1) Why You Won’t Always Get The Lowest Advertised Mortgage Rates – So why don’t you qualify for that 4.75% you saw advertised? Just like car insurance there are certain factors about you that may effect your rate.
2) Things We Knew, but Now We “Know” – So where do people really find the home they purchased, yup online or through their agent.
3) How Remaining Calm Will Help You Close More Real Estate Deals – Great story on staying calm and not getting emotional when a deal starts going south can help save it.
4) Dear Madame President: An Open Letter to Vicki Cox Golder – Good advice on how the NAR could become like the AFL-CIO if they do not pull it together soon.
5) Home Buyer says dealing with the new Good Faith Estimate is “Close to Living Hell” – A must read for buyers, agents and lenders alike. Anyone have any actual good stories yet? Is this the HVCC of 2010?
6) Reviewing RPR Demo, Part 1: The Invention of Gunpowder – If you have not seen the demo yet, take a look.
7) HOW TO KNOW IF A HOUSE IS “PRICED RIGHT”! – With the amount of buyers out there if it is not selling it is almost certainly not priced right for the condition it is in.
8) It’s on like King Kong! Cloud CMA launches next week! – Started talking about this last week, now will the program live up to the hype?
9) Has the Bar Camp Experience Already Run it’s Course? – Has REBarCamp run it’s course? I think if they are not held more than once a year then they can survive. There is always enough new stuff in a year, and enough new agents, they could work.
10) SSG & Bank Of America – Short Sale Power Hour – 01-11-10 – Want some advice on dealing with BoA on a short sale? From my recent experience these guys are right on here.
