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2008 

"I double dare you to buy a house right now!" Do you think these guys have an agenda?  It's high time we told buyers (and sellers, for that matter) the truth about whether a home is a good investment.Despite what Wall Street wants you to believe and our 'bad news media', owning a home isn't the s...
02/18/2008
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      'Jaws' Police Chief Brody Roy Schieder  1932-2008   In Honor of Roy Schieder's passing last week, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about the open house. If you are my age you may have seen his 1979 movie "All That Jazz".  In this movie he uses this line over and over again;   "ITS...
02/18/2008
    Camp David Accords - Sadat, Carter, BeginIn successful negotiations, everybody wins! Negotiations are the fun part of selling, right?  Well, they can be if you know how.   In a past job as a Materials Manager, before I discovered the fun of outside sales, I was responsible for purchasing of a...
02/10/2008
     Sharpen your axe before you set out! I love to watch that show on television called the "The Big Idea" that constantly pumps us to do something with our ideas.  They showcase young millionaires and get them to explain how they invented their widget and how they took it to market and they alw...
02/07/2008
  Make a past client happy with a quick call! Considering the recent drop in rates and media hype on it, now's a great time to call any prospects that you were working with over the last several months that never followed through on a purchase or listing. Call them and say that it's a good thing...
02/07/2008
    GENTLE BEN NEEDS OUR HELP! Bernanke is trying to help but is running out of rates to cut! Will he cut more?  If so, will the mortgage lending gods lower their rates too?Those are 64 million dollar questions and the truth is that even he doesn't know what is going to happen but I am sure that...
02/07/2008
  Working smarter, not harder is so important in any career, especially sales.  You have to constantly analyze what is working and what isn't and make changes accordingly.  I recently listened to some material from Brian Tracy, a motivational speaker that drove this point home.  He explained how ...
02/07/2008
I hired a personal mortgage sales coach!  Just like the pro athletes have a professional coach to help them excel in their profession, I decided I needed a coach to help me in mine.   I have high aspirations for myself this year and took a leap of faith to help me with this because I am not satis...
02/02/2008
      Getting back to basics by giving good sound advice to your sellers and buyers is a great way to build your business in this climate.  One good way to do that is to provide some great information to them into what they can do to improve the value of their property in terms of improving the "...
02/02/2008
    PHH Mortgage treats all customers like family!   Unlike the badgers out there on the web and in local mortgage offices, we take the time to review and educate all of our prospects on what they can do or need to do to get approved.   Don't send your buyers to badgers, let us help them!   This ...
02/02/2008
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Call me for a mortgage in NC or SC. Specializing on VA Mortgages with Veteran Discounts! FHA loans, USDA Rural Development 100% Loans, 203K, JUMBO, Conventional and ARMS. We have a true 5/5 ARM that adjusts every 5 yrs up to $729K ($300K Minimum) for only 5% down with NO PMI! Rates are very attractive on all of our products. We can also do REVERSE MORTGAGES. Call me on those too.