Melody Young's (autobrokergal) Blog

 OR...I BLOG TO SAVE MONEYI'm constantly amazed by the blogs I read here on Active Rain.   The amount of useful knowledge and information Real Estate Professionals pass on is very impressive.  And, in passing on their expertise, they are at the same time marketing themselves.  They are "link"-in...

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care."--Zig ZiglerEvery time I speak to a new Broker and email a quote, submission form, Broker package or really anything, I always follow up with a hand-written note that I mail the next day.  It generally goes something like th...

 As a Hard Money and Sub-prime Wholesale Lender, I'm still getting about 20 - 30 calls a day from brokers looking for 100% financing for their borrowers with FICO scores in the sub 500 or 500 - 600 range.  Those days are over and for good reason.  So many people are losing their homes because we ...

Well, for one, both have reputations of having a less than stellar code of ethics. Sleazy cemetery salesmen are notorious for taking advantage of vulnerable people in their time of need, and Hard Money Lenders are categorized as loan sharks without the henchmen.  For me, the commonality is that I...