mortgage blog: Every Mortgage Broker in America is trying to Blog for Clients - 05/08/08 03:17 PM
It is the telemarketing of the 2000's. Everyone is trying to get consmers to call them based on their ability to write blogs and get them posted in as many places as possible. These are the same clowns that were calling you 7 -8 years ago every night while you were … (3 comments)
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mortgage blog: CNN releases list of 100 best places to live. Is your city on it? - 03/26/08 01:56 PM
CNN just released their best places to live and launch. They list the towns and cities with the best mix of business advantages and business appeal. At number 1 is Bellevue, Washington, which was chosen for many reasons, the one that stuck out the most to me was that their is … (6 comments)
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mortgage blog: California is first to forgive mortgage debt - 03/25/08 12:07 PM
The California Senate has approved a bill which would give homeowners that have had part of their mortgage debt forgiven by their mortgage lenders a tax break. They will not have to pay income tax on the amount that was forgiven by their mortgage lender. This would apply to homeowners that … (0 comments)
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mortgage blog: Top 10 reasons that mortgage brokers need credit repair. Reason #4 - 03/20/08 08:40 AM
This is reason #4 in a series
Removing old negative items improves credit scores.
35% of your client's credit score is based on these negative items. This is the biggest chunk of the credit score pie. The less derogatory items they have, the higher their credit score can be. On average, our clients … (2 comments)
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mortgage blog: Top 10 reasons that mortgage brokers need credit repair. Reason #3 - 03/19/08 04:34 PM
This is reason #3 in a series on why mortgage brokers need credit repair.
When negative items are removed, they stay away.
After we have removed negative items from a credit report it is always possible that the original creditor can re-report the negative item. However, this is rarely the case. Given that … (4 comments)
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mortgage blog: Top 10 reasons why mortgage brokers need credit repair. Reason #2 - 03/19/08 11:49 AM
This is reason #2 in a series on why mortgage brokers need credit repair
2. Credit repair makes a client's credit better
FixCreditBiz's primary focus is credit score improvement. This is done by removing negative items on the client's credit report as well as educating the client on how to use credit to … (4 comments)
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mortgage blog: Have homeowners insurance premiums dropped in Florida? - 03/18/08 12:52 PM
Are homeowner's insurance premiums finally on the decline in Florida? If my homeowners insurance bill is any indication, they have declined. Thank God for that, because homeowner insurance rates have been rising out of control for a few years now in Florida. My homeowners insurance bill went from $2,459 per year down … (2 comments)
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mortgage blog: Foreign Nationals buying US properties, don't pay cash. - 03/18/08 10:02 AM
If you're a foreign national that wants to buy property in the United States, don't make the mistake of purchasing your home for cash because you will not be able to pull any cash out on the property for one full year from the date that you purchased it. I've spoken to quite a … (0 comments)
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mortgage blog: Preconstruction property ready to close? - 03/17/08 02:42 PM
With the mortgage meltdown, people that purchased a preconstruction property now may have to worry about obtaining mortgage financing on it. A preconstruction property, for those of you that have been in a time capsule for the last 5 years, is a property that you purchase by signing a sales contract before it is constructed. You … (3 comments)
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mortgage blog: Tent cities spring up in LA - 03/17/08 08:57 AM
Just another sign of our struggling economy and the mortgage meltdown. I haven't seen any of these reports on the US nightly news. This news report is from the BBC. I'm going to make sure I tivo the British Broadcasting Channel news program so I can see what's really happening in … (4 comments)
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mortgage blog: The real truth about Fannie Mae's new conforming loan limits - 03/17/08 08:25 AM
I wrote the other day about Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac raising 2008 conforming loan limits to $793,000. That news is not as good as it looked the other day. The new conforming loan limits are not $793,000 all over the country. Most states and counties barely went up at all. Conforming loan limits in … (4 comments)
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mortgage blog: New Forum at GetPrequalified.com - 11/27/07 12:16 AM
I have just rolled out my new forum at http://getprequalified.com/forum. My intention is to have a forum of industry professionals that are committed to partnership and prosperity. We have just started but we will have pertinent information on building more traffic to your website as well as impacting your mortgage business. Please … (0 comments)
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mortgage blog: NEW MORTGAGE?REAL ESTATE BLOG http://www.broker-forums.com - 09/25/07 10:56 AM
http://www.broker-forums.com
Broker Forums is a spam free discussion platform dedicated to topics related to the mortgage, real estate, and stock industries. This is an egalitarian community built for and by its members. BF is a place for members to exchange ideas and express opinions.
a spam free alternative to other posts and vines.
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mortgage blog: Laurie Manny Challenge | 3 Posts I think you should read - 08/11/07 09:51 PM
When web advertising began, people would literally pay for a set of eyeballs... that was how what we now know as clicks were measured.
The funny thing is... a click was a worthless measure. People got into time on the site, how they got to the site etc to determine the … (9 comments)
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mortgage blog: Mortgage Blogs - 07/06/07 07:10 AM
See more at Mortgage Blogs. New mortgage blog service announced.
A new service has been launched called MortgageBlogs.com.
MortgageBlogs.com is a visual directory of Mortgage Blogs - allowing users to find Mortgage Blogs by the author's location. Using a map of the United States or the ability to click on a … (3 comments)
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mortgage blog: My Business Partner Tells All...a Woman's Tale - 07/02/07 12:54 AM
I write on AR and on my "outside" blog, The Mortgage Insiders Advice Blogsite, but my business partner Terri rarely writes for the blog and never posts on AR.
But when she does it is a doosy!
She decided to tell her story about the epiphany she had that turned our entire business philosophy … (4 comments)
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mortgage blog: APR- The Annual Percentage Runaround - 05/04/07 01:59 PM
OK, I went to college, took algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and passed them all. Math wasn’t a problem for me (history and literature were), alas, I’m pretty baffled at how broker/bankers, and lenders come up with a mortgages Annual Percentage Rate (APR).
This is a problem because APR is … (7 comments)
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mortgage blog: Why Does The Mortgage Industry Cross the Line? - 05/04/07 01:56 PM
Because it can.
The number one statement that I get via comments and emails from others in the mortgage industry (paraphrased):
"It’s nobody’s business what I make, Wal-Mart etc. doesn’t have to show their mark-ups, why should I??"
What a telling statement, as it confirms the general … (11 comments)
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mortgage blog: Mortgage Pin Nears Housing Bubble - 03/11/07 09:14 AM
There was an explosion of mortgage products on the scene from 2000 to 2005, going from hundreds to tens-of-thousands.
ANYONE could get a loan, even dead people.
On 3/10/2007 it should be no secret that the mortgage world is on the verge of an epic correction. Fraud permeates the … (7 comments)
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mortgage blog: Its Been Awhile... - 03/11/07 09:06 AM
Since Ive posted anything on the AR network...a little bit of a sabbatical I guess...Things have been uber-busy and I always get such great feedback from the community, I didn't want to 'short' the comment threads...
SO..Im going to place my last 3 posts from my home blog here...
Hope everyone has been … (1 comments)
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mortgage blog: Remove Your Blog's Comment Spam Or Risk Losing Your Readers! - 03/09/07 06:19 PM
Being a good blogger involves many things: Writing interesting posts about things your readers want, good grammar, lively pictures, etc.
One area folks new to blogging may have forgotten is comment spam. Here's an example I just saw on a post today:
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All of you are wrong. Keep them in adjustable mortgages
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This is … (19 comments)
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