John Meussner's Blog

How D1C can improve your client's experience       What's most important to a real estate agent when referring a buyer to a lender?  Communication?  Cost?  Cobranded marketing offers?  NOPE!       The #1 thing (get ready for the 'duh' moment) a real estate agent wants when referring a buyer is fo...

Recently Closed - USDA Manual Underwriting in Bluff City, TN       What a month.  After years of putting together a national footprint, relationships from coast to coast, and refusing to establish a "niche", my gameplan is all coming together.  In no other month has it been as evident as this one...

Hoping 900 Comes Faster        800,000 points.  5 years ago, that seemed like a lifetime away when I entered the world of ActiveRain and slowly learned my way around.  100,000 came as a struggle.  200,000 came faster.  Then I hit some momentum.  Lots of featured posts, the phone was ringing with ...

Complicated or an Easy Target?      Recently, I've seen some craziness coming from the appraisal world (surprise, surprise, right!?).  I'm thankful to be busy, but with business comes headache, and in the past couple weeks, nearly all of that headache comes from the appraisal world.  I could star...

Tahoe Takeaways Part II - the Marketing       In Part I of my take aways from our annual Lake Tahoe summit, I discussed the market - where it is, and where it's headed.  Another major topic of Tahoe this year was marketing.  Marketing is no small part of what we do, and is actually the single mos...

Tahoe Takeaways Part I - The Market       Each year, Mason McDuffie holds a summit in Incline Village, Nevada on Lake Tahoe at the Hyatt Regency.  This event rewards top producers and offers up a weekend of comaradarie, great speakers, food, drinks, and some of the best scenery in all of Californ...

New Loan Program Helping Agents       Over the past few weeks I've talked with a couple agents living and working in crazy markets.  Low inventory seems to be the common theme in most markets coast to coast.  The problems this is causing for real estate agents are multifold.  For one, when listin...

Rebranding my Brand       The JM Loans team is in a state of change (good change, the very best kind).  While my team previously consisted of myself and a few individuals that made the magic happen (specifically my processor and assistant), we're in a state of growth.  We're not just licensed, bu...

Eave Mortgage       Disruption.  It's a term thrown around the real estate industry to the point where it's unclear what the term even means.  To break it down to the simplest form, the dictionary definition: dis·rup·tiondisˈrəpSH(ə)n/ noun  disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activi...

Reno, NV First Time Home Buyer Education for Realtors       Knowledge is power.  KNOWING the mortgage process, products available, and how to go from "my client wants to see this house" to "my client bought the house!" is imperative to providing the highest level of customer service and setting t...