Source: CNBC — Many individual investors often look at public markets like they are the only game in town to make money and meet their financial goals. But with lofty valuations of public companies and depressed bond yields, the traditional 60/40 stock-to-bond...
So, you want to get a new home and you have a new job and you are not sure if you can be approved? It seems to be happening more and more. I continue to hear things like “I just moved and took a filler job until I can find something better….. it is a commission job...
Source: Fast Company — Disney’s 2021 film Encanto is as much about a supernaturally gifted family as it is about leadership and succession. It’s a perfect picture of a leadership transition headed toward breakdown as Alma, an aging matriarch, must let go of...
Source: Housing Wire — Remote Online Notarization is a hot topic in the real estate title industry for good reason. An ALTA Vendor Survey showed that RON transactions increased by 547% from 2019 to 2020. While the pandemic thrust RON into the mainstream of the...
Source: Tampa Bay — “I wish they’d taught me that in school.” It’s a line Realtor Kella McCaskill has heard a lot from people in her community when talking about housing. From mortgage agreements to down-payment assistance, to rent-to-buy options and savings...
What am I doing with my day today and most days? Mortgages – all kinds of mortgages. I have been a mortgage broker over 25 years now and it always amazes me of the information that is out there, it always has a slant on it. There is always a bias on whether it is...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 27-May 1
