By Saying Yes, WaMu Built Empire on Shaky Loans

As a supervisor at a Washington Mutual mortgage processing center, John D ... ... Interviews with two dozen former employees, mortgage brokers, real estate agents and appraisers reveal ... brokers handsome commissions for selling the riskiest loans, which carried higher fees, bolstering [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 04:44:56

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Broker Resolutions for 2009

Get out of your feed reader and comment on this post- we PROMISE that the ShamWow guy won\'t pop out when you do...   (Once you’ve read, please comment with at least one thing you’d like your Broker to do or change ... be an agent’s best tool.  Lots of brokers spend countless dollars in maintaining office computer equipment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:30:05

Broker BlogWrap: Agents, Meet the Internets

Broker BlogWrap is our tribute to the brokersphere. 'Cause we love you that much— we really do. Posts of note may be passed along accordingly. ... of the internet. Get used to it, and plan on losing some clients in the future." Don't worry, mystery [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 18:07:53

Herd Mentality

Image of stampede from this Yorkshire UK site In times of great uncertainty, ... and unrepresentative. We see it, too, in huge price swings for commodities (which benefit Big Oil and other price-fixing oligopolies), for stocks (which benefit commissioned brokers and agents -- the type [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 02:37:04

Acquire Valuable About Orlando Homes

We appreciate you taking the time to visit our website ... and fun experience! We are a team of premier agents and exceptional mortgage brokers dedicated ... and confident about your investment. Members of the Orlando Regional Realtor Association sold nearly 5 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:47:11

Stealing from the elderly It doesn't get much worse than this. The Arkansas Securities Department issued a cease and desist order to R ... whether Stewart's broker-dealer agent and investment adviser license should be revoked. Hmm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:29:39

SEO 101: Choosing Your Keywords

Let's talk briefly about what SEO is exactly. From Wikipedia: "Search engine optimization (SEO) ... to properly SEO your site and we will get into all of those methods in future posts ... in the real estate market in some capacity. If you are a real estate agent or broker, chances [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 14:03:25

WARNING! Horn Tooting: The Inman List of the Top 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers for 2008 Is Out, and We're On It!

After what has been an absolutely whirlwind year of company growth, product development and business travel, ... ) Congratulations to all those selected! Broker and Agent BlogsKris Berg Founder, The San Diego Home Blog ... Real Estate Blog Joel Burslem Founder, Future of Real Estate Marketing Marketing and How [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 01:41:07

Are You Ready To Be Sued In 2009?

Sorry to alarm you but seriously…are you prepared to be on the defending side of a big lawsuit in 2009? ... and actions against real estate agents and brokers who will be caught with their ever-loving pants [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:50:41

Taking Stock of the Worst-Performing Industries of 2008

In continuation of the year-end list-making spirit, here’s another one. Data provider Sageworks Inc ... Wholesalers - 6% Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers - 6% Activities Related to Credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 17:41:00

16 Photos The Sweet Spot for Real Estate Listings?

Point2 Technologies just released the findings of its 2008 Photo Effectiveness Study ... of terms: Views: how many times a listing was viewed online Interest: how many unique visitors ... estate broker or agent Some key findings: a mere .o2 percent clicked to see more details on homes [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 22:49:33

Will Real Estate Ever Have a 900 Pound Gorilla?

Get out of your feed reader and comment on this post- we PROMISE that the ShamWow guy won\'t pop out when you do... Some fantastic viewpoints lately about the future of the residential real estate business. A few see our business becoming more “agent-centric”. Others see it becoming almost exclusively “broker [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 07:35:07

Real Estate Short Sale Key To Market Normality Says NAR

Can you imagine a doctor not being able to write a prescription? ... short sales correctly? even further, why do brokers allow these agents to represent their companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:33:14

Real Estate That Suits Your Needs

by Mary Bush Before Making A Move In The Real Estate Market The property market is always fluctuating, ... local reputed estate agent or real estate broker. This is because a realtor will have all the listings [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:31:37

The Giant Pool of Money - The Hands-Down Best Explanation of the Credit Crisis

I've read more articles and descriptions of the Sub-Prime Mortgage Mess and current 'credit crisis' than I care to admit ... that attempted it ended up with extreme views on either side, 'greedy mortgage broker' this and 'evil stock broker' that, fueled by the 'always deceptive real estate agents'... ...(Cue the angel music [more...]

