Fort Worth/Arlington/Tarrant County Real Estate Expert

Please read this blog post from an ActiveRain colleague of mine about what James Bond can teach us (Realtors, agents, buyers, sellers) about real estate.  It's fun, engaging, and real.   Have a great weekend! ;-)What can James Bond teach us about real estate?  A lot.  Think about it.  Bond was th...

If you are considering trying to purchase a bank-owned property (AKA, REO in industry vernacular) without using a Buyer's Representative in order to try to save a few bucks, READ THE BLOG BELOW from a Realtor colleague of mine in Las Vegas Nevada.  Consider this a fair warning to REALLY consider ...

Here's a great blog post that reminds us why the 2008 financial collapse occurred and why it is very likely that it could happen again.  Outstanding segment from 60 Minutes: "In other words, three of the nation's largest financial institutions had made more bad bets than they could afford to pay ...

Let's face it.  There are fairy tales and then there's reality.   Currently, the reality for homeowners facing distressed situations (divorce, layoffs, down-sizing, etc.) is that they are having NO CHOICE but two choose the better of two evils: loan modification or short sale? As the video below ...

I'm reblogging this great post by fellow Activerain bloggers (Bill & Cyndi Daves). The post is a very informative one that can potentially save buyer who are currently in the market 3.5% if they are willing to look at Fannie Mae owned homes.  Check it out!Fannie Mae Incentives - Closing Cost Assi...

The answer to this question is important for consumers and for real estate professionals alike.   Please take a moment to watch the video I've embedded below that I'm using with the permission of the guys (Brian Stevens and Frank Garay) at ThinkBigWorkSmall.  I think their position on this questi...

It doesn't matter if you are a real estate professional looking for a way to entice buyers and sellers to use your real estate services, or you are a "civilian" (i.e., non-professional) interested for your own purposes, Trulia has come out with a great new tool - Trulia Crime Maps. As an agent or...

If you or someone you know is in the military and is having a hard time making their mortgage payments - or has already missed some payments - then they will probably wind up entering the foreclosure process in some way, shape, or form. What those folks in this circumstance NEED TO KNOW is that t...

If you live in Fort Worth or Dallas and are planning on - or thinking about - purchasing a home, then you need to pay close attention! Freddie Mac (one of the large institutions that owns a large amount of the current inventory of bank-owned properties) is offering some tremendous buyer incentive...

Had to post this today as I ran across a good post on the Short Sales Superstars site that updates a theme of mine that points out how HYPOCRITICAL our leading financial institutions are or can be. My specific topic - that I've done previous posts on ActiveRain about - is that banks constantly po...