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Pacific Northwest Housing Summit – March 18-19

Pacific Northwest Housing Summit – March 18-19

2010 Pacific Northwest Housing Summit and Real Estate Bar Camp are coming to Seattle on March 18-19. The Pacific NW Housing Summit is an opportunity to bring together professionals from all aspects of the real estate industry with the intent to evaluate the current market conditions, forecast the coming years prospects and plan for the resurgence of the housing industry here in the Northwest.

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Two Examples of What’s Right With the Mortgage Industry

Two Examples of What’s Right With the Mortgage Industry

Example #1:  Embrace Home Loans Foregoes Annual Sales Rally - Instead Conducts Employee Auction and Raises $20,000 for Haiti
By the way, I love the website on which I found this little nugget.  Do yourself a favor and visit them at www.nationalmortgageprofessional.com.  But here’s the point… our elected officials seem to blame everything that’s wrong with the [...]

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A True First Time Home Buyer Experience – A Cashable $8017 Tax Credit Check!

Watch the Fox 35 Video here.

Andrea was one of the “doers”. With the deadline of the $8000 Tax Credit looming – it is vital to have a strategy. Most people are focused on the end of November deadline. Okay… but many are not building the calendarbackward in order to determine milestones that [...]

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Emergency State of the Union with NAMB Prez Jim Pair – Oct 1st at 12noon EST, 9am PST

I try very hard to read all the blogs, watch the TBWS Daily Show, follow NAMB’s regulatory updates, etc.  Still, I have to admit that I’m more confused by what’s coming down the pike than ever.  How bout you?
YSP is going away come January 2010 – or isn’t it?
FHA lending will become more accessible for third party originators [...]

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Elite Originators Aren't Elite Because They Wear Nice Ties.

I’ve had the good fortune of working with some the mortgage industry’s sharpest and most successful originators over the past six years – and I’ve taken notice of a few irrefutable facts I’d like to share with you today.
1) Elite originators never relax.
If you’re not interested in taking your business to the “elite” level, [...]

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Proven Script to Get Realtor Respect

Yesterday we talked about “Marketing Grenades” – A way to get noticed by your target market. Today the conversation steers to how to get realtors to respect you… Quickly.
See, many loan officers focus their marketing efforts on trying to lure the agent in with promise after promise after promise, not realizing that most agents are [...]

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An Unofficial NAMB Regulatory Update on HVCC – Oh, And A Call To Action For All Of Us NAMB Bashers.

Many of us have been openly critical of NAMB over the past few years, and I’ve certainly been one of them.  I’m about to tell you something that you likely are unaware of:
NAMB is out there busting their rear ends to keep you in business.
Did you know that NAMB President Marc Savitt conducted a one-on-one [...]

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