Learn: From house swapping to buying a town for $2.5M

I was surfing around some real estate blogs and this is what I've found so far worth sharing to you:

• Barbara Corcoran's post about house swapping (I didn't even know you can do that now!)

"..today's newest trend in the real estate market. Frustrated home sellers can get rid of their properties fast and don't have to worry about buying their new house before they sell their old one..."

• How about buying a whole town for $2,500,000?

"...Albert, Texas is a 13 acre town just 50 miles north of San Antonio..."

• Here's a good post on the future of sub-prime loans by lenderama.

"...It is my observation that Subprime it will not be back like it was during the '98-'05 period (ever again).."

• Smooth short sale-ing on stormy seas by route66living

"...Remember that the bank actually has as much, if not more to lose than you do. As a result, they may be able to offer options that could help and if you don't ask you'll never know...."