Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/13/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) Closing costs should not be hidden – No home buyer should be surprised about closing costs, their lender should have covered it with them before closing.

2) “Leading” with listings, systematically getting (a few clicks) from Twitter, and using some lazy math to justify the effort… – Interesting idea on a Twitter ID for each listing.

3) Shar, I’ll take a safe neighborhood for $200k, please – Fair Housing, always a popular subject.

4) Mortgage rates are now as low as newspapers are reporting – It’s hard to write a story about mortgage rates when they change 4 times a day.

5) How much house can you afford? – New app helps you answer that question.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day 10/12/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) How to be honest: Accounting for morons – Great advise from Chris on always keeping the eye on the ball financially as an agent and know where you are or it could get you in a lot of trouble.

2) Are big brokers facing T-Rex style extinction? – Interesting podcast on large brokerages and boutique brokerages.

3) Why mortgage brokers are concerned about HUD delegating FHA approvals to lenders – Could new regulations be the death to small mortgage brokers?

4) Can Twitter really increase your real estate sales? – Been a hot topic on Twitter lately, do real estate agents spend more time on Twitter than results justify?

5) Real estate negotiating 101 – You can’t manufacture leverage – Some good negotiating tips for both listing and buyer’s agents.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/9/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) Free consulting to Move, Inc – Should we pay more NAR services? Before you say no read the article, it is interesting, and the comments below are somewhat surprising.

2) Waste your money in the classifieds? – Taking a look at how good or bad of an investment classified ads are.

3) I can always tell we missed the mark the first week – Video from Ian Watt on how he knows if his listing is priced right in the first few days.

4) Thou shall not paint – Some interesting paint jobs.

5) Mortgage rate predictions – This week the group thinks they are going to remain mostly unchanged in the next 30 days.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/8/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) We suck less? – Tired of lenders and their minutia? This column is a must read. An honest loan officer.

2) What say you? Is this good advertising? – NAR advertising for an extension of the homebuyer tax credit. I have a different opinion on should the tax credit be extended?

3) 5 things that don’t control mortgage rates – I usually respect Dan Green’s opinion greatly, but I am not so sure about number 5.

4) Turning leads into clients – Maybe the one thing most real estate agents struggle with the most.

5) The fallacy of Zillow, Trulia and the online listing aggregators – Exhibit #63 on why you should not trust them for your house search information. 

Today’s top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/6/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) White Hose Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on extending the First-Time Home Buyers Tax Credit – Will it be extended? Read Jay’s post and see if you can figure it out.

2) I swear I was only looking at Realtor.com – Porn ads on the Realtor’s website?

3) Barcamp or bored camp? – What do barcamps need to do so they do not become stagnant.

4) How to buy a bank-owned home – WOW this is dead on!!! Great job Kris!

5) REBlog World is coming up: 10 reasons to go – If you go look me up, I will be there.

Contest entry for an Ubertor website is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

Video 17: Okay, the lighting is not the best, but here is my effort to try and win an Ubertor Website. If you have any comments about my website or suggestions, or if you want to volunteer to finish fixing my car email me Dean Ouellette.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/5/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) How long do I have to decide on this mortgage rate? – That sizzling mortgage rate that your lender just gave you may only be good for a few hours.

2) Some marketing advice for Realtors: Use your voice – Daniel Rothamel talks about using your voice more, but blowing your own whistle less.

3) 10 ways to be a Realtor bully – I am always a sucker for sarcasm. Ines does a great job with it here.

4) The quest for the paperless office: Scanning – Recommendations for scanning to help you go paperless.

5) Seasonal comfort and invisibility or 13 simple steps to omnipresence and 2010 comeback – Talking about using the slow season at the end of the year to finish strong and have a strong start to 2010.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/30/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) Underwriter knows best – 2nd day in a row there is a rant on a real estate blog about underwriters, amazed there have not been more actually.

2) Mortgage rates trend down – 30-year fixed mortgage rates are falling back down to sub 5.0.

3) Is earthquake insurance worth it? – Does your state rank in the top 20 for earthquakes?

4) The significant advantage of being the “Top of mind brand” – No matter your market, if you can be the top-of-mind brand in your market, you will have an advantage.

5) Power to the seller: The unzillowing of real estate – MLS boards are adding language to give home owners the right to not have their home blogged about.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/29/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) Dear loan underwriters – Please stop asking for pointless time wasting minutiae – It seems with every deal underwriters come up with something new to ask for, almost like it is a contest. Here Jay gives some examples. 

2) Zillow COO discusses next wave of foreclosures on Fox Business – Interesting video interview on the “shadow” inventory with Zillow COO Spencer Rascoff.

3) What is my home worth? Beats me – Appraisals are completely unpredictable in the housing industry right now.

4) FHA broker approval delegated to approved DE Lenders: Will this squeeze out smaller players? – Will new FHA guidelines kill the small lender? It’s not the first time we have heard this in the last few months.

5) Measuring influence on Twitter: Who “cares?” – Marc Davidson does a great interview with Klout to determine what exactly Twitter influence is.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/28/2009 is a post from: Tempe Real Estate - Short Sale Agent

1) 101 cars, part 101… – Lane Bailey is Georgia real estate agent who is building a niche market around car lovers. Lane started writing a 101 part series on cars I have enjoyed and now that he has actually completed this project we wonder what is next. Congrats Lane.

2) There is a reason 20% down should be required! – A good piece on why maybe we should go back to requiring someone put 20% down on their home purchase.

3) Who hates paper – this guy! – A new Bloodhoundblog.com column on using a tablet in your real estate business.

4) Appraisals kill deals – How the current state of appraisals is hurting home buyers and sellers.

5) Fishing for a few while ignoring the many – Dave Smith is probably my favorite real estate geek when it comes to tech tips. Today he looks at Active Rain and is it worth the investment.