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Financing Options for Canadians Buying US Property
2008-01-27 19:55:00 There are many reasons to buy real estate in the United States . If you’re Canadian, parity of the two currencies (USD and CD) could be one of them. While I’m not going to make a recommendation on the...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Financing Options for Canadians Buying US Property ", url: "http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/fina ncing-options-for-canadians-buying-us-pro perty/703" }); More About: Real Estate
Home Buyer Suing Agent: Ummel v. Little ? Today Show Video
2008-01-26 04:21:00 As discussed here on Wednesday, San Diego home buyer Marty Ummel is suing her real estate Mike Little, saying they were deceived, defrauded actually, and their home wasn’t worth what they paid for it.... More About: Video , Agent , Real Estate , Home , Show
More From the VendAsta Crew?
2008-01-25 23:28:00 VendAsta executives (formerly with Point2 Agent) launch a new blog that will chronicle their new start up efforts. More About: Crew
The Fed Dropped Rates, Why Aren?t Mortgage Rates Dropping?
2008-01-25 21:38:00 The fed dropped rates, so why aren't mortgage rates dropping? In a nutshell, there isn't really much correlation between fed funds rate and mortgage rates. Chart and explaination follows... More About: Real Estate , Mortgage , Rates , Mort
The Fed Dropped Rates, Why Aren?t Mortgage Rates Dropping?
2008-01-25 21:36:00 The fed dropped rates, so why aren't mortgage rates dropping? In a nutshell, there isn't really much correlation between fed funds rate and mortgage rates. Chart and explaination follows... More About: Real Estate , Mortgage , Rates , Mort
Understanding FIRPTA
2008-01-25 07:04:00 FIRPTA, the Foreign Investment Real Property Tax Act, is a law enacted in 1980 and provides that if the Seller of real estate located in the United States is a foreign person, the Buyer must withhold 10% of the sales price More About: Real Estate , Understanding
On Buyers Suing Agents
2008-01-23 16:56:00 The RE.net is abuzz with the New York Times Article about home buyer Marty Ummel suing her real estate agent, Jim Little, because she feels he misled her and she overpaid for her Carlsbad, CA home.... More About: Real Estate , Agents , Buyers
VendAsta Drops a Little Hint: Social Network Leverage
2008-01-23 03:52:00 From the moment seven executives left Point2 Agent, speculation has been rife about what they may be up to. We know they have started a company called VendAsta, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. Today Brendan King and Jeff Tomlin posted a video that dropped the biggest hint to date: Vendasta is a consulting company … what we intend to do is help real estate professionals leverage existing social networks to connect with their customers and consumers, further upstream, long before they are even ready to buy a home. Hmmm… they aren’t coming up with a new social network (thank goodness), rather they are doing something to leverage existing social networks. Social networks abound. The bottom line truth is, not many people (any people?) really know how to leverage social networks in the real estate space. In another bit of Vendasta news, it looks like Guy Kelsey is about to become the EVP of Product Development at VendAsta. Guy comes out of th... More About: Network , Social Network , Leverage
Tag, I’m It… Meme’d Again
2008-01-22 23:49:00 Damn these “meme’s” that float around the Blogiverse! You probably know how they work… someone with too much time on their hands thinks up some question (typically personal) and starts a post, “tagging” others to do the same, and it flies across the Internet. Before you know it, you’ve found out more about some people than you probably want to know… Heather Barr at the North Phoenix Agent Blog tagged me. Here are the rules for this one: (1) list 7 things about yourself, (2) tag 7 people to do the meme on themselves including a link to their site. Without further ado — 7 Things About Me: 1) I had my tonsils removed when I was 38 years old. I thought I was going to die. I lost 27 pounds in a month (and yes, it all went right back on. See #3). 2) I didn’t graduate from college until I was 38. (38 was an interesting year.) 3) When I got married I had a 28 inch waist. I now have a 40 inch waist. Francy mak...
