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The Best Way to Destroy Your Reputation... Oh, I'm sure everyone has their opinion of real estate agents and particularly, those characteristics that bring our profession's reputation down to one of the least respected of all professions. My biggest beef with my peers is poor communication. I u...
09/19/2018
4 Common Pricing Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home Pricing is the number one reason homes don’t sell or sit on the market for months and become stale inventory. Every seller wants to get top dollar for their home and with the right plan in place that’s very achievable. However, there are ...
09/19/2018
Inevitably, I get an email about once per month with a panicked statement from an associate, past client or friend about a lawyer requiring them to stop using a copyrighted photo in their blog post. Either in past posts or pages or even current ones, the owner of the blog has used an image they ...
09/19/2018
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The Feeling that Comes After a Contract is Accepted It doesn't happen every time after a contract is accepted but does happen every so often. The buyers seems so excited about the home they chose and were elated when the offer was accepted. Now a few days have passed and attitudes have changed. ...
09/19/2018
The Impact of Late or Missed Payments Are You Playing "Catch Up"? As a kid, you probably used it yourself with friends when you said ... "You go ahead, I'll catch up". As an adult, it's likely you've said, "I'm playing "catch up" at work" after returning from a long weekend or vacation...
09/19/2018
As Home Inspectors, it is our job to tell the condition of the home we are inspecting, on that particular day of the inspection. It is not our job to tell them to buy or not to buy, although sometimes it is hard not to! Have you ever had a client ask you if they should buy it? "What do you think...
09/18/2018
How important is quality when it comes to the use of photos to sell real estate? What defines "quality" as far as mls photos go? There have been several posts written regarding mls photos... the benefit of professional photography, "bad" mls pics and how they reflect on the listing agent, the ...
09/18/2018
Have Student Loan Debt? A Solution May Exist For You I'm sure you've seen these headlines or others like them ... "Debt-Locked: Student Loans Force Millennials to Delay Life Milestones" "Yes, student debt is delaying homeownership" "Student Debt May Prevent Some Americans From Bu...
09/18/2018
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You're Looking Out for Veterans? In today's issue of "I love my business but sometimes hate my industry", I read today that there's a federal investigation into the "churning" of VA loans, which, if you've been in the mortgage industry for more than a few months, falls into the "duh" cate...
09/18/2018
Exempt Veterans from Paying the VA Funding Fee The advantage of using a VA Loan is that the Veteran can get 100% financing without a down payment. This is available on his principal residence purchase. Note that most other loans do require some type of down payment.The Department of Veterans Aff...
09/18/2018
