Membership It was interesting to me to read the NAR 2018 Year in Review on their website. Some facts: There were 1,359,208 members and they worked with 8,871,992 consumers in 2018. Causes NAR contributed $24.85M to political causes. So, each of us Realtors contributed $18.28 to various causes. Hope mine went to a cause that […]
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New Regulations When new regulations are passed, it is important to know where to find information. Hud.gov is and has been a great source for many years. It is time that you might visit it. URLA Update In Residential Lending the go-to application for many years has been the Uniform Residential Loan Application (Form #1003 […]
. “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 […]
CBRE, The International Real Estate Brokerage Office, Has Gone Untethered Employees had no choice, even top executives, as they now roam freely on the top two floors of a Bunker Hill tower. No assigned desks or offices. You can join peers in a “neighborhood” or plop down on a modernist couch. The Chief books an […]
Friends Of Mine Returned From A Recent Trip To Palm Desert And Found That They Had Become A Crime Statistic The one that says that there is a robbery every 12 seconds in the U S of A. Some scary and interesting factors in their case. When they moved into their garage, they noticed that their […]
The Headline Says It All Each year I post this and we always receive responses from readers who found money for themselves or others. About 580,000 claims were filed in the 2017-18 fiscal year totaling about $309 million. The average amount of money paid out was $534, according to the controller’s office. BTW, they have […]
In The Past Years I Presented Many Live Seminars Up to six a week sometimes. It has been a sincere pleasure and especially gratifying when students from the past, past, past have come up and told me that they had used some of my advice over the years. A couple of quotes from them: To […]
We All Should Have Boxes In Our Garage, Attic, Storage, Etc. Marked IRS 2011, 2014, Etc. These hold the documents used to complete our Tax Returns both of IRS and our beloved State. Every year that we put up another year, we look at the older years and try to determine which ones should be shredded. […]
There Are Two Bills That Should Be Of Interest To Real Estaters There are hundreds of bills, but I am referring to Senate Bill #173 and Senate Bill #2. Number 173 Is Simple It states that the BRE should go back to being the DRE. No reason is given, and I have not heard very […]
