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morals: Who invented "transparency"? - 01/13/09 04:24 PM

To quote Lenn Harley:
**** WARNING: TRUTH SPOKEN HERE ****
I'm not a young guy. In fact I'm beyond "middle age" unless I plan on living into my 100's. When I was a young boy - I mean 8 years old - I remember being taught by my parents to always speak the truth and not to hide anything from people I deal with. That means friends, family and business people. I was taught that hiding a truth from someone was the same as lying.
When I grew older and entered my college years and started reading books like "The Art … (21 comments)

morals: The Trouble With "National Appraisal Companies" And The Future of Real Estate - 04/22/08 09:31 AM

If you have followed along you know that FNMA and FHLMC will be required to use a third party appraisal "company" on all loans purchased by the GSE's effective 2009. Some lenders are already requiring this - Flagstar, for example, to whom we sell a couple of loans per month - and we'ver already uncovered what is bound to be a huge comedy of BS when this goes in to full swing.
Getting a contract with a national appraisal dispatch company seems to be to appraisers what getting a government contract is to closing attorneys. You can take the best, most customer … (6 comments)

morals: Feedback Invited On Appraisal Issue - 11/20/07 02:51 PM

I will admit - I am quite conservative when it comes to value. If you tell me a property is worth $350,000 I do not hesitate to immediately trying to disprove that value. If I cannot disprove that value then I will accept it. Likewise one of our approved appraisers is very conservative and will not be swayed on value. I can rest assured that once he goes out the appraisal will be fully supportable.
HOWEVER -don't you just love the magic eraser power of that word- I take issue with him on three separate occasions over the years where I feel … (2 comments)

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