Steven's Blog

I appreciate many of the posts that I read on Active Rain. So many people have so many great things to contribute. If I took the time to read all of the posts I would definitely be in the poor house. There is just way to much to read. How do you decide what you want to read? Do you click on the B...

Have you ever received those e-mails or seen those adds where non real estate people are supposedly making 100k a month working with Short Sales. Besides the fact that I believe they are lying and are generally full of crap, I wonder how many people fall for this stuff? Where do these people get ...

I can't begin to tell you how many Short Sale Deals I have had that have fallen through for spurious reasons given by banks. I also cannot repeat some of the words I have used or feelings I have expressed toward those banks. I do not hold them completely to blame for the crisis we are in, but I h...

I was on Realtor.com today looking at news and any information that may be helpful to me today. While I was on there I was thinking to myself, in all of the years that I have paid my Realtor dues, what benefit have I really received if any? The short answer is I don't recall any benefit whatsoeve...

Class warfare seems to be an interesting topic for dicussion. Why do people hate the rich and feel that they should pay more than their fare share? I am in no way rich, but I have no bitter feelings toward those who are more successful than I am. Interestingly enough, from what I gather from obse...

In the supreme wisdom of those at the Real Estate commission in Colorado and because of the significant decline of real estate agents in this state. The state decided they would double and triple our licensing fees to make up the difference. I wonder if there was any thought of maybe laying some ...

In the supreme wisdom of those at the Real Estate commission in Colorado and because of the significant decline of real estate agents in this state. The state decided they would double and triple our licensing fees to make up the difference. I wonder if there was any thought of maybe laying some ...

Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round? Why do you have to "put your two cents in"...bu...

I am currently working on completing my GRI and I am a couple of transactions away from getting my CRS. I currently have my CDPE (Certified Distressed Property Expert) certification. Hopefully none of this is interpreted as bragging as that is definitely not my goal, nor is it my point. Here is m...

A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a card and wrote "Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck it in the door. When the offering was proc...