realestate: Apple’s Top Free Real Estate Related iphone apps for Realtors and home buyers in Sonoma County Wine Country
- 01/03/10 07:03 AM
Apple’s Top Free Real Estate Related iphone apps for Realtors and home buyers in Sonoma County Wine Country This Christmas, Santa was very generous and gave me an iphone 3G from Apple. Ever since I got the iphone, I’ve been glued to the screen learning about its features and its many applications. My wife is probably going to take the iphone away from me soon if I don’t stop looking at it every 5 minutes! Anyway, in the interest of the real estate world that I’m a part of, I thought it would be appropriate to see what kind of apps … (18 comments)
realestate: How would you like to sell houses with this technique?
- 01/02/10 02:47 AM
I found this video today that just blew my mind. The company, called NuFormer Digital Media, has a way to create 3-D images and project them onto a building using the building's multilayered features as part of the image. Now, it looks to me like you need a large surface area to make these projections, but I can foresee having this used on a smaller scale as the technology evolves. Can you imagine driving by a house at night to see one of these projections on the front of the house? Hmm. Enjoy.
Projection on Buildings from NuFormer Digital Media … (48 comments)
realestate: Must Have FREE REAL ESTATE BLOG WIDGETS for your blog
- 12/31/09 03:38 AM
Megan Faust put together a nice comprehensive list of widgets that a you might want to include in your blog website. I can only use a few of these because I'm limited to what I can do as a loan officer for a corporation. Enjoy! Thanks Megan!
We have all seen the cool blogs on-line with flash animation and all kinds of extra goodies on the sidebar. If you want to add some awesome to your blog or website then take a look at this carefully comprised list of the TOP FREE REAL ESTATE WIDGETS! You may have heard the … (9 comments)
realestate: Santa Rosa Home Loans - New Standardized Good Faith Estimate Effective January 1 2010
- 12/10/09 12:21 AM
Santa Rosa Home Loans - New Standardized Good Faith Estimate Effective January 1 2010 Loreena Yeo is one of my favorite writers on AR. She's very clear, honest and thorough with her blogs. This post about the new GFE is one of the best summaries I've seen and I wanted to reblog it to share it with my local agents in Santa Rosa, CA. I couldn't have come close to Loreena's quality here! We are going to be dealing with a whole new set of rules and regulations for 2010, so get ready for the wave of changes! It's going to … (4 comments)
realestate: Sonoma County Real Estate - The Professor from Healdsburg is in the house!
- 11/30/09 02:10 PM
Sonoma County Real Estate - The Professor from Healdsburg is in the House! Dave Roberts is an avid local Activerainer and Realtor with Sotheby's International Realty in Healdsburg, California. If you've ever seen his pictures of the area, you'll swear he lives in a piece of heaven within the heart of the Sonoma County Wine Country! It may explain the calm and gentle demeanor Dave has with his writing style. I've learned quite a bit from Dave in my short time here on Activerain and I know I'm going to learn more from him as well as many others on AR. … (6 comments)
Patricia Kennedy is a Real Estate Agent at Evers and Company Realtors in Washington DC. She spends a fair amount of time posting a nice summary of all the unfeatured blogs she's read during the week and thinks are worth reading. I've been a follower ever since I read one of her postings and thought how nice it was to read some of those blogs she's mentioned. She has made a name for herself by consistently posting her summary every week. I'm amazed by her discipline! I didn't think I would ever be … (10 comments)
Cycling in Sonoma County is one of the best ways to experience the Wine Country's beautiful countryside. I love going for a nice 25 bike ride in the morning. If I'm really into it, I'll lose myself on a 50 miler through Santa Rosa, Windsor, Healdsburg, Napa, Sonoma, Petaluma or Sebastopol. Cycling is my favorite form of exercise and a great stress reliever. I wrote about this in one of my posts called Sonoma County Wine Country Top Ten Secret's Exposed. This year, I got to enjoy the added … (11 comments)
realestate: What is Mortgage APR, Can You Explain It? - Santa Rosa, Ca Home Loans
- 11/20/09 05:50 AM
Bill is one of the most knowledgable loan officers on AR. I really enjoyed reading his post on Mortgage APR and all the elements in calculating this "mysterious" calculation and wanted to share this part of the home loan world with my Real Estate Agent in Santa Rosa, CA. I can't write this any better! Thanks Bill!
WHAT IS MORTGAGE APR, Can You Explain It? APR Demystified and APR Predators Exposed First, lets demystify Annual Percentage Rate (APR).
