On Friday, my neighbor Andrea passed away after battling cancer for many years. Yesterday was the service, and most of the people on our street showed up to pay our respects. I didn't know Andrea very well, just a friendly wave and hello in passing, but after hearing all the wonderful things he
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06/16/2008
FHA Releases New Pricing Based on Credit Score and Downpayment On June 11th, HUD released Mortgagee Letter 2008-16 which changes the mortgage insurance premium costs for borrowers. It addresses a few other things too, such as refinances, but today I'm going to cover purchase transactions for you
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06/16/2008
Most of you have heard of Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad (a bestseller!). Well, on a recent drive to the Florida Keys for a seminar, I listened to a program on sales by one of his team members named Blair Singer. The program (there's also a book) is called Sales Dogs. The gist of it
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06/10/2008
How to REALLY work a networking event Many people attend networking events, but don't really work them effectively, in fact, for many people it is a total waste of time. First of all, go into the event with a plan, how many contacts will you make? Is there something specific that you need to find
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06/10/2008