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The top 5 stories on this blog from the past year –
Zillow steps it up – Zillow is just “hot”
What I want in a real estate website – It worked; now I have most of what I was looking for.
Google and Zillow – both are changing the real estate industry with their innovation.
A sign of the times – the changing market brings out silly offerings. Since this story, I have seen much sillier offers – a Mercedes, a 7-day Caribbean vacation, more big televisions …
Rent -v- Buy – hopefully candor is recognized and appreciated. (and remembered)
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5 Real Estate What If’s That Make Me Lose Sleep
What if: 1 - The government forces all delinquent/underwater mortgages to be modified? Those of us who do pay our mortgages look like suckers. 2 - Retirees cannot retire. 3 - The 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage goes away? 4a - QRM becomes law -…
Unbelievable.
“Effective immediately FannieMae will no longer accept electronic signatures.” Why? Why???? This is the sort of thing I'd like to see Congress and the National Association of Realtors address. The inefficiencies created by needing wet signatures are tremendous. Printing, signing, scanning/faxing. Only to be told…
The “No-Spam” Policy for RealCentralVA.com
Search for homes to your heart's content. I'll never spam you. For real. Simple. I don't spam. Never have. But some people still use bogus names when registering for the home search tool on RealCentralVA.com. And then someone said to me - you know what…
Taking Vacation. And Stock.
I'm taking a vacation soon. I tell my clients that I am "grudgingly" going; but ... after reading my friends' Kris' and Jay's posts, I'm striving to readjust my priorities. I have systems in place, an extraordinarily competent agent poised to cover for me while…