Fort Worth/Arlington/Tarrant County Real Estate Expert

In order to provide relevant counsel and assistance for real estate buyers and sellers, it's absolutely necessary for real estate agents/brokers to have a good working knowledge of real estate lending!  I'm sure that ALL brokers, team leaders, and experienced agents will agree with this premise. ...

Help! What Are The Top 5 Current Questions About Real Estate Short Sales? Folks (friends, colleagues, fellow Realtors, lenders, appraisers, virtual assistants, non-real estate professionals including potential short sale sellers and buyers, etc.), I'm looking to write a book about real estate sho...

Surprising Truths About Taxes and The Rich! One of the political blogs that I subscribe to had a link to a really interesting video this morning. The video is from a Bloomberg show and is about a regular/recurring piece they do called Reality Check. This particular piece has Veronique de Rugy dis...

Learn To Be a Short Sale Expert! In these trying days of residential real estate, it pays to learn about short sales.  It doesn't matter if you are a distressed seller, or know a distressed seller, or are someone thinking about purchasing a short sale, or are a real estate agent/broker - you can ...

Latest on Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) Chain of Title Problem (Fiasco?) Ran across a good video this morning of Nancy Becker who is the Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds in Pennsylvania.  The video shows Nancy explaining why she thinks the MERS mortgage/deed of trust recordin...

The Housing Regulators Are FINALLY Doing Something To Assist Homeowners I'm referencing a really good video that was posted on CNBC's Realty Check blog yesterday (4/13/11).  Click here to see the source video. Please get the word out to homeowners who have been, are currently being, or may soon b...

Short-Term Home Buyer - Get Your Loan Figured Out First! If you or anyone you know is in the market to purchase a home, the first thing they should do is determine the financing that is going to be used.  If a cash buyer, this is not a complicated or lengthy step.  However, if one is going to be ...

Mr. & Ms. Seller, Home Not Selling? You Might Want To Consider Lowering Your Price! Click on the link below and then watch the Realty Check video in the blog post.  Then come back and read the amplifying text below the link. Link to Harris Real Estate University Blog Post and CNBC Realty Check Vi...

Craving A Good Burger?  Near Fort Worth, TX? Know Just The Place To Satisfy That Urge! Even though I try to eat healthy (less red meat, more poultry, fish, lean cuts of pork and beef, etc.) most of the time, being a "baby boomer" - I still get a a real, deep-down craving for a good burger every s...

Dirty Little Secret? How Real Estate Agents Sell Their Homes For More! Of course the title to this post is meant to catch everyone's (someone's?) attention - duh!  But, the intention is to not only get your attention BUT TO ALSO INFORM. It's long been a myth amongst homeowners that real estate ag...