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There are some things better and many things worse but repeat business is really where it is at in real estate. It is the easiest business to work with if you have it and it can serve as an incentive for those who are new in this field to make sure they do what they can to do things right. Beyon...
07/30/2007
[Note: I originally posted this in the comments of another person's blog where they wrote asking that question. As it was a bit longer than a common comment, it seems appropriate to also blog the thread as well so this is what I have decided to do. The link to the original blog that was the impet...
06/29/2007
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[Note: This was sent to a realtor I work with who decided to try and tell me how to do my job. (Implied in the wording of the question she sent me.) To set the background a bit, this is from a deal we were working on from our lead system which ultimately cannot work at the present time. All names...
06/29/2007
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Two that come to mind offhand...the meme and the "death" of James Gandolfini. Starting with the meme:--To respond to an ActiveRain meme that was sent to me by Jeff Belonger asking for five things about me and which gives me the opportunity to tag three others to do likewise. Here goes...1) I ha...
06/25/2007
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To follow up on the comments from Matthew J. Blum and Don Carter who weighed in on my previous posting about APR... If you have 2 companies giving you a T-I-L and showing a 30 year fix at 6.5% and one apr is 6.8 and the other is 7.2% You know which way is a better deal.Actually, the one with a l...
06/16/2007
While a lot more could be written on this subject than I have time for at the moment, it seems appropriate to follow up on an article I wrote in March on mortgage marketing deceptions. With this posting I want to touch on the subject of the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for my fellow real estate p...
06/14/2007
We are right about the time of year in the Seattle market where The Seattle Times has their annual spread on interest rates and various lenders who make implied promises. This ties hand in hand with the mania for people to find "the lowest rate" as if that is what matters most importantly in a lo...
03/18/2007
Other than the slew of deceptive mortgage ads that permeate the airwaves{1}, one of my pet peeves of sorts is the whole "free credit report" schtick. I should probably note that in principle I have no problem with the idea as knowing a person's credit is a key gauge for what kinds of financing (i...
03/14/2007
Despite having just launched this profile (and not even having a picture up yet) it seems appropriate to touch on something that recently affected one of my clients in their homebuying experience. But first a kind of legend I want to debunk before getting to the meat of this story.There is a ten...
10/30/2006