About Allyn's Lakeland Village

Slice 2 pounds of steak about 1/4 of an inch thick. Trim off as much of the fat as you can.Freezing steak partially first will help with slicing.I have also used a roast instead of steak.Place in marinade for about 6 hours. I prefer overnight. Place in food dehydrator for about 12 hours or until no longer soft. The thinner you slice the steak the sooner it will be done. You can also dry in your oven if you set the temp at 200 and bake for about 2 hours.If you dry it in the oven make sure to keep an eye on it- it will get done much faster than you think.

You can adjust the recipe any way you want. I have used Yoshida sauce from Costco. Some people omit the pepper and make it sweeter instead of spicy.You might try mango and pineapple juices. It is hard to get this one wrong.

WARNING- This will not last unless you hide it from others in the house. The aroma is intoxicating. One recipe lasts our family about 24 hours. I have also given it away as a Christmas gift. My brother's favorite! I usually pair it with good beer and roasted salted almonds, peanut brittle,white chocolate dipped pretzels, and a smoked cheese ball. The cheese ball is another great recipe that takes only minutes!

This is great- Key lawmakers in the Senate have tentatively agreed to extend the existing $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers and also offer a new $6,500 credit for existing homeowners who have lived in their current residence for a consecutive five-year period in the past eight years.

That's the grease for the wheel to get us thru winter!
Home buyers must be under contract by April 30, 2010, and close before July 1. House Democrats have expressed concern about the cost of the tax credit for the government, get this someone claimed their 4 year old on tax credit, their is always someone to upset the apple cart- and the allegations of abuse have resulted in an IRS probe of the program.

Parents you might be suprised this week when your child is cross dressing, hawkins middle school has -as part of fridays schedule !

We wonder why so many parents are home schooling, and loose confidence in the system!

How sad to even hear that this is part of leadership?

I remember the day when I was told , the Anderson's had their grandpa dig out the bog with a dozier, and that's how the lake was made!

Both upscale and renters seem to find their way thru this place they call Lake land village, any of you locals remember the good old days at lakeland village?

Scores of homeowners who thought they'd cut a deal with their banks to sell their houses for less than their unpaid mortgages are seeing those agreements fall apart months later, contributing to the mounting foreclosures that threaten the housing market's recovery.

The sales of homes for less than the amount owed the bank, known as "short sales," have been widely viewed as an alternative that could help slow the foreclosure epidemic. In theory, delinquent homeowners escape a mortgage they cannot afford, and lenders, although taking a loss, avoid the even costlier process of completing a foreclosure.

Instead, many homeowners are watching potential buyers walk away as months pass while they deal with lenders' lengthy delays, lost documents and unreturned calls, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Not all the snafus are lenders' fault; inexperienced real estate agents who fail to turn in complete paperwork also are causing holdups, as are severely underpricedhomes.

The problems have become such a kink in the market's recovery that banks and the federal government are launching new efforts this month to simplify and speed up the short-sale process.

Just 23% of short-sale offers that homeowners receive from potential buyers actually close, according to a February study of 1,300 real estate agents More than 90% of agents cited a slow response from the lender as the reason short sales were lost.

Short sales once were extremely rare. But now, with unemployment climbing and home values down, more homeowners are pursuing short sales when they can't afford their mortgage. About 11% of all sales transactions in June are such short sales, according to the NAR.

Some delays stem from agents who fail to prepare buyers and sellers for the length of time it takes to get a short sale approved or who supply incomplete information to banks.

But many short sales are faltering, largely because some lenders may lack the internal staffing, expertise and systems to process such sales in a timely fashion. And short sales can be complex, especially if they involve home-equity lines of credit or other second liens held by different lenders, who also must agree to take less than the amount they're owed from a home's sale.

Several lenders acknowledge that banks have been part of the problem, in part because most have done so few short sales in the past that they've faced a steep learning curve.

"About half of short sales never close. Uncompleted short sales that go to foreclosure are costlier for lenders and homeowners. For lenders, a short sale may save as much as 30% of the expense incurred by going to foreclosure.

For homeowners, a foreclosure wreaks longer-lasting damage to their credit records. A homeowner who has gone through a short sale typically can get a new home loan in one to three years, according to the NAR. A foreclosure usually means it takes seven.

Borrowers are expected to pay their mortgage during the short-sale process, but not all can afford to. That leads to abandoned properties that may sit vacant and deteriorate for months. In other cases, homeowners unable to make their payments may stay put and pay nothing, in some cases for up to a year, until the lenders' review-and-approval process plays out.