Fed Rate Cut: 75 Basis Point Cut to Overnight and Discount Rate. Historical
2008-01-22 17:39:00 From MarketWatch: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Hoping to halt a market meltdown and prevent a recession, the Federal Reserve lowered its overnight lending rate by three quarters of a percentage point to 3.50% on Tuesday in a rare move between formal meetings. The 75 basis-point surprise cut came after global financial markets sold off in dramatic fashion on Monday on fears that bad bets in credit markets could spread further and drive the U.S. economy into recession. “The committee took this action in view of a weakening economic outlook and increasing downside risks to growth,” the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement. (See Federal Reserve press release for full statement) The Fed also lowered its discount rate by 75 basis points to 4%. Here is a chart showing the historical trend of the Federal Fund Rate from 1957 to today. If you are interested in federal fund rate volatility and it’s effect on the economy, the... More About: Historical , Point , Discount , Discount Rate
Phoenix Real Estate Guy Blog is a Little Sick: Come on GoDaddy, Get With th
2008-01-21 19:21:00 Our humble little corner of the blogiverse has experienced a surge in traffic of late. At times the site comes to a crawl and over the last several days. Do I need a new host? More About: Estate , Real Estate , Phoenix , Blogging , Blog
Martin Luther King: ?I Have a Dream? Audio
2008-01-21 18:24:00 Here is the full audio of Martin Luther King ’s “I Have a Dream ” speech, delivered August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It’s worth 16 minutes of your day to listen… (if you click “Play in Popup” you can go about your business on the internet while it plays in the background.) .Technorati ... More About: Life , Audio
Real Estate Video of the Week #14: Mortgage Guideline Changes
2008-01-21 06:30:00 Trying to make sense out of mortgages and mortgage guidelines can make your head hurt. Here's a short video that explains ever changing mortgage guidelines in easy to understand terms and pictures. More About: Video , Estate , Real Estate , Mortgage , Week
Real Estate FAQ: What is a Realistic Number of Homes you Should View Prior
2008-01-21 05:52:00 Someone submitted a great question to The Real Estate FAQ , so I thought I would share it here. The question was, What is a realistic number of homes you should view prior to buying? More About: Real Estate , View , Homes
Superbowl XLII: It?s Party Time!
2008-01-20 07:23:00 As the hype for Superbowl XLII begins to hit full stride (just wait until the teams are set after tomorrow’s games!) info is starting to roll in about all of the festivities. The big game will be held... More About: Events , Party , Time
Historical Mortgage Rate Trend Charts
2008-01-18 20:23:00 Historical mortgage interest rate trend charts. 30 year fixed April 1971 - Dec 2007, 15 year fixed Sept 1991 - Dec 2007, 5 year ARM Jan 2005 - Dec 2007 and 1 year ARM Jan 1984 - Dec 2007. More About: Real Estate , Mortgage , Charts , Historical , Trend
Former Point2 Execs Start VendAsta
2008-01-17 23:42:00 The former executive team at Point2 Agent has started up VendAsta . Trust me, they are (for now) tight-lipped about their plans. I tried to get them to cough it up at Inman Connect, but no dice. Brend... More About: Start
14 Year Old Takes Bat to Would Be Burglar
2008-01-17 16:51:00 14–year-old Michael Six of Mesa, Arizona foiled a would-be burglar in his Mesa home by whacking him twice with a baseball bat. The ninth-grader heard his home being broken into, locked himself in his room and called 911. When the burglar broke into his room and confronted him, Michael grabbed a baseball bat and smacked the low life in the lower back and shoulder. The big guy bailed out into the waiting arms of the Mesa Police department. Police believe Thomas Gonzales Garza, 30, may be connected to other burglaries in the area. He is being held without bond on charges of suspicion of residential burglary, aggravated assault on a minor, criminal trespassing and criminal damage. Nice work Michael!! Arizona Republic reportEast Valley Tribune report Technorati Tags: crime, self-defense, stupid criminals Search the Phoenix area MLS no registration required! © 2007 Jay Thompson, Phoenix Real Estate Guy . I... More About: Year
Phoenix Real Estate Guy Gets a Face Lift
2008-01-17 01:25:00 Well, not THE Phoenix Real Estate Guy, that would be me. And though I could probably use a face lift, it’s the blog that is getting one. So if you are one of the 697,942 254 who read via a feed reader, click on through and take a peek. Same sexy header (it’s a branding thing you ... More About: Real Estate , Blogging , Face
Open Letter to Homes.com
2008-01-16 19:32:00 Dear Homes .com (nofollow applied to link) - I have politely asked you on numerous occasions to kindly stop calling me on my office and cell phones in your feeble attempts to sell me your “web site optimization” and search marketing products. I do not now, nor will I ever, need or utilize your services for brand advertising, print advertising, ... More About: Life , Open , Letter , Open Letter
Ask the Lender: Should I Get Pre-Qualified, Pre-Approved, or Neither?
