homebuyer: Five Things the Listing Agent Doesn't Want to Hear
- 06/29/16 06:39 AM
As a buyer, you want to start the purchase process on a level field. Well, at least not with the deck stacked against you. You can and should say anything to your own agent; after all, she’s there to address your every concern and protect you. But the listing agent…that’s a whole ’nother story. It’s not often that the listing agent gets to talk directly to the buyer; usually there’s a middle man—the buyer’s agent. So whenever a listing agent gets ear-to-ear (phone call) or face-to-face (open house) with a buyer, she will try to read him like a book. And what … (0 comments)
homebuyer: The Truth about Rocket Loans
- 06/15/16 05:30 AM
Undoubtedly you’ve heard about Quicken Loans’ new Rocket Mortgage by now. I don’t watch TV and even I have seen their ads. OK, I watch the news.
Quicken didn’t get to be the biggest lender in the country without very savvy marketing, and Rocket Mortgage seems magical…until it explodes. Here’s how to prevent yourself from becoming a casualty if you just can’t help it and you do apply for one.
Rocket Mortgage by Quicken advertises “it takes eight minutes to receive a full mortgage approval online.” From millennials to exhausted fortysomethings chasing kids and a job, who wouldn’t want to “simplify” their home-buying … (3 comments)
As a buyer, you want to start the purchase process on a level field. Well, at least not with the deck stacked against you. You can and should say anything to your own agent; after all, she’s there to address your every concern and protect you. But the listing agent…that’s a whole ’nother story.
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