Don’t get Ghosted The sub-title of this article is: “How to ensure new hires show up and job candidates don’t suddenly vanish.” We had a couple customer service people move away, one had a baby, so we were in hiring mode. Ghosting has happened to us, and we are nice people. Play by Play Candidates […]
Trustee Sale Foreclosures In my recent MLO classes I asked some questions about Trustee Sale Foreclosures. Even with experienced real estate agents and mortgage loan originators, there is confusion on some items. One is: “What happens when there is an IRS lien on a property and there is a Trustee Sale?” The IRS lien will […]
Sentencing Finally saw an article where a mortgage executive was sentenced to a jail term for bank fraud during the financial crisis chaos. Michael Ashley’s company, Lend America, imploded to the tune of $49M in losses in 2009. His sentence: 3 years in prison, $49M in restitution, and a forfeiture of $800,000.00. The judge did […]
Why, You Ask? One Major Reason: Test grades: Three years ago, the passing rate for Broker’s exam was 39%Two years ago, the passing rate was 41%Fiscal year to date, the passing rate is 56%For the math majors this is an improvement of 44% DGE Guarantees That You Will Pass Or Your Fees For Our Crash […]
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Our success as a company is based on one important factor: We have outstanding instructors in all different topics. Minnie Lush Today, I want to highlight a special one, Minnie Lush. Minnie has been doing seminars for DGE for many years. The students adore her, the hosts admire her, and our staff loves her. She […]
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Cost vs Value When you take a class LIVE there will be more cost than an online course, which is understandable. Speakers must be paid and meeting rooms must be rented. BUT, there are many logical advantages: 1. You do not have to be on a boring computer for long periods of time. One day […]
Department of Business Oversight Found this information in a strange place, on the Department of Business Oversight website. This is the Department which licenses almost everyone in California (they do not license DRE applicants since July 2018). I was reading the May Revisions to the 2019-2020 Budget that became effective on July 1, 2019. The […]
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 […]
