mortgages: A Year Later - How ActiveRain Changed My Life - 10/07/08 07:54 AM
Last weekend marked my one year anniversary on Activerain. I can honestly say...it's changed my life, and the way I look at things. It's affected my confidence, and my "self talk." I was introduced to it during an all day conference last September on "Using the Internet to Market Your Business."
I've always … (12 comments)
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mortgages: Latest And Greatest Underwriting Changes for October, 2008 - 10/03/08 12:37 PM
We could think of this as the latest effort to make Main Street feel more comfortable about the "assets" we are holding in Fannie and Freddie (and I guess that extra 700 Billion too)... but anyway you look at it, mortgage lending rules are getting tighter. See that guy balancing on one foot, … (6 comments)
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mortgages: Too Big To Fail? - 09/15/08 04:14 PM
IN my humble opinion - we are half way to the end. I'm feeling pretty good about that - because I made it to the half way point and all I have to do is get to the end.
If you figure the real slow down in housing started in July … (7 comments)
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mortgages: New Website Portal comes to North Carolina Triangle - 08/06/08 01:29 PM
The Realtor Review (a monthly publication of the Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors) highlighted a new website that looked interesting, and as I pulled it up I was THRILLED. The site, www.PreservationTriangle.com gives people the opportunity to share "experiences, stories and photographs" about their communities.
Their mission statement is as follows:
"To structurally … (6 comments)
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mortgages: Spacious Floorplan In This 2-sty Home - 07/25/08 02:02 PM
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mortgages: 100 Years Later, Survival of the Fittest - 07/09/08 03:13 PM
In 1899 Elbert Hubbard, a successful soap salesman wrote an inspirational pamphlet titled, "A Message to Garcia." It was one of my grandfather's favorite stories. This is not a literal translation - but one that my grandfather copied for me, based on Mr. Hubbard's original. I've kept my copy, folded and yellow … (7 comments)
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mortgages: NAHB Looking For Grassroots Effort - 06/17/08 08:36 AM
The National Association of Homebuilders believes we need an Emergency Stimulus Bill... afterall, housing starts are at the lowest since 1991 (and as Tanta notes "completions followed starts off the cliff...).
The package, according to NAHB needs to include a "temporary tax credit for HomeBuyers," and, in thier Online Newsletter, they urge all … (3 comments)
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mortgages: Vote for Bodie Island Lighthouse! - 06/15/08 01:14 PM
With summer approaching you might be thinking about a nice trip to the beach... well, in NC we have some lovely lighthouses you should see! One of them is the Bodie Island Lighthouse.
In an email I received from Bett Padgett, the President of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society - it appears … (1 comments)
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mortgages: Compensating Factors and FHA - 06/10/08 07:25 PM
I was at a seminar today that reminded me of one of my favorite things about FHA...
the 5th C of Credit! We've all heard about the other 4 C's.
Cash: How much can you put into the property, how much have you saved?
Credit: Do you have a credit history? … (3 comments)
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mortgages: When The Option Is: Refinance or Sell - 05/28/08 05:19 PM
Gas is now over $4.00 a gallon, and the Raleigh SPCA just announced it's at capacity because people can no longer afford to pay for their pets. It's a sad time.
And it's no longer something that's just happening in California... or Ohio... or Florida. It's hitting home here in the … (6 comments)
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mortgages: Magical Mortgage Programs - 05/28/08 02:42 PM
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Don't you hate reading those ads that say, "Good Credit, Slow Credit, No Credit, No Problem?" Are they kidding?! Yes!
If you have credit problems, it's a problem. It can be solved, but it takes the right credit advocacy program, the right loan … (4 comments)
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mortgages: Test Your Stengths - 05/22/08 10:19 AM
As you might know, I am in a unique situation, as my husband is my business partner. If you've ever been part of a sales team, you know that different folks on the team have their strengths, and thereby their "role" on the team.
In a conversation with Brad Andersohn yesterday, I … (28 comments)
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mortgages: Lessons of Leadership - 05/20/08 12:37 PM
The Cary YMCA recently passed the baton from one group of leaders to another... the most interesting part was that these leaders were anywhere from 12 to 17 years old. The YMCA has a wonderful Leaders Club program for Middle and High School Students that creates interaction with over 75 students … (8 comments)
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mortgages: COUNTRYWIDE is causing rates to go UP!?! update - 01/10/08 05:01 PM
see comments.... I've never been a big Countrywide fan - but I've told EVERYBODY that when Countrywide goes under - it's like WalMart going out of business - we're in DEEEEP CaCa at that point. So this just in from CNBC
By LESLIE WINES updated 12 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Treasury … (5 comments)
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