Jason's Blog

This blog is going to be short and sweet. I am a registered Freddie Mack sales agent, and I didn't get any notification about this via email. One of my buyer clients told me about it. Anyway, I thought I would pass it on to you here at AR. Note that this offer is geographically based. Click this ...

Yes, I had another listing appointment today, and yes it appears as though it will be a short sale situation. Normally, I would be rather happy at that prospect. However, these clients have already been discussing their loan situation with their lender (countrywide) and the lender has agreed to p...

This started as a response to a comment. I felt it important enough to post though for anyone who missed the original blog. - Jason  The unfortunate reality is the state of michigan (intentionally not in caps)  has lost both population and industry. Currently, over 17% of those people who are emp...

Does anyone remember about this time last year the State of Michigan was going to vote in a taxable value cap for about 18 months so people could actually afford to buy some of these depressed value homes? I don't know about you, but here in Oakland County I am facing my taxes going up? this year...

Too often amidst talk of down markets and twisting economies, we forget that there are those men and women serving overseas that uphold the veil of protection that we all live under. Regardless of any political views we each may have concerning particular conflicts, we need to all take time to ho...

I know we all have clients we just can't get qualified. Some have credit issues, some have documentation issues, some have down payment issues and some are good candidates who have become victims of the tightened lending restrictions. The one thing they have in common is FRUSTRATION! They are fru...

I have been requested to post some of the tricks I use or have used to make Outlook work a bit better for me. Probably the most useful thing you can learn for Outlook for email management is the creation of rules. Rules can be used to automate sorting, storing, routing, handling and distribution ...

I found this too important issue not to post in this forum. An initiative has started in Michigan to convert our legislator back to a part time system. The majority of the states in our country already use this system and it seems to work very well. Some of the reasons this initiative have starte...

Like it or hate it, Outlook is the number one most recognized and utilized email and desktop management software in the world. And, like most of the MS Office products (and our own brains, according to many scientific studies) maybe 10% of it's true functionality get's utilized by most users. Man...

The new zoning standards for Brandon Township, Michigan are currently in the review stage, and they have had their first public reading as of this past Tuesday. Two notable changes were the creation of a new Natural features ordinance and the inclusion of PUDs on all township zoned lands. The new...