2008-01-16 07:37:00 In my opinion it's always a good idea to be pre-qualified with an experienced lender. I would even take it a step further say it?s also important to be pre-approved.
Strange Search Term of the Week
2008-01-15 18:16:00 It never ceases to amaze me the number of different search terms used to find The Phoenix Real Estate Guy (as I mentioned here, 36,684 different terms were used last year). Last night someone came to the blog using a search term that may be my most favorite yet: make me look like phoenix real estate guy Ahem. ... More About: Blogging , Search , Week , Strange , Term
Mobile Home ? On a Tricycle
2008-01-15 01:23:00 This brings a whole new definition to the term, “mobile home”. . . Having trouble getting this video to embed with IE (seems fine on Firefox…) If you can’t view it, click this Link to video . Link to video Technorati Tags: Curious Home s ... More About: Mobile , Real Estate , Tricycle
How Not to Sell Your Phoenix Home
2008-01-14 22:26:00 The MLS (Multiple Listing Service) is likely the first place the vast majority of agents and buyers go to look for homes for sale. As such, it’s important that the agent put good, compelling copy into the MLS that describes the home. I use the term “copy” lightly as our MLS only affords about 3 ... More About: Phoenix , Home , Sell
The Best Thing About Inman?s Real Estate Connect
2008-01-12 20:37:00 What was the best thing about being at Inman’s Real Estate Connect NYC 08? Meeting people . People I’ve “known” for awhile through on-line acquaintence, people I’ve heard of and people I hadn’t. More About: Marketing , Real Estate , Blogging
Inside the Manhattan Googleplex
2008-01-10 16:32:00 Ok, this has nothing to do with the Inman Connect Conference, or real estate in general. But it was an interesting night as several Connect attendees somehow managed to crash a party at Google?s Manhattan office. I wish I had more pictures, but as I was shooting in the ?break room?, a burly security guard ... More About: Blogging , Inside , Googleplex , Atta
Zillow.com : Bye Bye Beta
2008-01-10 08:06:00 One of the cool things about being at Inman Real Estate Connect is you can get a little “inside scoop” on some real estate technology stuff. Some of the Zillow heads invited a few real estate bloggers to a little pow-wow and a “pre-release” of some new changes happening to Zillow.com. Greg Swann at BloodhoundBlog isn’t at ... More About: Beta
IntoTheBox.TV on?Beer with Bloggers?
2008-01-09 21:26:00 Thanks to Zillow for sponsoring “Beer with Bloggers ” last night. It was a fabulous time, with fabulous people (the beer and food was good too). My favorite Rachel Natalie Klein was there, camera guy in tow. Here’s her clip from the event… Technorati Tags: ConnectNYC08, Into the Box ...
RE Connect Twitter Updates for 2008-01-08
2008-01-09 07:59:00 Testing Twitter Tools update to the blog… # @tyr I’m leaving at 2:00am. In NYC at 11:00am. # How can a plane that leaves at 2:00am be delayed? # Wondering if I should be concerned that the plane is "too small" for my carry on bag… # Connect ing at Houston. 4:20am my time… # But, it’s great to be in ... More About: Updates , 2008
RE Connect Twitter Updates for 2008-01-08
More articles from this author:2008-01-09 07:59:00 Testing Twitter Tools update to the blog… # @tyr I’m leaving at 2:00am. In NYC at 11:00am. # How can a plane that leaves at 2:00am be delayed? # Wondering if I should be concerned that the plane is "too small" for my carry on bag… # Connect ing at Houston. 4:20am my time… # But, it’s great to be in ... More About: Updates , 2008 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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