i'm bob massi. and it's time for the massi memo.minute to answer some of the many questions i get from viewers. now, due to the volume of mail we receive, i can't answer every letter or e-mail individually. but i do try to read them all. so jim and lori write... look, you're in a tough spot. why? because the lender is going to be loyal to their appraiser. and they're always conservative. and appraisers today are paranoid about not doing exactly the value they believe is true. as a matter of fact, many times now when an appraisal takes place, you're not even allowed to be in the home. you can't even talk to the appraiser. but here's what you can do. first of all, go hire an appraiser. have them critique the particular appraiser and his work. point out the deficiencies. give that information to the bank to see if, in fact, you could prove that the values that were given were inappropriate, that they should've done the comps in the area. that's very important. number two, there are divisions with the state where you could file a compla

i'm bob massi. years, i've been practicing law and living in las vegas, ground zero for the american real-estate crisis. but it wasn't just vegas that was hit hard. lives were destroyed from coast to coast as the economy tanked. now it's a different story. the american dream is back. and nowhere is that more clear than the grand canyon state of arizona. so we headed from the strip to the desert to show you how to explore the new landscape and live the american dream. i'm gonna help real people who are facing some major problems, explain the bold plans that are changing how americans live, and take you behind the gates of properties you have to see to believe. at the end of the show, i'll give you critical tips you need to know in the "massi memo" because information is power. and the property man has got you covered. [ woman vocalizing ] thanks for joining us. i'm bob massi. frequent viewers of this program have seen me highlight some of the amazing work done by the charity building homes for heroes

i will see you next time. >> i'm bob massi.i've been practicing law and living in las vegas, ground zero for the american real-estate crisis. but it wasn't just vegas that was hit hard. lives were destroyed from coast to coast as the economy tanked. now it's a different story. the american dream is back. and nowhere is that more clear than the grand canyon state of arizona. so we headed from the strip to the desert to show you how to explore the new landscape and live the american dream. i'm gonna help real people who are facing some major problems, explain the bold plans that are changing how americans live, and take you behind the gates of properties you have to see to believe. at the end of the show,

i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. [ woman vocalizing ] have a great weekend. good night. >> announcer: from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." maria: welcome to a special one-hour edition of "wall street." i'm maria bartiromo. we have got a fantastic lineup this weekend. it was a very, very big news week. in just a moment i will speak with chrysler ceo. and we'll have the latest on the historic events out of singapore's summit this week. reporter: this could be the summer of mega-mergers. after nearly two years of court drama at&t closed its acquisition of time-warner after a federal judge ruled in favor of at&t. the justice department announced it would not seek a delay of the merger. comcast made a $65 billion all cash bid. analysts expect disney to match or top the comcast bid. fears of a pending trade war caused stocks to tumble as the markets finished mixed for the week. the russians and the saudis are expected to announce their intent to raise output. president trump announced the u.s. will impose a $50 billion tar

. >> i'm bob massi.years, i've been practicing law and living in las vegas, the center of the recent real-estate crisis. lives were destroyed from coast to coast as the economy tanked. now, well, it's a different story. the american dream is back. and nowhere is that more clear than the sunshine state of florida. so we headed from the strip to the beach to show you how to live the american dream. i'm gonna meet real people who are facing serious problems, take you behind the gates of properties you have to see to believe, and give you the tips that everyone needs to navigate the new landscape, because information is power. and the property man has got you covered. [ woman vocalizi

i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. ♪ or being with us.ood night from new york. >> announcer: from the u.s. treasury department from washington, d.c., a special edition of maria bartiromo, wall street. maria: happy weekend. welcome to a special one-hour edition of "wall street." i'm maria bartiromo. coming to you from the cash room of the u.s. treasury department in washington. i have got a huge lineup. some of the country's top leaders on fiscal policy coming up. steven mnuchin will be here. and larry kudlow. along with the advisor and daughter to the president, ivanka trump is here. along with the office of management and budget director mick mulvaney. and we have an extended preview of my exclusive one-on-one interview with president trump. that interview airs sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on "sunday morning futures" and monday morning at 6:00 a.m. on fox business network on "mornings with maria." here are the big headlines this week. reporter: another rocky week for the markets. despite a late-week rally by nike, jp more dan and goldman

