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2009
I am buying a laptop and need your help. If you are my reader, you know I am no computer geek. But I do write alot, and get inspired in the weirdest places. I have a fuzzy dream of writing on my laptop on a beach somewhere while palm trees sway in the background...and mortgage madness is FAR FA...
08/28/2009
Okay, the name for this new bill may not be as catchy as "Cash for Clunkers" but you gotta love it: Home Ownership Moves the Economy(HOME) Act of 2009. HR 2801 was introduced by Howard Coble (R-NC). It would continue the current tax credit for first time homebuyers set to expire on December 1, 2...
08/25/2009
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Is it time to kick our addiction to 30 year mortgages? Could it be that 30 year mortgages are harming our industry by contributing to negative equity situations faced by so many homeowners? To answer these questions, we only need to look at the auto industry, a place where no one cares that their...
08/25/2009
Why do Realtors like to recommend DIRECT LENDERS? Could it be that somehow the lenders who are dumping foreclosures have brainwashed Realtors by insisting that anyone making an offer must be approved with a DIRECT LENDER? Or is it because you believe that an approval from one of those BIG BOX ban...
08/21/2009
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The BLUEST thing in the garden The Bluest thing on the lake (AKA husband's favorite toy) Blue flip flops, blue sky, blue water. The perfect Friday night.
08/19/2009
Question: Why would anyone want to advertise by putting their picture on a grocery cart? At least in my neck of the woods, no grocery cart is complete without a real estate agent on it. Is there some association with buying a couple of pork chops for dinner and looking at the smiling mug of a re...
08/14/2009
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The REDDEST thing in the GARDEN. The REDDEST thing over at the LEASING COMPANY. Two little REDHEADS at our FAMILY REUNION.
08/12/2009
If you are a regular reader of Mortgage Advisor, you know I actually WON my ticket to Inman Connect from the Real Estate Tomato. To Jim Cronin, and the Tomato Crew, thank you. I say this even if Jim's blogging presentation at Inman was waaaaay over my head (Mike Mueller, you warned me! I was too ...
08/11/2009
While aimlessly cruising through the blogosphere the other day, I came across a post written on an outside blog discussing ActiveRain mortgage people. Naturally, I was more than a little interested. It was this comment that got me thinking about the uneasy relationship that exists between Realtor...
08/04/2009
The view from my house on the shores of Lake Tulloch includes a panoramic view of Connor Estates, probably one of the most beautiful collections of waterfront homes in California. First time guests stepping out on my deck look out across the lake and gasp, "Those.....aren't really......VACATION h...
08/03/2009
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Janet Guilbault
San Francisco Bay Area Direct Mortgage Lender