Jay Beckingham's (jayb) Blog

I found this in a book I'm rereading by John Maxwell entitled "Talent is Never Enough." It came from Ian Harvey, who was/is the CEO of a comapny called BTG. Olde Ian would ask his "inner circle" to tell him the following; Two things he should stop doing Two things he should keep doing Two things ...

Rates are up!!! Is the proper response, oh no! or who cares? Are rates having any effect, whatsoever, over purchases, or is just really nice to have a low payment? I lived through 18, 19, 20% rates and we still had some sales, and we were very thankful, when the rates began going down. At that ti...

I noticed this article this am, it kinda just jumped out at me, written by Colin Barr for Fortune, and posted on CNNMoney.com. It was the article's title which caught my attention "Deadbeats hate their banks" Colin references a study by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services that states; "Hal...

I turned on "Morning Joe," when I woke up this morning, as I often do. Good show, in my opinion, for what that's worth. They were showing the national weather report and specifically focusing on New England. It made me wonder why I and others have been whining over the past few days about it bein...

Integrity;  completeness, wholeness   2. unimpaired condition, soundness   3.honesty, sincerity, etc. reading the definition, they don't really have a prayer, do they? Who, you may ask? why the banks, investors, attorneys, mersters, servicers;  ie; the FORECLOSERS! Okay this is a real easy test. ...

Okay, I checked out Bloomberg and I just couldn't find any new "foreclosure freeze" stuff. So I zipped over to CNNMoney.com, and...nothing...nada. So, what's up? Bank of America has told us they're going to resume with the foreclosure's and why not. Here's a question I would like someone to answe...

The New York Times reported in an article entitled "Bankers Ignored Signs of Trouble on Foreclosures," that at Chase the employees hired to review and sign off on foreclosure mortgage documents were referred to as the Burger King Kids that was because most of the hires were walk ins who were so i...

From Webster's trust;   belief in the honesty, reliability, etc.  of another In an article entitled "Do they trust You," John Maxwell talks about what he calls trust builders. His reference and definition of integrity as a trust builder stood out. Here it is according to Maxwell; integrity: actin...

Let's start out by stating that Homepath is a financing option only available for Homepath properties, imagine that. Homepath properties are Fannie Mae foreclosures, and eligible properties can be found on their website. www.homepath.com So, what's the big deal? Here's the big deal; low downpayme...

Where's "Meatloaf" when you really need him? Stop right there, I need to know right now, before we go any further... To foreclose or not to foreclose, that is the question. Right now it appears that the answer is NOT! At least for most of the big boys. All of this is not yet totally clear, but wh...