Anthony Kirlew's (akirlew) Blog

Today, I noticed several economic indicators which bode well for our industry.  Oil is down once again, and subsequently gas is coming down - let's pray it stays there.  A day following the preseidents signing of the newest "bailout bill" Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks are up (as are stocks on...

It's pretty huge actually, and something people often fail to see until it's too late.  for most people, your housing expense is most likely your largest part of your budget. When I lived in Maryland, I used to encourage people to consider other areas to live in when they couldn't qualify for a l...

It was very sad news to hear that a family who was blessed ot be chosen to receive a new home from ABC's Extreme Home Makeover, made a series of poor decisions resulting in a pending foreclosure. I don't beleive that they should have been allowed to take out such a large mortgage against a home t...

I talk to people very often who are always in search of the best mortgage rate. I understand the sentiment, but what consumers need to know is that rates change all the time - as in throughout the day. The worst thing you can do to youself is trash the relationship with your current mortgage lend...

As I was walking across the parking lot today I saw two vacant commercial properties. Here is Arizona, that is not uncommon at all.  Being a perpetual marketer, I started to ask myself if I wanted to delve more in to the Commercial Real Estate Market. The answer is "NO", but I thought I would sha...

Thankfully more and more news stations are doing reports on this, but a sad and alarming trend in the foreclosure world is peolpe abandoning not only their homes, but their pets. I think people just get so scrambled and desperate that they lose their senses.  Also, pets are another mouth to feed ...

Do you ever get people visiting your webiste that aren't from your local market? Chances are if you have any traffic at all, you probably do.  Many real estate and mortgage professionals disregard these visitors and miss out on a huge source of revenue from their website in the process. So how ca...

Have you heard peolpe say "my phone just isn't ringing?" The problem is that they don't enough about how phones work, well I should say about how sales works. In sales the phone ALWAYS rings; either it rings from an inbound call, or it rings from an outbound call.  If you don't hear your phone ri...

The other day I was in a local deli and I noticed they were accepting $1 donations to support MADD (a great cause by the way).  You know the ones where you pay your dollar and write your name on the card to show that you supported them? Being the perpetual marketer, I thought to myself "I wonder ...

Do you know of any property owners seeking to get rid of their property? If so, it may worth a finder fee! My investment group is actively seeking investment properties in the Phoenix area.  Specifically, we are looking for multi-family properties up to 20 units and just about anywhere in Maricop...