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CONFORMING AND FHA LOAN LIMITS This is a reminder that Conforming and FHA Loan Limits are up for 2018. $5.4 TRILLION OF HOME EQUITY […]
BUSINESS DEPENDS ON REPUTATION AND TESTIMONIALS Much of our business success depends on referrals and online reputation, and prioritizing this part of our business is essential to thrive in today’s...
All of us are excited to embark upon the new year, full of promise and goals and great things to come. But – it is extremely important to remember that […]
OK – this probably is boring, but it is super important because almost every competitive mortgage loan available requires some sort of income verification and debt ratio calculations. This is...
27,000 Things Realtors MUST DO… There is literally an endless supply of lists of things every real estate agent “must do” to crush it in 2018. At last count, there […]
PREDICTING THE FUTURE In 1893, Chicago hosted a hugely successful “World Fair” where governments, companies and individuals showcased the most promising technologies of the time....
BARBIE WENT TO WAR The WSJ published an excellent book review called “When Barbie Went to War.” It provides a comical overview of Mattell’s battle with MGA over copyright...
TURNING AROUND JVM We did a lot of things in 2014 to turn around JVM that we discuss often in this blog. But there is one thing we don’t often […]
GREAT COLUMN ABOUT HAPPINESS Scott Galloway (CEO of L2 Inc) recently tweeted this excellent column from the NY Times about the key to happiness, and I thought it was well […]
A few points about the GOP’s Tax Bill Deductions: Mortgage Interest Deduction: Current homeowners will be grandfathered in and still allowed to deduct interest against $1mm of mortgage debt....
ORDERING RUSH APPRAISALS TO SPOT CONDITION ISSUES UP FRONT One of the reasons we order ALL appraisals as a “rush” (and eat the rush fee :)) is b/c it allows […]
In 1307, King Philip IV of France couldn’t pay his massive debts to the Knights Templar. So naturally he accused them of false crimes and burned them at the stake. […]
On December 14th, 2016, I quoted a rate of 4.0%* in this blog. Today I will quote 3.75%. It is interesting that 30 year fixed rates have fallen 1/4 percent […]
Team Member’s Mom Goes to the Competition One of our team member’s Moms went to the “competition” for a refi, and we were mortified… OK – actually, we...
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