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Mortgage and Lending with Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers

Yesterday I was at a seminar. The speaker was a woman who was a real estate agent for 30 years, and is now a motivational speaker and trainer for real estate professionals. Her name is Daniel Kennedy. I found her seminar very interesting, with lots of great ideas and tips. Diversification in our commentary with people is the key to setting ourselves apart from everyone else.

Anyway, the point of this is this. With all of the fear and panic in the streets about the state of the real estate market, she had some interesting quotes to share. I can't remember them verbatim, but the to paraphrase; very well known and highly respected publications, such as TWSJ, Money Magazine, TNYT, TLAT, at various points in history were quoted to have said that real estate was not the place to invest your money for the long term. I believe the last quote was from 1989 and it indicated that we would never see souring land values in our life time.

Kinda makes you wonder how much of what your hear or read is actually fact or just another persons interpretation of current events and they have to print something before deadline.

 

 

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Joyce Heffner-Williams
Keller Williams Clients' Choice Realty - Monument, CO
Owner/Broker/EcoBroker - Monument Real Estate

Long term is almost always a good investment.  Wish these buyers would realize that and quit trying to time the market.  Oh well, such is life in real estate.

Jan 24, 2008 07:53 AM
Kerry Cannon
Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers - Riverside, CA
From your lips to God's ear Troy. Thank you.
Jan 26, 2008 07:44 AM
Jeff Pickering
Pickering Group - Anthem, AZ

 

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Feb 08, 2008 08:47 AM
Ronald Gillis
Southwest Florida Notaries (Mortgage Notary Signing Agent) - Port Charlotte, FL
CNSA Southwest Florida. Notaries, Port Charlotte, 941-7-NOTARY

Just the statement "not the place to invest" (Real Estate) and "never see souring land values" is a contradiction.  I think the downturn was needed, it got overinflated in many ways.  BUT, the correction has been too drastic.  I must say, while there certainly are many causes, Realtors, LO's, Lenders, Appraisers, etc, that you can all say played a part - BUT so did the Fed!!!  When things started to turn, they did nothing to interest rates.  Greenspan was never given credit while he was in office, but he did a tremendous job interpreting when things needed to be turned up or turned down.  With the Fed doing nothing for so long, by the time they woke up, it was too late - hence our troubles are now much worse! My 2cMy 2 Cents

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Aug 17, 2008 01:26 PM