James's Real Estate Blog

With the current economy and foreclosure woes our country is facing, it is good to be able to play a small part in helping people during these tough times.  Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jones (named changed for privacy).  Mr. Jones is an 89 year old widower, World War II Veteran, a...

Often in this business, and especially now given the current state of the housing and mortgage markets, I often hear some people say a closing or deal is 'impossible' or it 'will never close'.  I especially like these challenges and love to use my experience, expertise, and good old fashioned har...

In my nearly 10 years of working in the real estate, mortgage, and title business I have heard and witnessed many a horror story about closings lost due to the ineptitude, careless mistakes, lack of communication, or just plain poor customer service on the part of title companies.  Although title...

As the title agent in my BNI group it is only natural for me to be able to refer and receive business from the Realtor and mortgage broker in my BNI Chapter.  Since I joined BNI two years ago I have seen both the original Realtor and mortgage broker leave our chapter (one transferred to a differe...

With the downturn of the market and the current foreclosure crisis I have noticed it has brought out the best and worst of people in the real estate industry.  Many realtors have stepped up and gotten training on short sales and have been able to help some homeowners avoid foreclosure and at leas...

For the past few months I have heard on almost a daily basis the following questions: "When is the real estate market going to bounce back?", "Has the market hit bottom yet?" and "When is a good time to buy before home prices go back up?".   All of these are valid questions, even if there is no '...

For the past few months I have heard on almost a daily basis the following questions: "When is the real estate market going to bounce back?", "Has the market hit bottom yet?" and "When is a good time to buy before home prices go back up?".   All of these are valid questions, even if there is no '...

I am going to be on a morning radio talk show next Tuesday June 17th from 9:30 - 10am. The show is on 1150am in Volusia County and is called Senior Life Solutions.www. seniorlifesolutions. com I will be there with one of my reverse mortgage clients explaining the benefits and answering title ques...

I am going to be on a morning radio talk show next Tuesday June 17th from 9:30 - 10am. The show is on 1150am in Volusia County, FL and is called Senior Life Solutions.www. seniorlifesolutions. com I will be there with one of my reverse mortgage clients explaining the benefits and answering title ...

In my nearly 10 years of experience in the real estate, mortgage and title business I have heard many raves as well as many complaints about working with title companies.  We have modeled our business to avoid many of the common problems and issues realtors and mortgage brokers have with title co...