My Friend and Icon of the Real Estate Industry Bob Hunt died Saturday evening March 23rd. Tributes are coming in from all over California and the U.S. Wayne Bell, former California Real Estate Commissioner and a mutual friend summed everything up best in an email he sent to Nancy. When I asked Nancy for permission […]
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IMPORTANT WORDS
First Step What should be your first step if you are contemplating buying real estate whether for the first time or again? The words are GET APPROVED. Your Friendly Loan Broker You get approved by going to your friendly Loan Broker. I recommend someone who is DRE or DBO licensed, not the big bank people. […]
COSTCO BUFFET
Food Samples In a new mystery-attorney type book I’m reading, the lead character and her friend have no money and are hungry, so they say, “Let’s go to the Costco Buffet.” Many of you know what she means. I am a Costco person, and believe that the best time to go for the samples they […]
QUESTION THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME
Should I Get A Brokers’ License? Why should I get a Brokers’ license, when I am doing okay with my Salesperson license? My answer: “You will make more money.” In addition, you can work for two companies such as residential sales and lending or commercial sales and mortgage lending.
I MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE
Grandma and Grandpa Lunch – With 4 of our Woodland Hills grandchildren at Toscanova at Calabasas Commons! Enough said.
THERE IS A NEW 1003 IN TOWN: MLO ALERT
URLA Form Big changes are coming to the URLA. In fact, it is a whole new form that replaces the five page form from 2009. Whenever a Federal Agency, in this case Fannie and Freddie, make a new form does the number of pages increase or decrease? Will the new form have three, five, eight, […]
HOW LONG TO KEEP TAX RECORDS AND RETURNS
Personal Finance Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Adviser has some recommendations in their January issue. I have been a believer in them since the 60’s. You have to believe in someone or something. Tax return information: three years. I happen to believe that you keep the actual return for your lifetime. Get to go back and amuse […]
AGING: IGNORE IT
“Secret of Super Agers” There was a small article in a Newsletter I receive about the “Secret of Super Agers”. So I decided to check a few websites and get different opinions. For years I have been a believer that being happily married is a big plus, have a pet, perhaps a dog, for that […]
DO NOT UNDERSTAND
Only in America You can trot around the bases, state you do not hustle all the time, and blow bubble gum bubbles when you run to first base in a World Series and someone will pay you $30M for 10 years. Only in America. Harper will get around $40M a year, right. And Koufax and […]
CRUISE TIME
Real Estate Renewals in Exotic Places Years ago in another universe our company presented Real Estate Renewals in exotic places. Some of my favorite trips involved Acapulco, Cabo, Hawaii, Caribbean, New Hampshire, and other spots. Take a trip and get renewed. And a couple of informative meetings, thrown in for good measure. Loved those trips, […]