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2009
Remember the old TV commercial that went like this: This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. For those of you too young to remember this anti-drug TV spot, your brain on drugs is supposed to look like a fried egg on the sidewalk (not so subtle message of "you can fry your brains out if yo...
02/27/2009
Imagine my surprise when an article in the Wall Street Journal featured: A client of our family's auto leasing company who was also... A client of my former mortgage company who was also... Complaining bitterly about lack of jumbo loans to refinance his house in ALAMO, CALIFORNIA (median home pri...
02/25/2009
Is Stimulation Just Economic Medicine and Did We Need Such A Big Dose? So the spigot is in the "ON" position. America, let the "stimulation" begin. President O has prescribed the medicine for our economic maladies, so let's all just swallow and get cured. But hold on. As anyone knows, swallowing ...
02/23/2009
It isn't a done deal yet, but here comes the newly improved first time home buyer tax credit, courtesy of President O's 2009 Stimulus Bill. Will it be a magic bullet? Or just a stray bullet that missed the target by miles? It is supposed to: Get people off the fence, kind of like when the car sal...
02/16/2009
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THE MILLIONAIRE FINDS HIS DREAM HOUSE When a 30-something California millionaire had his offer accepted on an exquisite lake view property, he was beyond thrilled. The listing agent, who would be selling another home to the seller, was overjoyed. The selling agent, (more accustomed to selling $20...
02/12/2009
WILL THE LAST MORTGAGE BROKER ON EARTH PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS? Will there soon be a day when the last mortgage broker on earth quietly turns out the lights, sadly looks back, then joins the other victims on the growing list of economic extinction? Are mortgage brokers being squeezed out of th...
02/07/2009
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When the following post was written, the title asked "Why Do Realtors Trash Marketing From Mortgage Brokers?" Somewhere in the discussion (97 comments at this point in time), our passionate Realtor community here on ActiveRain decided to drop 2 words from the title and engage in a rare tell all. ...
02/05/2009
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Janet Guilbault
San Francisco Bay Area Direct Mortgage Lender