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selling real estate: Who wants to be a loan underwriter? Not me. - 10/31/08 06:23 AM
Getting deals closed is increasingly frustrating. The current dynamic nature of loan programs and guidelines is making everything more difficult. The lightening rod for all of this is often the loan underwriter. I'll admit that more than once I've wondered why something is a problem on a deal where the buyer is putting 30 or 40 percent down.
I've tried to imagine what it must be like to be a loan underwriter now. Rather than incur my wrath, loan underwriters now engender my sympathy and understanding.
Many go to work in a large office with few people. Cubical ghost towns. Friends … (5 comments)

selling real estate: To Be There or Not To Be There? That is the question! - 09/05/08 04:58 AM
I am continually perplexed by the increasing number of Buyers and Sellers who find it "inconvenient" to make time to attend their real estate closing. Yes, you can appoint an Attorney-in-Fact or do a mail out but it's not the same as being there.  I just don't get it.
A sale or purchase of a home is an important event in our lives. Most of us are only going to do this a few times. Why would you not allow yourself the opportunity to clearly understand all of the details and commitments that take place?  In the current financing environment, deals … (17 comments)

 

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