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Social Media Marketing - Using Twitter & Facebook to Grow Your Business and Maintain Relationships

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by David Bayer on November 12 2009, 11:18 AM

"Social media marketing is here to stay" could very well be chalked up as the understatement of the year. Social media marketing has been on the rise for the past several years. Unfortunately, many small businesses, corporations, and independent...
USDA Rural Housing Update: Fundings Dry Up Across the Country

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by John Rodgers on May 20 2010, 3:34 PM

USDA Section 502 Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans are primarily used to help low-income individuals or households purchase homes in rural areas. Funds can be used to build, repair, renovate or relocate a home, or to purchase and prepare sites, including...
The Implications of SAFE Act Fingerprinting

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by Brett on January 25 2011, 10:57 AM

The Bill of Rights within the Constitution of the United States is a precious thing to Americans who value freedom. It serves to protect us from what our founders recognized as the inherent potential for abuse found in all forms of government. Since the...
Loan Disclosure Reform Incomplete without Borrower Education

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by Frank Ceizyk on May 27 2011, 3:30 PM

Today is the deadline to submit feedback on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's first attempt at combining the Good Faith Estimate and Truth in Lending statement. If you haven't shared your thoughts on the matter, I urge you to do so, especially...
Top 5 SEO Strategy: Getting Your Website to the Top of Google

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by David Bayer on October 27 2009, 4:32 PM

Most search engines provide two different unpaid areas where your business can appear: local business listings and web page results. Having a search engine optimization strategy that gets your business exposure in both of these areas will help you...
Mortgage Meltdown, More Pain To Come

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by Mike "Mish" Shedlock on June 29 2009, 4:12 PM

T2 Partners has a phenomenal series of charts on the housing crisis stating Why There Is More Pain To Come . The report is 69 pages almost all of them loaded with charts. I took a liberal selection below, adding plenty of comments, but please take a look...
Beginning the Housing Healing Process with HARP 2.0

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by Frank Ceizyk on March 20 2012, 12:36 PM

Dear Fellow Mortgage Industry Professionals, I know that the industry is in a fit over what to do with the HARP 2.0 program , but I would submit to you, that the findings I received today for my customers on the new LP Relief Refinance Program are the...
Borrower Feedback: The Bank Won't Help Me Keep My Home!

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by Jeff nelson-bungert on September 15 2010, 11:08 AM

My sister-in-law said the problem was that I was thinking like a borrower instead of a lender. I told her I would stop thinking like a borrower if the bank started thinking like an institution that is getting government money to help people avoid foreclosure...
'Realtor' Is 2 Syllables

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by Julian Hebron on October 07 2011, 1:27 PM

After too many years of hearing people say real-uh-ter in reference to real estate agents, it's time to set the record straight. 'Realtor' is two syllables, not three. It's pronounced real-ter . Period. You might chuckle, but I'll use some other improper...
Redefining Sustainable Homeownership: Lessons Learned from the VA

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by Chris Birk on October 22 2010, 10:42 AM

A long, hard look at the continuing stability of the VA Loan Guaranty program should be requisite for those helping to reshape and redefine sustainable homeownership in America....
A Letter to President Obama Ahead of Next Tuesday's Election

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by Frank Ceizyk on November 02 2012, 2:37 PM

See also: A Letter To Governor Romney Before Next Tuesday's Election Dear President Obama, As the election approaches next week, I feel compelled as a twenty veteran of the housing industry to write a letter that speaks to the fundamental truth of the...
The Fatal Flaw in HAMP: Lack of Servicer Oversight

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by Steven Gillan on December 10 2010, 2:13 PM

Twenty months into HAMP, many troubles still exist and the program seems to have run out of steam.This is evident from all the processing problems we see and hear about on a daily basis. From lost documents, improper calculation of income, poor knowledge...
More Lowlights than Highlights in HUD's Report to Congress

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by Ted Rood on November 20 2012, 1:23 AM

HUD's report on FHA's finances to Congress was a mere 64 pages. Here's the top (or bottom!) 10 summary for those who lack the time or motivation to peruse the entire report: FHA is losing money hand over fist. Despite increasing loan quality and mortgage...
Fixing The Housing Market: A Foreclosure Prevention Alternative

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by Frank Ceizyk on April 19 2010, 6:32 PM

Jonathan Spurr, a like-minded colleague of mine and a wholesale account rep for 18 years came up with this idea which we just pitched to the Arizona Department of Housing . This could be a model for all us to help our individual states reduce the likelihood...
Fixing the Housing Market: Subsidize Responsible Homeowners

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by Amy Tierce on April 29 2010, 3:38 PM

We are dumping millions of dollars to support people who are in trouble on their mortgages, in many cases these are people who over stretched to begin with and really can’t be helped because they never qualified for their mortgage obligations. But what...

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