Mortgage APR was designed to allow consumers to use one standardized number to compare each lender's rate for the same type of loan while rate … (1 comments)
realestate: FHA Home Loans - Santa Rosa, CA - Top 10 FHA Loan Benefits for home buyers
- 11/11/09 02:45 AM
FHA Home Loans - Santa Rosa, CA - Top 10 FHA Loan Benefits for home buyers I met up with a new home buyer today who asked me about FHA loans and why she should use this program instead of a standard conforming loan program. She was a first time home buyer who had meet with several lenders and was a bit overwhelmed by all of the information she had thrown at her. Since she was only putting 5% down, I felt the FHA loan was the best fit for her and gave her a top ten list of all the … (6 comments)
Below is a chart prepared by the National Association of REALTORS ® comparing the new changes to the Homebuyer Tax Credit. The biggest change is that current Homeowners are now eligible if they sell their current homes and then buy AFTER the date of enactment of this extension which is November 6th, 2009. Because of widespread incidents of fraud, purchasers must now attach documentation proving they actually bought a qualifying home to qualify for the … (1 comments)
realestate: Sonoma County Wine Country, California - Top 10+ Reasons for Buying a Home in Sonoma Valley
- 10/26/09 10:41 AM
Sonoma County Wine Country, California - Top 10+ Reasons for Buying a Home in Sonoma Valley I Love top ten lists! I have one of my own here. This one by Kirsten Linquist has a fun photo I just had to share! The landscape in the Sonoma County Wine Country is so beautiful, it's often times breathtaking. There are so many vineyards to visit and wines to taste in this area. It could take you a life time to get through one region. Kristen does a nice job listing the top ten reasons to live in Sonoma Valley and her photo … (0 comments)
realestate: FHA and VA Home Loans - Pre-Approval, Approval, Conditional, Cleared - What the ____?!- Santa Rosa, CA
- 10/25/09 03:33 PM
FHA and VA Home Loans - Pre-Approval, Approval, Conditional, Cleared - What the ____?!- Santa Rosa, CA Ken's summary of the different stages of approval and their value hit's it's mark. I couldn't written it any better. I always tell my agents and clients the deal is never done until the note and deed of trust gets recorded.
Ancient Mortgage Proverb: No deal is ever 100% certain until the loan is completely paid off. There exists a chasm in communication, familiarity and point of view between agents and loan officers. Sometimes we try to act like it does not exist … (0 comments)
realestate: 203k Made SIMPLE? Yes, for your clients..........
- 10/22/09 09:43 AM
Thank goodness for the ability to repost. Colleen wrote this piece perfectly and I couldn't do any better, so, I'm reposting it here to share with my local friends. If you want to know more about FHA loans, click here.
203k MADE SIMPLE? Ok, maybe not, but I will attempt to make it as simple as possible for the client to understand and want to read on. For many of us in the business who are " in the know" we forget that we need to go back to the basics and spell it out in simple terms for others to understand. So I've compiled … (0 comments)
realestate: FHA and VA Home loans - Santa Rosa, Ca - Inspection Reports
- 10/12/09 07:01 AM
FHA and VA Home loans - Santa Rosa, CA - Inspection reports I have to laugh. I just got asked if I actually know how to do loans because several of my last blogs have been about my geographic area and were not loan related. I've been originating loans for 18 years, many of them were FHA and VA loans, but I don't feel I need to go on and on about my field, when there are plenty of other interesting things to write about! I have seen many loan professionals in my industry with the amazing ability to crunch out pages of information … (7 comments)
realestate: Sonoma County Wine Country, California - The Green Music Center in Rohnert Park
- 10/08/09 05:38 AM
Sonoma County Wine Country, California - The Green Music Center in Rohnert Park Here's one of my Sonoma County Top Ten Secrets Exposed by Kirsten Lindquist The Green Music Center was one of my top ten Sonoma County Secrets and Kirsten has written a very nice post on it. If you are a fan of the Symphony, you're going to love the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park. When it's complete, this world class center in the heart of Sonoma County Wine Country will house the Santa Rosa Symphony. My mother-in-law is a huge fan of the Santa Rosa Symphony … (0 comments)
realestate: California's Sonoma County Wine Country Top 10 Secrets Exposed! - Sonoma County Wine Country Lifestyle
- 10/06/09 03:41 AM
California's Sonoma County Wine Country Top 10 Secrets Exposed! - Sonoma County Wine Country Lifestyle Last night, I was on the phone with a friend who lives out of state and who's currently thinking about moving to California. We had a nice discussion about the benefits of moving to California and then we talked about living in the Sonoma County Wine Country. Our conversation gave me the idea to write a post about the top ten reasons I came up with to persuade my friend to move to Sonoma County. I know it's a cliche, but I wanted to share the top 10 … (4 comments)
realestate: And so the journey begins...
- 08/21/09 03:32 AM
Where do I even begin? My friends have encouraged me to start writing down what I know about real estate lending to practice my writing skills. I've spent 18 years in the lending industry and have managed to survive several down cycles thanks to my connections and referrals. Almost everyone that I've worked with has come back to me because they've felt I've been able to simplify the complex journey of home ownership. As we all know, that's not an easy task. Even though, I've been able to verbally educate my clients and speak in front of a large audience of … (4 comments)
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