Gary Love's (glovesold) Blog

Yes, the sub-prime market has changed and those questionable clients are going to be tough. But I'm still getting my clients that need 100% financing done. Of Course "My Community" is an option. But I've got a handful of aggresive, hungry mortgage people here in Birmingham doing manually Written ...

I think People in a matter of speaking hibernate like animals, they DO!!!. Historically Jan. & Feb are slower months, then it starts to pick up first warm snap in March. My phone started ringing yesterday which is a little earlier but I surely will take it. When it starts to get warm in the New C...

I have been a member of local BNI groups and other networking groups in the past, and I'm currently looking into another one I have been asked to join. I was wondering if my fellow Active Rain friends have used them and what your comments good & bad  are about you experiences with them? Have they...

Yes, Manually written FHA'S have been my answer to the lack of sub-prime lending, and yes it seems to be working. Now there are very few  Mortgage Company's  in Birmingham that will do manually written FHA'S so you have to take what you can get.  But when you have a client that does not have grea...

I have to say with 11 years as a Realtor some of my cherished moments are the ones with my past clients. I can go even further than that, some of the best friends I have today are past clients. I'm the kind that really stay in touch with my past clients, drop by there homes just making sure they ...

Especially if you know that a good portion of your e-mails are from past clients from my FYI e-mail that I do. So quiet as it can get and then those magic words and all those RE:''S  from my bi-monthly e-mail to my past clients and sphere list lets me know that in this business things can change ...

I guess with all the negative going on in the industry nowadays and the slowdown in the Real Estate market, Birmingham Al especially Shelby County has really held together pretty well. Yes I'm complaining like most of the other Realtors out there that have felt the pinch and I do not have as many...

I cannot remember when I have felt so involved in anything this much in a while.  I have been involved in other websites that provide the ability to trade ideas with fellow Realtors and e-mail each other but never one that you could literally stay with all day and not even touch the surface. I wa...

The things we do as Realtors to make our listings more saleable. This past weekend I had a showing on one of my listings and calling this agent back as we all do for feedback she informed me that the house smelled like smoke in the kitchen area mostly and asked if there were any smokers in the ho...

Its true, a lot of our hopeful future customer/clients are still waiting for those rates to drop below 5% . I do a bi-monthly e-mail to a group and on the last paragraph I tell them all you people sitting on that fence for rates to drop again you are playing a game of Russian roulette, it could g...