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WILL THE NEW FANNIE MAE RULES REALLY OFFER ANY HOPE FOR CONSUMERS???  My experience working with home buyers for many years says," NO". John Mulkey brings news of new Fannie Mae rules for consumers who have experienced foreclosure, short sale or "deed in lieu of".  See:  New Fannie Mae Policy May...

  I came across this article written by the Real Estate Information Systems Media (RISMEDIA) with some good news for home buyers.  I thought I would share this with everyone.   Read on:       RISMEDIA, May 6, 2010-If you're a betting person, you'll like the odds on the Federal Reserve Board keep...

In all that we do we get to choose. We are always choosing. We choose the thoughts we think. We choose our intentions. We choose our beliefs. We choose to believe we can or we choose to believe we can't. We choose what we say and whom we say it to. We choose our self-talk.  We choose our goals. W...

Good morning all: Up here in the great Northwest, it's Fall. Today is cloudy and cool and we've had quite a bit of rain this week. I've been meaning to write this blog for some time because I think its important. The question is how tranparent are you? The reason this came to mind is I recently h...

I always let the pretty girl next to me take the notes...and then I copy! :) Thanks Liz!!!!There was such a wealth of information at Raincamp ~ how do we share it all?  We can't!  You just have to attend one!  I hear that the Raincamp Schedule should be out later this week - make a point of going...

This is a question that I get to answer many times per day and wanted to shed some light on the subject........ ActiveRain is a fantastic place to network with your peers and build relationships that are not possible, or at least much more difficult, without this platform. However, if you are not...

Love the list...thanks for taking notes when I wasn't!!!So the first hour was Ben Kinney sharing 15 Tools for Geeks -( at Raincamp )- ok I haven't gone into detail on each site here - thats so you can go and check them all yourself :-) - you'll be glad you did - and ewwwwhhhhand ahhhhh over all t...

Great info here........ another brief YouTube video, courtesy of http://warealtor.org/ If you're still wondering if this is a good time to buy a home, you'll definitely want to listen in as Bob and Sally get a lesson on Mortgages, Interest Rates, and Savings. Maybe you don't remember what happene...

Having a great time at RAINCAMP!!!!O.k.  so we  (Scott Leaf and pals) left at 4:30 am to get to Seattle for the inaugural Raincamp!  Its at a lux conference centre on the wharf and we have front  row seats~ So far I've met Brad Andersohn and  did you know he has a ponytail???lol(and its also his ...

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