Arizona Loan Officer

Forgive me for not being in the Halloween spirit.  It was never a big occasion for my family anyway.  This year is a little different.  That being said it is Friday and time for my "businesses that treated us well" series. For those of you that may be reading my blog for the first time here's why...

This article from azcentral.com highlights the fact that studies show that renting is actually more expensinve than owning in all 100 of the largets U.S. metro area.  Not surprisingly Detroit has the largest benefit of owning vs. renting while Hawaii has the smallest ownership benefit.  This arti...

The NAHB Eye on housing website recently posted an article about the decrease in percentage of existing home sales to first time homebuyers, which you can read here.   I'd be interested in hearing other professionals' opinion on how we can increase the number of first time home buyers entering th...

I normally do this on Friday but I've been battling bronchitis and didnt' do much blogging.   Again, this is dedicated to businesses that stepped up to help us while our daughter was battling Leukemia. She was 8 at diagnosis and didn't make her 9th birthday which would have been in July.  During ...

I recently was sitting with a networking referral group and one of the members was speaking of the "other groups" (plural) that he was a part of.  This got me to thinking about what is an appropriate number of groups to be a part of.  I understand the need to get yourself in front of as many peop...

A number of homeowners have chosen to get solar on their homes.  Many of which have chosen to lease the panels versus purchasing them.  Solar power is great and whether to buy or lease the panels depends on the needs of the individual.  However, if you plan on selling your home in the near future...

We're not a big Halloween family.  Our daughter's never were that into trick or treating and always preferred to go to our Church function.  In recent years we haven't been as into the local "scene" as we probably should.  This year we'll take our 5 year old to this event.  I was wondering if any...

I've been doing this on Fridays but there are so many to mention that it would take years to get through them all, so I'll do Wednesday and Friday now.   Again, this is dedicated to businesses that stepped up to help us while our daughter was battling Leukemia. She was 8 at diagnosis and didn't m...

I figured just about every mortgage person on here will blog about rates, programs, etc.. so to this point I've tried to keep my blogs about listings for agents I work with and non-mortgage related things.  But with rates being at their lowest point of the year I'd be remissed to not at least men...

While technological advances help make our lives easier from both a personal and business perspective it can also lend itself to some negativity.  Below are some statistics from a study done by USC regarding smart phone use in meetings.  What I find most interesting is that the millenials are muc...