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2011
First Time Homebuyer Seminars ..... Applying For A Mortgage. Now that we have covered in the First Time Homebuyer Seminar, Opening Questions, Pre-Approval Process, Chosing A Realtor, and Shopping For A House. We next cover the process of actually "Applying For A Mortgage" once their offer has b...
05/20/2011
So far in this series on First Time Homebuyer Seminars, I have covered the Pre-Approval Process and the process of Choosing A Realtor. So now that the Buyer knows the price range that they can purchase in, and they have chosen a Realtor that they want to work with, they are ready to start "Shopp...
05/18/2011
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The Midd-Shore Association of Realtors is having a Summer Happy Hour, at the Riverhouse in Haddam, CT, on Thursday, June 9th from 4 to 7 PM. If you have never been to the Riverhouse then you are in for a special treat. Not only is it a great facility for an event like this, but it also has a gre...
05/17/2011
This part of the Seminar I expanded back on April of this year when Valerie Osterhoudt asked if she could come and sit in on the Seminar that month. Since Valerie was going to be there I asked her to send me some suggestions on what Buyers should look for when selecting a Realtor. I did not ha...
05/16/2011
Once I have opened up the First Time Homebuyer Seminar by asking the questions that I went over in my previous blog First Time Homebuyer Seminar .............. Basic Openning Questions I go onto the Pre-Approval Process. In my opinion the first thing that someone thinking of purchasing a home sh...
05/15/2011
From the very first, "First Time Homebuyer Seminar" till now, I have always opened up the Seminar by asking a few simple, but very important basic questions. By asking these questions I can also quickly get an idea of why those in attendance are there. A mistake that is made by some that conduc...
05/14/2011
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In September of 2006, the mortgage company that I work for, McCue Mortgage, decided to make First Time Homebuyer Seminars one of our priorities, and they have continued to be a priority ever since then. These Seminars are not done with other Industry professionals, but just conducted by our Loan...
05/13/2011
This year McCue Mortgage has got great fun in store for our customers, business partners, and employees! We've signed up a bunch of different nights sponsoring baseball games at the New Britain Rock Cats. (www.rockcats.com) We are hosting a full weekend of games on July 29, 30 and 31. We are off...
05/12/2011
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Lenn Harley wrote a blog today "UNDERWATER"??? WHO'S UNDER WATER?? WHAT'S UNDER WATER??" that I commented on. Lenn's blog covered more than one issue, but one of the issues that she touched on was on credit problems that people are having today. Lenn stated that "about 40% of the American con...
05/11/2011
Please welcome Joe Petrowsky to ActiveRain. Joe in a new member from Manchester, Connecticut and wrote his first blog yesterday. We all know how we labor over the first blog and then wonder if any body is going to comment on it. So I am sure that he would appreciate it if you stopped by and le...
05/10/2011
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