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Good news, the FED cut the rate by one-quarter point to 4.25%. Bad news, the market responded by saying "Not Enough" and dropped by almost 300 points.  While investors are a little moody about wanting more, consumers will see lower rates on auto loans, and even on credit cards.  And it's a great ...
12/11/2007
Last week the Mortgage Reform and Anti Predatory Lending Act of 2007 passed out of the House Financial Services Committee with the support of nine Republicans. It's far from perfect, but it represents a small step in the right direction. The mortgage industry is fighting it tooth and nail.The bil...
12/07/2007
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           Let's remember those Americans who fought and died to give us the freedom we enjoy today.  On this day in 1941, the Japanese empire attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor and crippled the Pacific fleet; sinking five battleships, destroying 200 planes, and killing 2,344 men.  As we observe t...
12/07/2007
I have to give Kudo's to my broker.  I have been investing in Real Estate for over 5 years but just this past year got my license.  I admit that I am a part-time agent, but I'm motivated every morning by DC traffic to make it full time.  I started by hanging my license with a local brokerage firm...
12/05/2007
I recently signed up on eNeighborhoods.  A friend recommended their newsletter (direct mail) service to me. They offer a decent monthly brochure that you can send out monthly to your target areas. What I liked most about the brochure is that it highlights recently sold homes in the local neighbor...
12/05/2007
Talk to any broker or office manager and I am sure that they will tell you about how many agents they have recruited.  Ask them about how many they've kept or retention rates and I am sure the tone will change.  Unless you're a part-time agent, most agents rely on their REA license to put food on...
12/04/2007
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"The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816.I believe that the single greatest gift that this wonderful country offers is the fundamental right to own land.  It ...
12/04/2007
OK. I need your feedback.  Earlier this year, I was looking into the Talking House tool.  At that time, it was a little out of the budget and I didn't feel that it was worth the cost that they were asking. Now I am being offered the "half-off special" and it brings it into the realm of "maybe."  ...
12/04/2007
I love America!  It is filled with opportunity and "can-do" pride.  Add this spirit with the knowledge available through man's greatest invention, the internet, and there is nothing that one can't accomplish. Never before in history has so much information been available to so many.  With such em...
12/03/2007
I'm sure everyone has seen the latest doom and gloom, "S&P: 3Q home prices fall by 4.5 percent." "U.S. home prices fell 4.5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, the sharpest drop since Standard & Poor's began its nationwide housing index in 1987 and another sign that the housing slum...
11/28/2007
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