Do your clients get a free ride and tour of the subdivision in your sedan on Sunday while their children are screaming and rubbing their chocolate-stained hands on the upholstery of the back seat of your car ?
Do you find yourself handing out brochures about lead based paint, buyer agency, inspections, disclosures, home warranties and other stuff as though you were dispensing tourist maps at a travel agency ?
Do customers and clients hang around your office wasting your time scarfing down the free pizza and bottled water while at the … (6 comments)
david saks: Is Your Blog Violating Fiduciary Responsibility & Breaking the Law ?
- 03/08/14 02:39 AM
As a real estate agent and broker you've been assigned a legal trust when you have a signed listing agreement on the table. As a broker employed under the terms of a listing contract, or buyer agency agreement, trust and confidence has been given to you to protect the interests of your client. This relationship of trust and confidence extends between you as the trustee of this confidence and your client who is the principal beneficiary of the confidence, That trust is broken when you transmit information of a confidential nature, reserved for your client to anyone other than the … (10 comments)
Starbucks 1850 Union Ave Memphis, Tennessee Saturday March 29, 2014 11:30AM till 1:00 PM
You'll receive 1,000 points for your attendance ! Many thanks to:
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david saks: Tune Time- Stuart, Florida's Vaughn Monroe "Red Roses for a Blue Lady"
- 03/04/14 11:34 AM
Beautiful Stuart, Florida's Best Known Resident Next to the Great Gabe Sanders was Vaughn Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) When Vaughn Retired He Spent the Last Days Of His Life In Stuart Here He Is With "Red Roses For a Blue Lady" Enjoy ! -David- … (3 comments)
david saks: A RESPA-Related Lawsuit Is Making News
- 03/03/14 04:12 PM
A RESPA-Related Lawsuit Is Making News Real estate columnist Ken Harney posted an article on Inman News last week ("Top-producing Long & Foster team facing class-action RESPA suit over alleged kickbacks") about a lawsuit filed last month against a high-producing team in Maryland: *** BEGIN QUOTE *** A federal district court's decision to certify a class-action suit against one of the highest-volume Realtor teams in the country should set off alarms for brokerage firms that have marketing agreements between themselves and settlement service providers, say RESPA legal experts. Not only is the class-action certification ominous in its own right, but it … (0 comments)
According to a new Nashville Business Journal article, "The average house payment has risen 21 percent since 2012, according to a housing affordability report from RealtyTrac." The study was based on a study of 325 counties across the country to find the $865 "estimated monthly house payment for a median-priced three-bedroom home". To read more, go HERE. … (2 comments)
david saks: What Is Title Insurance ???
- 02/14/14 02:54 AM
Owning real estate is one of the most precious values of freedom in this country. You want the assurance that the property you are buying will be yours. Other than your mortgage holder, no one else should have any claims or restrictions against your home. Title insurance is issued after a careful examination of the public records. But even the most thorough search cannot absolutely assure that no title faults are present, despite the knowledge and experience of professional title examiners. In addition to matters shown by public records, other title problems may exist that cannot be disclosed in … (4 comments)
A copy of the new rules is available for review on the website of the Secretary of State at http://tn.gov/sos/rules_filings/02-06-14.pdf
The new rules include a rule relating to the ramifications for failure to maintain errors and omissions insurance as required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-13-112 (as amended by Public Chapter No. 84). as well as Also a new rule expanding upon the new requirement of Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-13-303 … (4 comments)
david saks: Quote for the Day - " Anything Less Than Prime Is Slime ! "
- 02/05/14 12:14 PM
"Anything Less Than Prime Is Slime!" David Saks On Subprime (now "nonprime") Lending SUBSLIME Loans Are Coming Back ! According to a recent Bloomberg/BusinessWeek article, more executives are working to revive the subprime lending market, though the loans now are called "nonprime" and require as much as 30 percent down. Lenders believe this niche holds opportunity for growth (???) as stricter federal standards keep millions of Americans with bad credit out of the mortgage market. Nonprime loans go to the riskiest borrowers -- including those with low credit scores, high debt loads, or an inconsistent income. To … (2 comments)
According to a recent Bloomberg/BusinessWeek article, more executives are working to revive the subprime lending market, though the loans now are called "nonprime" and require as much as 30 percent down.
Lenders believe this niche holds opportunity for growth (???) as stricter federal standards keep millions of Americans with bad credit out of the mortgage market. Nonprime loans go to the riskiest borrowers -- including those with low credit scores, high debt loads, or an inconsistent income. To read more, … (4 comments)
He came to Memphis in July of 1991 to dedicate the National Civil Rights Museum.
When this man raised his voice the sound of peace could be heard around the world.
Racial inequality, the horrors of war, the injustices upon mankind were stilled by the courageous sound of his voice and the trusted banjo he held in his hands for many decades.
On that historic day in July this man called me at home and asked me to have ice cream with him, his wife and their … (3 comments)
david saks: Dookied Pampers
- 01/26/14 05:01 PM
Do you check out the neighborhood for your buyer ? If not, maybe you should start. It's rather naive to believe that sex offenders, drug dealers, meth labs, burglaries, robberies, auto thefts, home invasions, vandalisms, domestic violoence, identity theft, rape, arson, gun crimes and work-place violence only occur in low to middle class income regions. Some of the worst crimes and offenses are committed in multi-million dollar high rises, on the grounds of some of America's most luxurious properties and neighborhoods, in fabulous gated communities and in grand condominium districts. In 2002 the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Report estimated … (12 comments)
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(here's a blast from the past Nov., 2011)
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