Joseph J. Chang's (realtynj) Blog

Live From Las Vegas At Raincamp No April Fools here!  Only electric energy for the learning curve to blog in activerain! A perfect day with blue sky to host the activerain event at the UNLV Student Union! Our day started with @benkinney from Seattle and @activebob setting the stage to DOMINATE Go...

All home buyers are very aware that signing contracts is part of buying a home, either with a builder or home owner.  It is inevitable that the agent working with a buyer will know the level of their excitement.  The buyer will literally say it, or their actions will show.   As an agent working w...

Yes, Agent Aaron - There is a Santa Claus!  Hit Router - an amazing tool.  Lead generation that works!  It is like buying a whole bunch of adwords at once - for a lot less than the price of one keyword.   People are searching the internet for many things, using all kinds of keywords.Since Active ...

The government’s Mortgage Metrics Report by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) reveals that half of the loans modified under HAMP at the beginning of 2009 were once again delinquent by the fourth quarter of 2009. Fully 14% of all mortgag...

Handling Difficult Clients On The Phone Have you ever had a phone call with someone like the gentlemant to the right?  No matter how wrong they may be, the only thing they want is for you to listen to them yell & scream and tell you how horrible you are. While the days of text messaging & mobile ...

It's hard to believe that sometimes the most ironic answers to become successful in this business are as such: (1) Pick up your phone when it rings(2) Read the darn contract(3) Own up to your mistakes(4) Don't just run away.... I'm so surprised how many of us in the industry DO NOT read the contr...

This past December I blogged about 2 neighboring homes for sale in Nyack, NY that were featured in a New York Times article discussing the merits of using a broker to sell a home and the reasons people sell by owner. The homes were side by side; I was familiar with both, and even showed the one l...

This past December I blogged about 2 neighboring homes for sale in Nyack, NY that were featured in a New York Times article discussing the merits of using a broker to sell a home and the reasons people sell by owner. The homes were side by side; I was familiar with both, and even showed the one l...

I often think about a section on my profile page here on Active Rain that I have never completed. I think about it a lot and I admit, it kind of haunts me sometimes. To this day I haven't added a single word here, yet I continue to contemplate as I stair into the empty space set aside for it. I'v...

Buying a condominium unit can be more involved than buying a single family home. This is because you have to worry about both the unit itself and the condominium project as a whole. 10 Questions You Must Ask Before Purchasing A Condominium Unit To borrow from a famous phrase, not all condominiums...