i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. [ woman vocalizing ] >> lou: good evening, everybody. our top stories. paul ryan displaying indefensible support of the establishment whose boots he loves to lick. the lame duke speaker defies reason and decency as he did so and lining up with gowdy saying there is no evidence of a spy in the trump campaign and playing toady to the open border globalist and he chose to pour syrup and he will deliver on kstreet and wall street street and insuring open borders and amnesty for illegal immigrants. >> our members are earnest and sincere and trying to understand each other's perspective and we have a big swathe of views. i believe there is a sweet spot here. >> lou: how long will the republicans put up with the lame duck and how long will the republicans put up with him. and shocking new details of f.b.i. corruption and deep state depravity and leak the details of the inspector general's report. and james comey as out of control and insubordinate. the first stallment that reveals all that is rotten in the justice department and f.b.i. lying an

i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. [ woman vocalizing ] charles: ladies, thank you all very much. here's lou. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. our top stories, president trump in quebec standing tall amongst the sniveling socialist snowflakes who are among the other leaders of the g7 nations. the president quickly serving notice to them that the leaders will no longer be able to take advantage of america. [inaudible conversations] >> deal with the unfair trade practices. if you look at what canada, mexico, the european union, all of them have been doing to us for many, many decades, we have to change it. and they understand it's going to happen. lou: and president insisting on his america first agenda in face to face meetings with each of the other g7 members. we'll have more on his demand that u.s. trading partners no longer will be allowed to exploit u.s. markets and borders. kimberly guilfoyle and ann coulter among our guests tonight. also the mueller witch hunt meandering far afield of its

i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. [ woman vocalizing ] connell: back with mor news at 4:00 p.m. hour. the journal editorial report. ♪ ♪ paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot. highly-anticipated report from the justice's intern al watchdog reportedly expected to formal james comey, that report by justice department inspector general michael horowitz was set to be released next thursday with horowitz to testify congress and what's behind the delay and what should we be looking for in the final report next week? wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, and columnist kim strassel and bill mcgurn. so kim, what do you expect, what are you looking for from the ig report next week? >> well, from some of the reporting that's been out already, it would appear that the report is going to go very directly at comey and other senior leadership for violating property col, meaning their handling of some things and defying authority and with relations, for instance,

i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. ♪ ♪ ♪ paul: welcome to the journal editorial report.aul got. house oversight committee chair tray gowdy causing a stir when he told martha that he believes fbi acted properly when used informant to investigate trump amp cane aides. >> it was president trump himself who said number one, i didn't collude with russia but if anyone connected with my campaign did, i want the fbi to find that out, it looks to me that the fbi was doing what president trump wanted him to do, the fbi acted exactly what my fellow citizens wanted to do and has nothing to do with donald trump. paul: gowdy's remarking after meeting with ros stieb. the white house said wednesday that there are still cause for concern about the fbi's actions leading up to the 2016 election. let's bring many wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger and kim strassel and bill mcgurn. all right, kim, what do you make of gowdy's remarks there and where are we on the probe right now? >> well, the first thing i'd note that there's a lot of different points when you're ta

the property man himself, bob massi, joins us. >> yes, sir. stuart: okay. >> i mean, i think it's a little bit of overreaction, but i think if you drive around las vegas, you'll find out why people will say this place is out of control. years ago, stuart, in '05-'06, they used to say the state bird was the crane. well, they've arrived again. they're building everywhere. so i suspect that this report is saying, look how values have gone up. as you and i have talked, lack of inventory. i think it's a little bit of an overreaction, but it has to be looked at. i'm not sure it's the best time to invest as it relates to housing. stuart: the medians price of an existing home on the market is $289,000, as i understand it, and that is up 16% i think this year. >> yes, sir. stuart: and in southern nevada in the first quarter of the year the overvaluation was 20-24%. you know, that sounding a little bit like bubble territory to me. >> i think, i mean, i think -- and i'm an optimist, not a pessimist -- but i think -- i'm sorry this thing rang through the damn phone. [l

let's bring in the host of "the property man," bob massi. also a fox news lyle analyst. and why is chicago not rebounding from the housing market or crisis? >> the problem is, ainsley, with the politics that is there, the amount of crime and the blighted areas where a lot of this is being affected its actually affecting the overall values of chicago. now you have beautiful areas. it is always going to appreciate but the overall way that they have handled the problem with crime, the fact that we see how many murders there are every year is not good for any city. surely there is an effect on the value of real estate particularly in the blighted areas. ainsley: it is not very attractive when you know the crime rate is the way it is. >> sure. ainsley: why are underwater homeowners in a bind? how did they get there? they're owing more than their house is worth, the study says sometimes twice as much? >> the thing really sad, 2018, we're still talking about underwater property. the bottom line is, they're stuck because the only way they get it back to where they have to have v