Ruth Sprinkle's (mizrealty01) Blog

Great advice, happy to share. Thanks, Jim.In preparation for a speech I am giving tomorrow night, I have identified the most powerful financial principles in the Universe:1. Compound Interest – identified by Einstein as “the most powerful force in the Universe.” More so than nuclear fission, I gu...

WOW! Guess all of us who are brokers are feeling swamped with this last minute rush for the buyers to get something under contract by end of this week.! Hooray for this tax  credit! My guess is that activity has increased two fold in the last ten days! We do have some contracts already pending fo...

One of my agents has a client  whose loan is targeted to close tomorrow, but that closing is now in question because the underwriter is demanding a second appraisal, even tho there wasn't a problem with the first appraisal.   Can anyone out there tell me if there's anything I (or the agent can do...

Today's Atlanta Journal has a front page article stating that Atlanta real estate sales are currently up significantly. This sales spike is being driven by the tax credit, where buyers have to be in a 'binding' contract by April 30. I'm currently working with a buyer on a short sale, and she is a...

Thursday, March 25, 2010 Current status   Relief for (about 45,000) Under Water Borrowers - Some think this is a great idea, some think sends the wrong message or is unfair, what do you think? Click here to watch this video and weigh in on my blog or send me an e-mail at sprinkleruth@mindspring.c...

I have a brother who is in assisted living, and he has a helper/aid who is a single mother with two teenage boys. Since her husband abandoned their family, she has been working full time, trying to keep their home out of foreclosure. It's not been an easy road, for her or any of us....but, today,...

 U.S. Foreclosure Activity Decreases 2% in February 2010 - Every little bit of good news helps in these trying times.  According to RealtyTrac the foreclosure rate for February was down 2% from the previous month, this was still 6% above what was reported in February of 2009.  Also that 6% increa...

It's been raining here in Atlanta for 3 days, straight (last year , we were in a severe drought), and my dogs (both are rescues,one a coon hound, and the other a bird dog mix) have been 'playing' in the 'lake' formed in our back yard from all this rain....They have a great time, but, when they co...