The MD Suburbs of DC

One of my loan officer buddies passed along the following e-mail about the new rules about refinancing.  His name and contact information is at the bottom of the post ---This is updated information on how Montgomery County will treat refinances in light of the increase in recordation tax.  The ra...

Here is another in a series of great, quick tips on how to make you home more inviting.  As you may have heard, the housing market is not is a good a shape as it could be.  That's why it's more important than ever that your house look its best when you're trying to attract someone to buy it! The ...

A lender friend of mine - Rob Mercer of First Home Mortgage -- sent this interesting e-mail to me about a great alternative to being able to finance the renovations of a lot of the homes that are currently on the market. I wanted to share some exciting news…. I have recently been involved with a ...

Every so often an article or, in this instance, an OpEd piece in The Washington Post decries the aggregation of data that we, ourselves, put online.  It doesn't matter if it's a profile on Amazon in order to be able to buy books or stuff you bank wants to know.  It's an apocalyptic invasion of pr...

A great friend of mine, Doyle Neimann, who also happens to be a State Delegate for Maryland's 47th District alerted me to this program designed to provide some relief for low to moderate income homeowners.  The program was originally designed to benefit elderly homeowners on fixed incomes but app...

I've always gotten calls from people in the marketing biz that promise me that, if I only use their system or product, I will be a millionaire by this time next year.  Some are pretty reputable (but still won't really make me a millionaire by next year) and some are down right shams.Lately, I've ...

Most of the time on Active Rain I see the word Consumer used to mean Home Buyer and/or Home Seller or, perhaps, Borrower.  Sometimes we forget that the "consumer" of real estate services is unlike, say, a consumer of food at the grocery store, clothes at the department store or automobiles at the...

A great loan officer friend of mine -- Rob Mercer of First Home Mortgage --  recently sent out a little bit of information about the new Economic Stimulus Package.  Now, everyone knows they'll be getting a check in the mail but what does it have to do with mortgages? Currently, the "conforming" l...

I'm an opinionated SOB and I'm not afraid to admit it.  I love to share.  The big problem is that I hate to type.  Ya see, I missed all those great typing classes back when I was in high school (and, yes, when I was in high school they still had typing classes -- but only the girls took them).  I...

I have a client that has a rental property and they would like to sell it, do a 1031 Exchange for a little townhouse in another part of town and eventually move into it a few years down the road pre-retirement.  Sounds fine by me.  I can recommend a great Qualified Intermediary and I get to sell ...