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Who is to blame for the housing and mortgage markets undoing depends on who you ask. Consumers blame everyone, brokers blame banks, banks blame brokers, appraisers are in the cross-hairs, even real estate professionals are not immune to the finger pointing...I think Michael Jackson had something ...
08/25/2009
Zillow has added a very useful feature to their Mortgage Marketplace.  True Cost Calculation as described by Mary Miller: When comparing mortgage quotes, most borrowers focus on two factors: interest rate and upfront fees. But it’s difficult to determine whether it makes more sense to choose a lo...
07/23/2009
Comparing real estate to companies from very different industries (like Apple) when referencing how branding or marketing should be done is very en vogue and very misdirected.  Highly successful ‘Big Brands’ are created in tightly controlled environments that have been developed over many years a...
07/13/2009
Take it easy on me if you call in to chat      Listen in from 3 to 4pm PST to get a Behind the Scenes Look at the Real Estate Industry’s Largest Social Network, ActiveRain (About to eclipse 150K members).   Our guest, Jeff Corbett, is an old friend of the Real Estate Tomato, but more importantly,...
06/15/2009
Realtors Federal Credit Union Jay Thompson wrote about the NAR's foray into the world of controlled finances over a year ago...Eric Stegemann brought the topic up while at RE BarCamp-Phoenix, indicating it was his understanding that after a few delays, its a go. Fascinating implications.  The lar...
05/02/2009
The same banks that recently used Mortgage Brokers as agents to sell their products are now trying to set an unfair playing field that will ultimately eliminate brokers from the lanscape.  If passed, H.R. 1728 would turn out to be an Epic FAIL that harmed the consumer and broker while lining the ...
04/29/2009
Starting Monday, April 20th 2009 the top position on the ActiveRain Feature Board will be available for paid sponsorship. Sponsored Posts will run for 24 hour periods, 12:00:00am to 11:59:59pm. Sponsors are welcome to sell/advertise their products and services in most any fashion they see fit, so...
04/20/2009
On 4/14/09 ActiveRain, under the dark of night, launched it's self-serve, automated network advertising system.   Here's how it works: Anyone interested in advertising/sponsoring a 125 x 125 tile ad that will run in rotation on all non-blog pages in the ActiveRain network i.e. Login, Search, Grou...
04/16/2009
The following post is simply one non-conformists opinion, albeit a relatively educated one...Its my hope that my words, cutting as they may come across, cause an epiphany for more than a few... This entire post is based on The California Association of Realtors 2008 Home Seller Survey (released ...
04/15/2009
Many pundits speak about these turbulent times as a recession, depression or somewhere in between.  I personally like to view the glass half full and pronounce this time in our economy's history as an epic correction.  Times of unprecedented growth are almost assuredly followed by times of unprec...
03/12/2009
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