Chris Spade's world in San Diego

On Thursday, the Associated Press reported the cost to bail out Fannie and Freddie could top nearly $363 Billion dollars.  That's right! Billion with a capital B!  You see, Fannie and Freddie were beaten up after loans they backed went south.  Loans from Fannie and Freddie look attractive to inve...

On November 8, 2010 I will be coming up on a very important anniversary.  Well, at least it's important to me.  On that day, I packed up what little belongings I had and headed west to San Diego.  It's hard to believe that I will have lived half my life in the city I've called home for nearly 18 ...

An Active Rain member in LA wrote a blog about something that we all should be doing, whether you're in real estate or not.  It's a good reminder of how we can have what we want we just need to reach a little further.  Everything you've ever dreamed about is right outside your comfort zone..... J...

Hey Everyone-- Another Active Rain Blogger in North Carolina makes a very good point about buying.  Read it and enjoy!  Where will you be when this housing market is over?  Hmmm... food for thought"I'm going to wait for the market to hit bottom before I buy." Are you now?  And when exactly will t...

  Ok, so here's the deal, I just got off the phone with Old Republic MI company and what they told me made my jaw hit the floor.  I have a client who filed for bankruptcy and it was discharged.  He filed a chapter 7.  So, he now has his home listed as a short sale.  Obviously, with the bankruptc...

Hey to all my real estate peeps... we have to remember if we want to live our life by design and not by default we have to work.  This is our job and a very important part of it.  Let's Generate!  Ohhhh, the amount of times I have heard this.  Lead Generation.  Lead Generation for a specific amou...

  Say it isn't so Bank of America is set to resume foreclosures.  I was shocked to see it when the news alert crossed my smart phone about 3 this afternoon.  My jaw dropped.  It's not that I expected the halt to last forever, however, I did expect it to last longer than a week.  However, B of A's...

Hello Everyone!  This is a well written blog by someone in the rain.  It's worth sharing and repeating.  He makes some very good points and things I've been saying for awhile.   I am going to bang a drum I have been banging since the sub prime crisis in 2007 began to erode the equity of so many p...

This is a great little blog about FHA and foreclosures.  I'm getting lots of calls from sellers about the banks halting foreclosures.  This is just one of the reasons why.  It's worth a read. FHA Commissioner David H. Stevens has issued an alert urging all FHA-approved servicers to conduct a full...