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Maggie update:  Well it is less than a week away before Maggie and I get to be in a special parade for Rescue Dogs at the dog show in Dallas.   I don't know about her but I am kind of excited to see all those dogs.  We went out and bought some clippers and have worked a couple nights trying to ma...

June 25, 2008 I was finally relaxing and watching a little TV when I noticed an ad from one of the National Lenders come on.  The ad said that they could get your client 5.56% Fixed rate loan.  They then ran one of those subliminal disclosures, you know the one that the only person who could have...

Why is the mortgage business getting tougher?  As I fight my way through another deal, I think back ten years to my first deal.  Back before you could fog a mirror and get a loan.  Back in the days where the joke was, "We will lend to you only if you don't really need it."  Thing is, we are rapid...

Some years ago, I found myself facing an issue that continues to raise it's ugly head today.  It is builders who have in-house financing and will give concessions to the buyer IF they will use their financing.  The first time this happened, the un-named builder gave the client $6,000 worth of fre...

Okay, in my last post I said I was going to go back to some basics.  Well it does work.  I obtained two new Realtor partners and I have one new deal in my pipeline.  So, the harder I work, the Luckier I get.