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2009 

We all know the problem when you fail to get a buyer pre qualified.  Do you ever qualify your lenders?  Here are some questions you might wish to ask:  How long have you been a loan officer?  How long has your company been in business?  Are you a loan officer or a set up processor? Are you a brok...
03/31/2009
If you are looking for a great buy then here is a web site for you.  www.DeaLoco.com .   These guys have done all the research and show you where you can get the best price.  Not only do they show you where you can get a great price they have assigned a Grief Factor from one to five.  With one be...
03/31/2009
One would agree as a real estate professional you are expected to take care of your clients.  How many vacant listing do you currently have in your inventory?  If greater then zero I hope you have advised your client as to the necessity of a vacancy rider on their home onwer's insurance policy.  ...
03/30/2009
This spring the Dallas Zoo will have its own African Savanna.  The thirty million project will sit on ten acres located within the zoo grounds.   The Savanna will be the home to elephants, lions, zebras, impalas, ostriches, giraffes wild dogs and wart hogs.   Some of the animals will be allowed t...
03/24/2009
Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts of Dallas held its first commencement ceremony on Saturday March 21.  We were honored to be in attendance and see our friend Mike McDermott graduate.  There were seventy two individuals who were awarded the title of chef, and received the famous Le Cordon...
03/24/2009
I recently discovered a free web site to touch up your digital pictures.  The site is called www.fotoflexer.com.    Some of the features include reduce red eye, crop, rotate, flip, morph, various fonts and shapes, retouch , dooding, and even correct distortions.  There is nothing to download to y...
03/24/2009
I am always willing to help a client; however outside of recommending one mortgage person I always want to be the source of the source but not the source. Question regarding schools, I provide the school districts web site and phone number.  Question regarding crime rate, I suggest they contact t...
03/24/2009
On the local news this morning I saw a report on a restaurant in Arlington called Potager.   This restaurant is somewhat unique in that it has no printed menu and no set prices.  There is a chalkboard which shows the menu choices.  The rules say you take as much as you wish to eat, but only take ...
03/24/2009
If possible before writing an offer I like to check the TREC web site and check on the status of the listing agent's license.  Well today I found another situation when the listing agent's license expired on 1/31/2009.  There are less then 20 agents in this office so you would think it would not ...
03/21/2009
As of today there are 5157 condos for sale.  We all know that obtaining financing on condos is somewhat difficult.  Well things just got a bit tougher with a new Fannie Mae regulation where they will reject a loan for a condo buyer if more the fifteen percent of the other owners are delinquent of...
03/21/2009