I came home today and opened the mailbox.  That’s not the news here.  Neither is the fact that I had credit card application solicitations in the mailbox.  But even for a Monday the total was staggering.  5 apps from Chase and 1 from Bank of America.
Is this the price of good credit?  A non-stop barrage of […]

[Read more →]

This morning when I woke up I wanted to write a blog post about the man I consider to be my mentor in the real estate investing business.  Now, I’ve never met this man in person.  We’ve emailed, blogged and spoken over the phone on multiple occassions.  But never actually met. 
Yet, he has made me a […]

[Read more →]

I’ve been having an almost comical experience with the underwriter who prompted my last posthere on Lenderama.  So I thought I would keep you up to date. 
But first I have to just say this.  UNDERWRITERS STINK!!!
Okay.  Now that moment of immaturity has passed and I can get down to business.  Listen, I understand the underwriter’s […]

[Read more →]

I have to admit that the hardest part of selling real estate is working with the issues that are outside of my control.  I’m a Type A personality that likes things done on time, as agreed and with as little interruption as possible.  That’s why when  loan gets delayed from closing on time because of […]

[Read more →]

I realize we are in different professions, you and I.  But real estate is our common denominator.  So there is probably relevance in what I’m going to ask you:
In April of 2007 I changed my entire real estate strategy.  Did you?
What do I mean?  Let me explain.  March of 2007 was like a nuclear winter […]

[Read more →]

You just never know when your number will get called.  You have to be ready at all times!
I’ve written here before that I am pretty loyal to the three lenders that I work with.  But two weeks ago I got a call from one of my favorites to ask me what I thought about him […]

[Read more →]

Lately I’ve been impressed with a young mortgage broker. What has impressed me is her care for her clients and desire to do the right thing. Let me give you the back story.
I conduct workshops here in the Kansas City area about every six weeks for would be real estate investors. I do these workshops […]

[Read more →]