Raul's Blog

Those were happy, happy days. No worries. No great concerns over the real estate market. There was enough cake for everyone and we jumped up and down in joyous celebration. Interest rates had not been this good in almost forty years. Sellers gleefully asked us to put  "for sale' signs in their fr...

When something goes wrong smack in the middle of a deal and it all seems hopeless, we can rejoice in the comedy within the tragedy (I just learned that word...tragedy). OK...it isn't always a tragedy but some situations are so incredible one can only shake his (or her...for those PC-inclined) hea...

That's right, folks. I woke up this morning, got myself a cup of coffee and as I caught up with world events, courtesy of Fox And Friends, it suddenly hit me, the realization that once again I am unemployed. Now, I need no sympathy. No violins, please. I am happy to be unemployed. The profession ...

As a constituent and a REALTOR®, I want to stress how important it is for FHA reform legislation to be quickly enacted. These bills, passed the House and Senate in 2007, are now stalled in conference. Permanent increases in the FHA loan limits, lowered FHA down payment requirements, and new oppor...