislation passed in their favor, they hire illegal, non-English speaking workers with no proven skill by the day and exploit their status by cheating them out of pay, medical coverage, and more. YOU, if you buy their defective homes, are partially to blame. Texas abolishes the TRCC tag:homeownersoftexas.ning.com,2009-07-10:2355237:Video:764 2009-07-10T20:47:39.764Z Wayne Caswell <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/texas-abolishes-the-trcc"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/yaHYf3-TfcIo9JifhAiEwpC--5l3afkezpZcKsoDA7JkWCGT0VgO9t54c9ZSBzUt1MSpFqHZyzdYzP9jIuub9g-tV7ZjJDTQ/341715525.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Homeowners of Texas presents quotes from the TRCC Sunset Committee report and homeowner testimonials <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/texas-abolishes-the-trcc"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/yaHYf3-TfcIo9JifhAiEwpC--5l3afkezpZcKsoDA7JkWCGT0VgO9t54c9ZSBzUt1MSpFqHZyzdYzP9jIuub9g-tV7ZjJDTQ/341715525.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Homeowners of Texas presents quotes from the TRCC Sunset Committee report and homeowner testimonials Austin bank demolishes new homes tag:homeownersoftexas.ning.com,2009-07-10:2355237:Video:762 2009-07-10T20:43:24.762Z Wayne Caswell <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/austin-bank-demolishes-new"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/yaHYf3-TfcJZfLatDQNLBcA0UxldpX1EVrqsabMDdAO3aB1Z7Ti2P37Xxrl-1HQDp*PlOHrhcF*PZ211MKb4nX0T-HfZGqfE/341713002.bin?width=&amp;height=" width="" height="" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />The Wall Street Journal reports on the effects of builder bankruptcies and homeowner forclosures on the safety and viability of neighborhoods. <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/austin-bank-demolishes-new"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/yaHYf3-TfcJZfLatDQNLBcA0UxldpX1EVrqsabMDdAO3aB1Z7Ti2P37Xxrl-1HQDp*PlOHrhcF*PZ211MKb4nX0T-HfZGqfE/341713002.bin?width=&amp;height=" width="" height="" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />The Wall Street Journal reports on the effects of builder bankruptcies and homeowner forclosures on the safety and viability of neighborhoods. CBS News reports on FBI Mortgage Fraud Crackdown tag:homeownersoftexas.ning.com,2009-03-14:2355237:Video:550 2009-03-14T15:17:02.550Z Wayne Caswell <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/cbs-news-reports-on-fbi"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/iAoirnQzal4lJux3s*Z1QaQUgPI7dAz0VVDgHVTyD3xMC7gxmDHLfMRvDe7mouE-qs4*RNmekZjgmo80Wlb-njLyHxjpkB1v/238399256.bin?width=&amp;height=" width="" height="" alt="Thumbnail"/><br /> </a> <br/>More than 400 real estate industry players have been indicted since March - including dozens over the last two days - in a Justice Department crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud nationw&hellip; <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/cbs-news-reports-on-fbi"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/iAoirnQzal4lJux3s*Z1QaQUgPI7dAz0VVDgHVTyD3xMC7gxmDHLfMRvDe7mouE-qs4*RNmekZjgmo80Wlb-njLyHxjpkB1v/238399256.bin?width=&amp;height=" width="" height="" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />More than 400 real estate industry players have been indicted since March - including dozens over the last two days - in a Justice Department crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud nationwide. Bob Orr reports. Mortgage Fraud Investigation Leads To Call For Legislation tag:homeownersoftexas.ning.com,2009-03-14:2355237:Video:546 2009-03-14T15:12:28.546Z Wayne Caswell <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/mortgage-fraud-investigation"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/iAoirnQzal5AzmXIsTWp8lQxhZjy9r-qPsvIBxeQhZ*XJPUOeIAacCYYiwo7KhQwK4oROSPnyPHrPqz26IbEdgtt-Zkt4yYn/238397044.bin?width=&amp;height=" width="" height="" alt="Thumbnail"/><br /> </a> <br/>A state senator says he is ready to introduce legislation after a KCRA 3 investigation uncovered a loophole that allows loan officers who allegedly committed millions of dollars in frau&hellip; <a href="http://homeownersoftexas.ning.com/video/mortgage-fraud-investigation"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/iAoirnQzal5AzmXIsTWp8lQxhZjy9r-qPsvIBxeQhZ*XJPUOeIAacCYYiwo7KhQwK4oROSPnyPHrPqz26IbEdgtt-Zkt4yYn/238397044.bin?width=&amp;height=" width="" height="" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />A state senator says he is ready to introduce legislation after a KCRA 3 investigation uncovered a loophole that allows loan officers who allegedly committed millions of dollars in fraud to keep working even though the California Department of Real Estate has ordered them to stop.