No, I'm not being facetious or implying you're a dummy because you haven't bought a house yet. In fact, just the opposite; waiting until now to buy has saved you thousands of dollars more that than measly 8 grand credit a lot of your friends got earlier this year. Here's how. Let's take a look
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09/12/2010
Here's the latest FHA news from THE FHA expert Jeff Belonger. FHA first proposed the monthly mortgage insurance changes in the beginning of 2010. Bill H.R. 5981 was first passed by the House in the spring and was just passed by the Senate the other day. What does this bill do for FHA mortgages?
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08/06/2010
This is well worth a read. It's also worth printing and passing along to those that run HOAs. Some of them are totally in LaLa land and come from left field with requests and pronouncements.This is an open letter to all the folks who sit on HOA Boards or live in a community that has an HOA. This
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08/06/2010
Here's the 'quick and dirty' way to ensure you're using the word "REALTOR®" in the proper manner. Just as all poodles are dogs but not all dogs are poodles; all REALTORS® are real estate licensees but not all real estate licensees are REALTORS®. Being a REALTOR® simply means you or your firm are
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08/05/2010
*** NOTE *** the first AR virtual garage was a smashing success; I'm sold out! If anyone has any surplus tapes, books, etc. stashed away there is a big demand for new knowledge out there. Welcome to the first Active Rain virtual garage sale of real estate sales training aids. These valuable b
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08/01/2010
This past Thursday night I had the opportunity to go on a harbor tour/cruise of Portsmouth, New Hampshire along the harbor out to where it runs into the Atlantic Ocean. Portsmouth is a beautiful coastal city on the northern end of the New Hampshire seacoast. In the harbor view above you can see a
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07/18/2010
The Washington Examiner posted the first photo of the devestation caused by the recent earthquake in the Washington D.C. area. FEMA and the Red Cross are standing by to deliver aid if needed.
07/17/2010
Recently I did a short sale and kept a chronological blog post going about how the process was going and what step we were at. This was posted on my flagship blog, KnoxvilleTennesseeRealEstateBlog but I thought it might be beneficial and interesting to some to reblog it here to see how an actual
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07/10/2010
For some strange reason the post below I wrote several years ago popped on a Google alert. After re-reading it I decided it was still very relevant to today and hopefully you will find it worthwhile: I just received my July/August issue of “The Real Estate Professional”, a great magazine sent to
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07/08/2010
I was interviewed yesterday about the state of the greater Knoxville, Tennessee real estate market by Hana Kim, one of my favorite local reporters. Below is a graph I made comparing this January just past to previous Januarys. And here's the story: By HANA KIM6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) -
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02/22/2010
