Is your real estate agent pushing you to use a specific lender? Maybe they even make it convenient by having an application all ready to go for you. You might just want to cut to the chase and ask them point blank whether or not they are getting paid any money for originating your loan. There
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02/05/2009
When people have problems, they find me on the Internet and call me for my advice. Last week a lady called me to tell me that her water had just been turned off. She said that everyone in her building seemed to have had their water turned off. I told her that maybe she should call the water de
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02/04/2009
I've been fortunate to have some real live buyers to work with. One buyer was looking for a bank foreclosure deal in Cobb County. They narrowed it down to 3 choices. Before we could put an offer in on their top choice, it was already under contract. This was a $600,000 new home on a very busy
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02/04/2009
I have worked hard taking the numbers provided by Smart Numbers Inc. who come out every month with the GA FLMS market stats and getting them into pretty charts where one can see trends over the last seven years. These are charts for single family detached homes. The first chart has the average p
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02/03/2009
I love it. A bill was introduced into the New Hampshire state legislature resolving to take back all of their state's rights that the US government has unconstitutionally taken over. HRC 6 clarifies their position that the Constitution gives very limited powers to the US government. All other p
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02/03/2009
Many buyers are getting frustrated with trying to buy bank foreclosures or short sales. If you think that they're a desperate seller who is willing to do anything in order to get someone to buy their homes, think again. Banks seem to be totally under staffed in their REO departments and loss
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02/02/2009
I was reading the Sunday paper this morning and saw a feature article on some "car guy" selling homes. It was none other than Lane Bailey, a very active member here at ActiveRain. Please read the article. I just wanted to congratulate Lane for breaking through into the main stream media. Way t
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02/01/2009
There are some great deals coming onto the market everyday. I've seen a few first hand and sometimes I want to scream out loud for someone to come and get the deal of the year. Unfortunately, no matter what I say to a buyer, if they don't trust me and my experience they won't feel comfortable pu
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02/01/2009