1) Inflation is both overstated and understated. Mortgage rates lose and win. – OK so I like to know if inflation is going up or down and what that means to me. If you want more information than that, like how its calculated and how it may be a misrepresentation, Dan Green is your man. Conclusion, inflation is not as bad as some on Wall Street think.
2)How long does it take to close a loan? – According to this post, the guys at Academy Mortgage are closing FHA loans in 10 days, guaranteed. I am not sure this one passes the smell test.
3) Can I get a house in Phoenix for less than a car – OK so I can buy a house for less that $28k, but what if the buyer is like me and won’t spend more than $10k on a depreciating asset like a car? Well the pickings are slimmer.
4) Don’t SPAM your old friends – So I have to admit I have not spent a lot of time really on Facebook, but now that I am working on that, it is good to know little tricks like this. How to turn off notifications of sending your friends acceptances to all your friends.
5) Work expands to time allotted – Another killer video by Tom Ferry, I know time allotment is one of my biggest problems, that is not allotting time for not working.
6) REALTOR 2.0: Getting started in social media – NAR’s social media guru Todd Carpenter gives some advice on how to get started in social media. This is a good starting point for those just dipping their toes in the social media ocean.
7) Decision on extending the first-time home buyer tax credit could come this week – Will it be extended? Will it be slowly phased out? Will income levels to qualify be raised? With the deadline coming soon we will find out shortly. Do I think the first-time tax credit should be extended?
8) While waiting for new FHA rules on condos, anticipation mounts – New FHA rules are coming for condos including the elimination of spot approvals. This means the while unit must be approved for FHA. This will not effect luxury condos as condo units over $346k (in Phoenix) do not qualify for FHA funding anyways.
9) Office supplies, task management and more with a web 2.0 flare – This post gives you a bunch of tools you can use from creating business cards, to creating to-do lists, on-line marketing and free conference calling.
Starting today I am going to try to have a video post of the day. Some days will be hard because there are not enough of us video bloggers out there yet to have something every day unless I have a video from Ian Watt or myself, but I am going to try to have one each day.
10) Charlottesville and Albemarle – Real Estate Anecdotes and anomalies – Jim Duncan does a good job showing how you can do video and keep it on a local topic, I may be borrowing some of this stuff for an upcoming webisode.
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