Memories Or Just Getting Old by Bill RobertsMy wife was off work today and she wanted to watch Rachael Ray. OK, I like to cook so I used to watch her on Food Network all the time so I said "sure, let's watch her."Lara Spencer, another of my "faves" from the old days on Good Morning America was do
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02/29/2008
Money, Money Everywhere by Bill RobertsEvery newscast talks about the economy, the mortgage meltdown, and what the government is doing about it.I'm sure that by now you realize that the housing crisis was brought on by the Fed's actions vis-à-vis interest rates. They (specifically Greenspan and B
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02/27/2008
The Big Money Mystery of 2008 by Bill RobertsEverybody has an opinion about the Mortgage Meltdown. Everybody has a suggestion about how to "fix" it or prevent another occurrence.I have my doubts about all this.My friend Bill Archambault writes extensively about all aspects of the mortgage industr
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02/27/2008
Not Again! A Real Estate Market Update by Bill RobertsThis morning on the CBS Early Show Mark Zandy, the Chief Economist for Moody's economy.com said that he expects another 10% decline in real estate values over the next twelve months.Why are they doing this? Haven't they fueled this market decl
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02/27/2008
Spiderwick Chronicles - Not Really A Review by Bill RobertsYesterday we went to see Spiderwick Chronicles. It is a Nickelodeon production so I thought it must be "kid friendly." It just goes to show how out-of-touch I am. The special effects were great. It is a combination of "live" actors and an
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02/25/2008
Hey Super Agent What Do You Want? by Bill RobertsLenn Harley recently posted HOW TO SUCCEED IN REAL ESTATE SALES. GET REINTERMEDIATED . It was "Featured" so you may have read it. If you haven't read it you should.I read and then commented on her post:Lenn, As we take back the business, we will p
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02/23/2008
Suspend "Due On Sale," Fix The Problem by Bill RobertsBack in the good ol' days when we could buy property subject to the existing financing and there was nothing the bank could do about it, anybody could buy real estate. Qualifying wasn't an issue. If a seller was "in trouble" it was easy to get
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02/22/2008
What This Country Needs Is A Good 5% Home Loan by Bill RobertsHere we are in the middle of a mortgage meltdown and a presidential campaign.What good can come from all this?One of the things that has really bugged me is all the negative comments made about people that couldn't qualify legitimately
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02/19/2008
What Do You Do During A Recession? By Bill RobertsFor the most part economic activity slows down during a recession. That is actually the definition of a recession: two successive quarters of decreased economic activity. There are various technical descriptions but this is good enough for our pur
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02/11/2008
Prices - Up Or Down? By Bill RobertsThere is a lot of talk these days on pricing of real estate. Most of it is wrong.There is no "magic number" for what a property is worth. That number is arrived at by a meeting of the minds of the buyer and seller, maybe with a little help from his real estate
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02/08/2008