Date: 2008-05-13 21:59:33

AZ Central - Gimmicks used to draw home buyers

by Stephanie Armour - Jan. 10, 2009 12:00 AM USA Today Homeowners and real-estate agents are turning to increasingly creative tactics to sell ... broker and owner of a construction company. “We get to sell in a tough market, and someone gets ... ,” says Marni Yang, a real-estate broker and mortgage loan officer in the Chicago area. Giveaways “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:56:23

Fake Agent Scams

I am selling my home to this couple and from day one I wanted this to be strictly a buy-owner sale and they knew this but they brought in a Realtor ... . On her business card it states Broker but after further research she is listed as an agent if this is even ... that she's even a Realtor, just the Buyer's best friend. First off, even if this person is a [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:56:03

McCain and Palin’s Top 20 Lies, Myths and Flip-Flops

By Isaac Fitzgerald and Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. Posted September 12, 2008. Agents of change? Symbols of feminism? ... a private broker to unload the jet and ended [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 20:58:59

On The Road With Amy Chorew

Time flies when you\'re commenting on Agent Genius.. ... ! Contact management using Outlook Internet Lead management at the broker level – learning to convert leads into real business The Trends Interestingly enough when I was registering online for the NAR [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 20:50:05

Shotgun + Foot = Yahoo! Real Estate

OH NO!!! Scientists may have just proven that staying too close to your feed reader may cause irreversable damage and your eyes may be permanently ... Estate Agents Invented Stupidity, Huh? So are people like Jeff Brown (national investment broker), Barry [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 06:17:22

Early Suspicions About Bernard Madoff

Early Suspicions About Bernard Madoff - by Stephen LendmanOn December 12, 2008, the Wall Street Journal headlined: "Top Broker Accused of $50 Billion Fraud. Bernard L. Madoff....was arrested by federal agents (the previous day) after his sons turned him in for running what they said their father called a giant Ponzi scheme [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 11:22:00

Thoughts From the Inman Connect Real Estate Conference in NYC

As a licensed North Carolina real estate broker, I receive immense fulfillment from helping my clients in real estate marketing, ... agents who begin “playing” online without knowledge of “netiquette” in the social media space stand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 01:45:09

Fxopen Honest Review

I use fxopen forex broker since more than one year ago, and here is my honest review ... agent, fxmalay.com. You can fund your account using CIMB or MBB online banking and your fund will be in your trading account within 10 minute. Withdrawal normally take not more than two day [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:02:41

Fxopen Honest Review

I use fxopen forex broker since more than one year ago, and here is my honest review ... agent, fxmalay.com. You can fund your account using CIMB or MBB online banking and your fund will be in your trading account within 10 minute. Withdrawal normally take not more than two day [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:02:41

September Reporting Roundup

Here’s the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers: Pending Sales Up 4 ... Olsen, owner-broker of the ReMax Real Estate Center in Redmond. Oh my. If local agents [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 15:41:10

Trading Fraud

Winning The War Against Fraud By Andrej Lavrenc - Independent commodity sourcing agent, and CEO of Raw Polymers Ltd. Win The War Against Fraud Buyers, sellers and brokers all share a common enemy: the scammer ... of future earnings disappearing as clients lose faith and move on to more reliable brokers. The good news [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 01:08:03

Pricing Analysis is Greek to Me

I think most of us can agree that real estate agent, as a profession, lacks ”street cred” ... in the securities industry.  As a former stock broker and options trader, I can tell you that the methods [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 18:01:42

On the Road with Amy Chorew

Time flies when you\'re commenting on Agent Genius... It has been a very busy September and it will be a busy October on the road ... , Camera, Action! · Contact management using Outlook. · Internet Lead management at the broker ... online for the NAR convention in November one of the registration screens allows you to pick free [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 20:25:11

Update from the meeting with the agent.

The agent came to our house today. She was very pleasant and a good saleswoman - assertive without being pushy ... with all of the looking that I've done online, and with the sense of what we could afford by doing some rough calculations, it would be good to sit down with a broker to have him run the actual numbers. Once we've [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 02:03:00

Agents that say they don’t sit opens are in my opinion lazy…

That little gem of a title contains neither my words, nor my opinion ... (in part): They do not want to do open houses, broker open houses, company caravans, tour new listings [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 06:14:35

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