‘Twas the night before Christmas, 2011. And I realized this poem began life in ’07. This past year was bad, all the growth curves did flatten, So I mixed up a pitcher and poured my Manhattan. First the shooting, of AZ’s representative, As beginnings go, this one felt rather tentative. Wisconsin’s unions and teachers, [...]
Nine Metros See 2011 Gains in Home Value, According to Zillow Real Estate Market Reports SEATTLE, Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. homes are expected to lose more than $681 billion(i) in value during 2011, which is 35 percent less than the $1.1 trillion lost in 2010, according to analysis of recent Zillow® Real Estate [...]
What every Loan Officer needs to know about The Killer Instinct In my experience of working with sales professionals, loan officers and real estate agents are a dime a dozen. There are always excuses as to why deals don’t get done – the market, the borrower, the banks, underwriting conditions, state laws, technology, bad [...]
Know the Rules or Suffer the Consequences There are more than 560 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States. They are located on what is collectively called “Indian country” – a legal term referring to tribal reservations and federal trust lands which are situated within the territorial boundaries of one or more [...]
Everyone needs to get more leads, close more deals, and make more connections, especially in this tough economy where most people are struggling. We need more tools and resources that can help us achieve our goals. In this article, I’m going to show you a tool I’ve been using. It has been working great for [...]
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Katya Wachtel (Reuters) – Daniel Mudd, the embattled former chief executive of mortgage financing company Fannie Mae, is taking a leave of absence from him current job as head of hedge fund Fortress Investment Group (NYSE:FIG – News), the company said on Wednesday. Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission charged [...]
So this issue’s theme is creative financing. Since I’m writing this before the issue comes out, and I am not Stewart Mednick, I don’t know how long the issue’s going to be, but if it really were just about creative financing, it would be a pamphlet. I’ve been around long enough to remember real creative [...]
The Niche Report interviews Raymond Bartreau of Best Rate Referrals, a highly successful and respected lead-generation company servicing the mortgage and real estate industries. I see that Best Rate Referrals has made the Inc. Magazine 500 fastest growing companies list for 2 years in a row now. What do you attribute your substantial growth [...]
VA Assumable Loans: Is an existing VA loan assumable, and does it have to be a veteran that assumes it? Yes. VA loans are assumable. They can be assumed by either a Veteran or a non-Veteran. The current Veteran’s eligibility will continue to be “tied up” with the loan, however, unless the person assuming the [...]
I used to read the Wall Street Journal all the time, maybe even every day for a few years back in the days when Yuppies were king, BMWs reigned supreme, and I was still stupid enough to pay $300 a year to carry around a grey piece of plastic from America Express that I referred [...]
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