Curt Baumgarth's Blog

I've been beating my brains trying to come up with a clever post for my 100,000 mark... I want to try to write an original way to say I have learned a ton, made several friends, learned a ton, got some laughs, learned a ton, etc. But, getting anywhere in this business takes help, from your friend...

I am a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE Dexter fan!!!!  Cant wait for season 6! Edward James Olmos has signed on for season 6 of Showtime's "Dexter" as a guest star, the network announced on Tuesday. The actor, will play "a brilliant, charismatic professor of religious studies," according to Showtime's announcem...

Agent killings highlight need for buddy system How criminals prey on common 'showing' habits By Tom KellyInman News™Share This It's been 10 years and the case is still open. No arrests have been made in the Seattle area's most infamous real estate murder that took the life of a ...

  ForeclosureRadar: 'Surprising' drop in filings, rise in cancellations By Inman NewsInman NewsTM Foreclosure-related filings fell during April in four of five Western states covered by ForeclosureRadar, a surprising trend given that banks have had time to resolve robo-signing issues and lenders...

$1,200 bonus to buyer's agents on sales that close by Sept. 30 By Inman NewsInman NewsTM Hoping to boost sales of foreclosed homes, Freddie Mac is offering up to 3.5 percent in closing-cost assistance to homebuyers and a $1,200 bonus to buyer's agents for offers on HomeSteps properties received ...

 Could your clients afford a 20% down payment? Could you? Can you envision what your prospective client pool will look like if new regulations governing Qualified Residential Mortgages (QRM) take effect this year? Neither can we. And neither can many elected officials in Congress who did not inte...

The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Microsoft said Tuesday. And even thou...

Plenty of options to call homeThe Phoenix area may be in the Southwest, but it offers a lot more than Southwest-flavored houses and neighborhoods. While there are many neighborhoods featuring stucco homes with tile roofs, there are also historical houses with mature trees, homes from the post-Wor...

 Resale homesLike everywhere else in the country, sales of existing homes have slowed, creating a large selection of about 53,500 homes from which to choose. Prices have been dropping.   Resale residences include homes on the edges of the Phoenix area that may be only a few years old, especially ...

Resale homesLike everywhere else in the country, sales of existing homes have slowed, creating a large selection of about 53,500 homes from which to choose. Prices have been dropping.   Resale residences include homes on the edges of the Phoenix area that may be only a few years old, especially i...