real estate advice: Commissions lost as Real Estate Professionals lose control - 09/11/09 12:11 PM
Attention Real Estate Professionals: I have something important to share with you that is happening in the real estate world; and you need to know!
Your hard earned money is getting thrown out the door. Commissions are getting lost, your valuable time is being wasted and complaining isn't fixing the problem. (4 comments)
real estate advice: As Mortgage Guidelines Tighten Professional Advice is Critical: - 08/13/09 03:33 PM
The days of choosing a mortgage professional based on a personality test and box of donuts in your real estate office is changing. Today with the tightening mortgage guidelines, having a mortgage professional who can review credit, employment, debt to income ratios, calculate assets, document the file and make sure that (12 comments)
real estate advice: What Needs to be Done to issue a "REAL" Mortgage Pre-Approval Letter - 06/21/08 01:47 AM
I just got done reading a great post from Jesse Clifton titled: I'm sorry, what did you just say? and it made me think about how many loan officers everyday write up pre-approval letters and really give no real thought on the outcome of what they just did.
I have been around (12 comments)
real estate advice: Does your Closing Agent make Housecalls? - 06/20/08 01:57 AM
It's funny how many vendors we are approached by each day stating that have the latest and greatest. Heck my competition is great at this. They like to announce to the real estate agents how they can deliver on time and how their service is better than the next guy, blah, (2 comments)
real estate advice: It's really difficult to time the real estate market and interest rates - 06/04/08 02:11 AM
Lately I have been getting many calls from buyers who ask me if now is a good time to purchase real estate.
My simple answer: It really depends on your unique situation. If you are one of those folks out there that is trying to time the market perfectly to get the (0 comments)
real estate advice: Is the LSR (Loan Status Report) Pointless? - 05/24/08 04:16 AM
WARNING THIS POST IS FOR ARIZONA REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ONLY
Unfortunately in the State of Arizona Loan Originators are not required to be licensed. This then trickles down to the professional integrity and honesty of that individual loan officer and the company they work for of who is the burdened party to (2 comments)
real estate advice: Real Estate Mastermind Group in 2008: - 12/29/07 10:00 AM
As we start planning for next year and reflect back on a crazy year, the first thing that always comes to mind is planning with my business partners. So to kick off the year, I formed a Real Estate Mastermind Group. In this group I am going to have 10-15 agents involved (8 comments)
real estate advice: Creating A SYSTEM is Vital to Your Real Estate Career! - 12/15/07 10:03 AM
As the 2007 Year unwinds, I have taken a moment in my busy schedule to re-examine my business plan, start planning for next year and figure out what did not work this year. As I started talking with more Real Estate Agents, Lenders, and others in this business, I saw one overwhelming (10 comments)
real estate advice: The Best Referrals are Usually Right In Front of Us - 11/11/07 10:55 AM
About a month back, I went to a free Brian Buffini event. At this event I was trained on a couple of things that I really took to heart. This class helped re-energize my batteries and get me focused on the most important activity in any sales persons business, and that is Prospecting. At (25 comments)
real estate advice: Real Estate, Micro Economics and Opportunity Costs - 11/10/07 09:04 AM
Remember back in College when you were forced to take Micro and Macro Economics. If you were a business major like me, you probably hated one and loved the other. Macro had a more total economic forecast of how our country's economy is doing vs. the world. Micro really was just concerned with our (3 comments)
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