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2013
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My Best TECHO Secret Is Not A Secret, it is already very well known by everyone. BUT it is the tool that makes my Personal and Professional Life Easier! So for that reason it is my entry in the "Your Best TECHO Secrets - that make your Peronal and Professional Life Easier!" ActiveRain Contest ...
06/22/2013
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Extend A Hand Of Friendship It's Not Hard To Do. Some times those of us who have been members of ActiveRain for a while forget our early struggles with blogging consistently. I was reminded of those early struggles yesterday when I was browsing through some of my old blogs. As I clicked on mont...
06/21/2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke Sends Interest Rates Into A Tail Spin yesterday. In-spite of efforts to tone his message down, and emphasize the Federal Reserve was not changing their rate, Bernanke's message still sent Interest Rates sharply up. Bernanke broke the news that the Central Bank i...
06/19/2013
Middlesex County Chamber Business After Work Courtyard Marriott, Cromwell, CT. The Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce will be holding one of my top two favorite Business After Work Events of the year next Monday June 24. The Courtyard By Marriott in Cromwell, Connecticut does an absolute f...
06/19/2013
A very vivid sign that Borrowers Are Choosing Conventional Mortgages Over FHA Mortgages, is the recently published figures on the increase in Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) Applications. The data was provided by Mortgage Insurance Companies of America (MICA), which is the Trade Association tha...
06/18/2013
The American Red Cross Is In Need Of Blood Donations, and is making a plea for people to consider donating blood to help alleviate the shortage. If you do not know where to go to donate blood, you can follow this link on the American Red Cross website to find a location near you. According to ...
06/18/2013
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I recently attended a FHA Bi-Monthly Conference Call, mainly because of two topics being covered, the resent FHA Monthly Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP), and the Minimum Cash Investment and Secondary Financing. However, there was one additional topic that was covered which caught my attention, ...
06/17/2013
5K Run/Walk To Fight Pancreatic Cancer At Hubbard Park, Meriden, CT. I past by this sign today and it hit close to home. Over the years I have come to know and meet Gail Robinson. Gail is one of the nicest, and most courageous person I know. The battle that her and her husband Bill have fo...
06/17/2013
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Last week I read an excellent article by David H. Stevens the President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, title "The Deepwater Analogy". Stevens article was an Anology Between The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill & The Real Estate Market. At first I questioned how could there be a comparison...
06/16/2013
Determining usable income to qualify for a mortgage can be tricky these day, but it is even more tricky when it's income that is not commonly used. Such is the case with Projected or Future Income. Answering the question Can Projected Income For A New Job Be Used To Qualify For A Mortgage? is n...
06/14/2013
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