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wisconsin mortgage: KIVA and ActiveRain Can Shine Together - 11/07/07 06:59 AM
Sebastian, Florida and Points West
KIVA + AR + 56,623 = X What's the answer? What's "X"? Read on.
I see our ActiveRain has placed a banner ad- or rotating banner or whatever it is - of KIVA on the site (or vice versa) home page. Great opportunity for ActiveRainers to get involved - economically and spiritually.
We also have a KIVA group on AR, found here: http://activerain.com/groups/KIVA.
KIVA is a company that provides - through "sponsors" - MICROLOANS to entrepreneurs and small business persons in Third World nations. The receivers of these loans are carefully screened by the KIVA field partners (banks) in their own … (2 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: Foreclosures and Short Sales - Part Two - The Return of Kevin Mikrut - 10/25/07 10:17 AM
Madison, Wisconsin
WTDY - Madison 1670 - The Pulse
As promised, Kevin Mikrut rejoins Art and Bill to continue the discussion about Short Sales. Apparently we were having waaaaay to much fun during the first show (Part One), so we decided to plug in Kevin's expertise again to help you (and us) to really understand how this whole Short Sale System works.
About Kevin Mikrut: Kevin learned from the best in a market - Las Vegas - where 25% of the listings were short sales, and he did it by sacrificing time and money to be the Go For as he shadowed and did the … (1 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: Home Inspection Tips and Cautions - The Final Chapter - 08/08/07 12:08 AM
07 August 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
In MovieLand, if a movie is good, a sequel is better - and a third is ALWAYS better. Oh sure. So, with that same fallible logic, I present the third installment of my mini-series on Home Inspections as perceived by me. Third time's a-charmin'.
In two previous blogs Home Inspection Tips and Cautions and For Your Vexation Get a Home Inspection I discussed my misadventures with the inspection process and invite participants to listen to a real pro from A-Pro. Now I take the counsel of Kimberly St. Louis of A-Pro Home Inspection Services and add it to my biased opinion and … (5 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: Shopping Your Mortgage Without Getting Burned - 12 Steps to Success - 06/06/07 11:00 AM
6 June 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
Got a mortgage loan? Not sure it's the best deal? Think there's smoke and mirrors? You are not alone. But how do you scan the mortgage landscape without having your credit dinged to oblivion - or get lenders calling you the next two years (which is NOT an exaggeration!)?
Listen here as we relate a real life adventure of a client and friend as we explain how to compare-shop lenders and keep the credit unscathed. "Peter" followed these instructions (12 Steps) exactly and only gained, gained, gained.
Reality Radio at its useful best! We help when we can.
Art Blanchet
Bill … (1 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: Jenni the Bill Collector Part Two- Scott Bilker (de)Rides Again! - 06/02/07 03:11 PM
2 June 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
Scott Bilker of DebtSmart gives his take on Jenni the Bill Collector - gotta love a guy who's into his work! He sent us an email and invited me to post this story - click on the link near the end to read the rest - nice mix of humor, opinion, and irony...
Be sure to read the ORIGINAL story about poor Jenni's life here first to get a feel for the story.
Art Blanchet
Bill Quigley
Your Home-Your Money
Follow up to "Jenni the Bill Collector"by Scott Bilker
I received many responses to the last article, Jenni the … (2 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: Jenni the Bill Collector - Part One - Her Sad, Sad Story - 06/02/07 03:04 PM
2 June 2007 - Madison, WisconsinBill Collectors - ya gotta love 'em. Some people pay their bills for no other reason than to avoid dealing with these misanthropes, the Ambassadors of Animosity.Scott Bilker from DebtSmart shares this story about Jenni the Bill Collector from his website - we'll share with you and then the follow-up, too Comments from Scott are in italics.We don't know if "Jenni" is representative of Bill Collectors in general, but read the article - she sure represented herself as a human quite poorly.Thanks Scott!Bill Quigley and Art BlanchetYour Home-Your Money__________________________________________________________________ Jenni the Bill Collectorby Scott BilkerI received … (4 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: Video Blogging for Real Estate - Bill the Cat Steals the Show - My First Attempt - 04/27/07 06:03 PM
27 April 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
WARNING: This is a slightly humorous blog. There is little wisdom here - but there are lessons.
There has been some great instruction on AR about using videos to promote your business - unfortunately I did not read them until today.
Back in October of 2006 I was experimenting with Windows Movie Maker to try and produce my own video blog. I put this on YouTube. As you will see, there are right ways to do things and wrong ways. You will soon learn at least four things from this short video - the only one I dared … (10 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: Your Home-Your Money Mortgage Talk Radio - Saturday Simulcast at 9 am CDT - 03/23/07 11:31 PM
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wisconsin mortgage: SELLER-PAID CLOSING COSTS - CAN THIS BE WIN-WIN? - 03/21/07 04:47 PM
21 MArch 2007
In his blog - ear-marked for "Members Only" - Darren Kittleson (http://activerain.com/blogs/dkittleson) of Madison, Wisconsin urges agents to be creative when working with Home Buyers and Sellers, especially in this adjusted 2007 market. He welcomes all ideas for creative marketing and asks readers for a flurry of inspired methods and/or workable techniques.
Darren's blog cites an example of how to use Seller-paid closing costs as a tool to sell homes, creating potentially more buyers and increased returns for Sellers as they separate themselves from the competition in this crowded inventory-heavy market. What follows are my comments to his blog, reprinted to illustrate a … (4 comments)
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wisconsin mortgage: KIVA.ORG and the KIVA-THON March 18th and 19th - 03/13/07 02:14 PM
Reposted from the KIVALOANS YAHOO GROUP and the KIVALOANS Madison, Wisconsin Group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kivaloans/message/127
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kivaloans_madison/message/1
Mark this time and date: March 18, 2007 NOON (EDT) thru March 19,2007 (NOON) EDTTalkShoe and the TalkShoe Hosts will be running a "KIVA-THON" to raisemoney for the Kiva.org entrepeneurs.Details will be forthcoming. You can check out TalkShoe atwww.TalkShoe.com and watch for episode postings.Me - I'm just a podcaster (we call them TalkCasts at TalkShoe) and nowa member of this Yahoo group. Hopefully I'll be invited to host, butone never knows...but I'll be listening.Art Blanchet#1009,#10392,#10690
The KIVA-THON will be taking place here (http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=14678)and Bill Quigley and I will be co-hosting a … (6 comments)
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