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2009
Hello all: It came to my attention that even though I spend time online, it doesn't take away from my most productive activity; face-to-face, email, mail, or over the phone marketing to my database. Don't get me wrong. I blog. I post. I believe it's important to be optimized and to be up-to-date...
04/24/2009
Good morning! I was thinking today that our goal as real estate professionals should always be to educate our clients. What brought this thought on? It could be that I'm on tap to teach the class "How to get a loan today" at Renton Technical College in a few hours. Wish me luck! But even if I wer...
04/18/2009
Hello all: Happy Wednesday to you! I just wanted to remind you that our next set of real estate classes at Renton Technical College will be underway this Saturday from 10 a.m.-12 noon. Cost is $10. Previously we taught "Should I Buy or Sell Now" and Rebecca Haas of Re/Max Metro. Realty did a grea...
04/15/2009
Good morning all: I'm going to shamelessly self-promote here. Today I expect to mail 200 copies of my brand new quarterly newsletter "McFadden's Mortgage Minute" to a select database. Let me know if you'd like an extra copy. In "McFadden's Mortgage Minute" expect to find helpful information for y...
04/13/2009
Good afternoon all! You may have seen this trend already in your neck of the woods. Up here, I'm starting to see practically every appraisal submitted get questioned. Not necessarily are the lenders requiring new appraisals or reviews but it definitely throws a kink into things. Today I got an em...
04/09/2009
Good afternoon. I just commented on Lewis Poretz's post about how it used to be so easy to figure out when mortgage interest rates were going to be lower. It was almost always when the stock market went down. Now, that's not always the case. It appears there are a number of variables at work thes...
04/08/2009
Good morning! I just wanted to remind all of you that starting tomorrow, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Renton Technical College, Rebecca Haas of Re/Max Metro. Realty and myself are co-teaching an 8 week series of real estate classes. Cost is $10. We hope to see you there! The topic for tomorrow is "Sho...
04/06/2009
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Good morning! Jeff Belonger's recent blog about paying points on a mortgage unleashed a firestorm. Obviously, there are two sides to this debate. Here are my thoughts. One, there's no getting around the fact that paying points is expensive. At a cost of .5 to change your rate 1/4% is pretty expen...
04/06/2009
Hi all: I just wanted to remind you about the real estate classes we're teaching next week at Renton Technical College. Along with Rebecca Haas of Re/Max Metro. Realty we'll be presenting an 8 week series of classes designed to educate and inform about all matters real estate. For more informatio...
03/31/2009
Hello all: I hope you're enjoying your evening. Today I attended and helped Yuno Morioni of Coldwell Banker Bain with a Broker's Open House she was having in Bothell. It's a beautiful home and, if priced right, should sell. It got me to thinking how important it is for all of us to work together ...
03/31/2009
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