How To Protect Yourself And Your Closing Funds The subtitle of this alert says it all: “How to protect yourself and your closing funds.” The agency emphasis is on a sophisticated phishing scam going around. If anyone’s money gets lost in a transaction, the losers will sue everyone anywhere near the transaction. Share It This […]
VA Changes A new Act was passed making some VA changes as of May 25, 2018. The name of the Act: “Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending.” The Department of Veterans Affairs felt that lenders were refinancing VA loans when the REFI was not in the “best interests of the Veteran.” Go figure. Multiple Factors You […]
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Education Duane Gomer Seminars can assist in many aspects of your education. 1. Get and renew any Real Estate Salesperson’s or Broker’s license, Notary Commission or Mortgage Loan Officer Certification. 2. Complete all qualifying courses for Real Estate Sales and Broker Sales, Notary Commissions and MLO certifications. 3. Use our Exam Prep Crash Course (Test […]
Antidisestablishmentarianism Many years ago at Benjamin Franklin Junior High in Racine, WI, Miss Bolton taught our English class that the longest word in any English Dictionary was Antidisestablishmentarianism. Cambridge English Dictionary Definition: “Opposition to the belief that there should not be an official relationship between a country’s government and its national church.” Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis I asked […]
DATING For years, I have used Real Estate terms to discuss dating. They do work. See what is available on the market – Caravanning Liking one more than the rest – Open Listing Exclusive Listing – Going Steady Opening Escrow – Getting Engaged Closing Escrow – Getting Married Subdivision – Children Notice of […]
Disintermediation: “This is the relatively sudden withdrawal of substantial sums of money from savings and loans, banks, etc.” It could be an interesting number to watch in the coming months. Disintermediation occurs when inflation rates are high and bank interest rates are stagnant. The depositors believe that they can get better returns by investing in […]
DRE Exam Words There are two words that seem to appear regularly on the DRE State Exams for Brokers and Salespersons. They are like so many other words that appear on the exams which you will never use again in your Real Estate Career. I learned that there are 43,560 square feet in an acre […]
ESTOPPEL: This has been a favorite word of mine ever since I learned the meaning on my first apartment house sale many decades ago (46 units in North Hollywood). If you ever will be a buyer, seller, listing agent, or selling agent of any property with rents, you should learn the meaning of this word […]
Three Words Randy Turnquist, our outstanding, long-time, instructor from beautiful downtown Santa Cruz, mentioned three words that he believes are important for anyone working in real estate, going to be working in real estate, owners, renters, but most importantly anyone thinking of passing the State Exam for Broker or Salesperson. The three words are confusing. […]
