The federal government has filed a civil lawsuit against three men who allegedly orchestrated a mortgage fraud scheme involving nine homes in Brooklyn, New York. So reports Patch.com.

Rebecca from Wisconsin asks: "I work from inside a real estate office under a joint marketing agreement with the real estate company. I was just assigned to the office recently, but the agents don't seem to be open to working with me because of the poor job the previous loan officer did in that office. How can I change things around quickly because I don't have much time financially?"

Jonathan from Maryland asked: "You have talked about adding value to an agent. The example you gave was marketing an open house, instead of providing open house flyers. I am not sure how to market an open house since I am used to marketing financing rates and programs to real estate agents and consumers."