Steven's Blog

Here is a story that will give you a chuckle: This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the proce...

In recent days I have been talking to Realtors in my area and the consensus is that things have really tapered off for them since the tax credit expired. I am wondering if this is the same experience you are having in your area? I work in the Denver Metro Area of Colorado and things were supposed...

Hello Active Rainer's, It seems that housing starts are low as reported by the media yesterday. Of course, if they would have asked those of us in the Real Estate industry, we could have told them that this would happen. I am of the opinion that we haven't seen the worst yet. The tax credit basic...

I appreciate many of the posts that I read on Active Rain. So many people have so many great things to contribute. If I took the time to read all of the posts I would definitely be in the poor house. There is just way to much to read. How do you decide what you want to read? Do you click on the B...

Have you ever received those e-mails or seen those adds where non real estate people are supposedly making 100k a month working with Short Sales. Besides the fact that I believe they are lying and are generally full of crap, I wonder how many people fall for this stuff? Where do these people get ...

I can't begin to tell you how many Short Sale Deals I have had that have fallen through for spurious reasons given by banks. I also cannot repeat some of the words I have used or feelings I have expressed toward those banks. I do not hold them completely to blame for the crisis we are in, but I h...

I was on Realtor.com today looking at news and any information that may be helpful to me today. While I was on there I was thinking to myself, in all of the years that I have paid my Realtor dues, what benefit have I really received if any? The short answer is I don't recall any benefit whatsoeve...

Class warfare seems to be an interesting topic for dicussion. Why do people hate the rich and feel that they should pay more than their fare share? I am in no way rich, but I have no bitter feelings toward those who are more successful than I am. Interestingly enough, from what I gather from obse...

In the supreme wisdom of those at the Real Estate commission in Colorado and because of the significant decline of real estate agents in this state. The state decided they would double and triple our licensing fees to make up the difference. I wonder if there was any thought of maybe laying some ...

In the supreme wisdom of those at the Real Estate commission in Colorado and because of the significant decline of real estate agents in this state. The state decided they would double and triple our licensing fees to make up the difference. I wonder if there was any thought of maybe laying some ...