Growing a Moustache to Fight Men’s Cancer!

November 1, 2009 Comments

Hey! I’m growing a moustache to help raise awareness and funds for men’s cancer.
“Uh, dude you’ve already got a moustache,” you may be thinking.
Not any more!
For only the second time in… 25 something years, the ‘stache is gone.
Why in the world would I do this, and why now?
Because it’s Movember – a worldwide movement [...]

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Gilbert New Homes Real Estate Market: Beginning to Recover?

October 31, 2009 Comments

One does not have to drive far in Gilbert (or anywhere in the Phoenix metro area) to see this:
  This would be an abandoned subdivision. The streets and sidewalks are in, utilities are run to individual lots, there may even be some common area landscaping done.
But there aren’t any homes.
The builder’s bailed at some point [...]

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THE TAX CREDIT HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED. Yet. So PLEASE stop saying it has been!

October 29, 2009 Comments

Good grief.
I’m seeing all sorts of communication coming across Twitter, blogs, Facebook et al such as this:
Home Buyer Credit is Extended! Yeah!

The tax credit as been extended and includes repeat buyers.

I have confirmed the $8k tax credit with CPA as well as mortgage regional manager

Homebuyer tax credit deadline extended…a $6500 credit given to [...]

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Breaking: Senate Democrat Leaders Reach Deal on Homebuyer Tax Credit

October 27, 2009 Comments

PLEASE read this article carefully. If you are reading this, “The Senate” has NOT passed anything to do with extending the tax credit. This article shares a report that Senate DEMOCRAT leadership has reached an agreement. And as noted, the Republicans are not saying anything other than “We’re close.” Once leaders reach an agreement, the [...]

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Gary Vaynerchuk Live on Crush It Tour (Video). Win an Autographed Copy of Crush It!

October 27, 2009 Comments

Those that have been reading here for awhile know I love Gary Vaynerchuk. I had the pleasure of hearing Gary speak live not once but twice tonight. The guy gets it. “It” being business, and life. He took a good business (his families $3 million a year wine business) and grew it into an great [...]

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Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension: It’s Crunch Time

October 24, 2009 Comments

There has been a ridiculous amount of material written about the (up to) $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers. I’m guilty as charged (here are links to my 16 previous posts on the 8K tax credit).
The current incarnation of the tax credit ends on December 1. You must close on a home [...]

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The Perfect Loan Officer Blogger

October 23, 2009 Comments

Daily mortgage information from the best loan officer in the mortgage business.

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Highland Jazz Festival: It’s going to … rock? Jam! Swing!

October 21, 2009 Comments

  These two fine young adults, with their impeccable fashion sense, are members of one of the Highland High School Jazz bands. (Matt plays the trombone and Lauren the saxophone. Both also play other instruments in the Marching Band and the Symphonic Band.)

The Highland High School Band department is sponsoring the First Annual Highland [...]

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Phoenix Home Prices to Drop Another 23%!

October 20, 2009 Comments

Oh for the love of Pete…
Tim Vetscher at ABC15.com “reports” this today:
According to Fiserv, a financial information and analysis firm, home prices in Phoenix are expected to lose another 23.4 percent by June of next year.

Really? A “financial information and analysis firm” can predict to the tenth of a percentage point where home prices [...]

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Ubertor Site Winners!

October 19, 2009 Comments

First, my humble apologies to all for the delay in announcing the winners of the “Win a Ubertor Site for a Buck” contest. We’ll blame it on my trip to Vegas to attend the Blog World and New Media Expo. Lame excuse, but it’s all I have.
The three grand prize winners are:

Carmen Brodeur
Dean Ouellette
Elaine [...]

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Dude, your brand name sucks.

October 16, 2009 Comments

At this moment in time, I’m sitting in the Hilton in Las Vegas, nursing sore feet and an aching head (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas). I’m here attending and speaking at Real Estate Blog World and Blog World & New Media Expo 2009.
There are a bunch of really smart people here. And really [...]

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