Hello all: There seems to be a fair amount of confusion about how the new $8000 tax credit passed by Congress recently will work. So here it is in a nutshell. The $8000 tax credit is available to all first-time homebuyers or buyers who haven't owned a home in the last 3 years. It is a credit on y
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02/26/2009
Hello all: I'm not sure if this is happening in your neck of the woods but up here it's getting tougher to do loans if you're a mortgage broker. Frankly I'm glad I made the switch to a bank. It seems to me as if the days of the mortgage broker are gone for now. It's too bad. I used to be a mortga
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02/24/2009
Hello all you Western Washingtonians! I'm excited to announce that I, in conjunction with Rebecca Haas (fellow Active Rainer), will be offering an 8 week series of real estate classes at Renton Technical College starting on April 7 and running through June 20. Rebecca and I believe in education a
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02/21/2009
I was just reading about the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that passed both Houses and thought why can't our government show some restraint; especially since we all are. I agree something needed to be done but it appears our deficit is going to now triple because of this. I'm really not tha
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02/14/2009
Good afternoon all: I hope you're enjoying your weekend! I was thinking this morning about how we've all been humbled by what's going on in our world. Personally, I think it's a good thing. We all know better days are ahead and we'll once again return to the proeperity we once knew. In the meanti
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02/07/2009