Helping Washington State homeowners learn more about their mortgage options.
Larry Cragun of Real Estate Undressed and Mortgages Undressed reads thousands of blogs and assembles a list of his favorite 7 posts for that month. I am truly honored that The Mortgage Porter received a nod for "Will someone please change the channel?". Check out February Nominees for The Magnificent 7 Consumer Articles to see the nine posts (um…ya…it was a good month for blogging!) Larry has assembled for consumers to devour.
Thanks, Larry!
My brother in law, and Vice President of Mortgage Master, the company I hang my hat at, sent me an email after reading the Inman News article that Mortgage Porter was mentioned in:
"I have made an appointment with a psychiatrist for you. He has a new ward for bloggers who are out of control (2 hours of blogging a day)….I’ve ordered the blogger police control of Seattle to cut off your access to the internet and take your Blackberry and cell phone away for your family’s sake.
Your Very Concerned Relative."
Too funny! I do want to clarify something…the two hours a day on blogging is an estimate of time. And most of the time is spent during the wee hours in the morning. During the day, time permitting since I do have a "real job", I try to answer comments from readers as quickly as 
possible.
In the evening, I’ll revisit my blogs again…usually when I’m trying to make dinner. Pictured here is a burned jo-jo from just the other night. Guess maybe I should not blog and cook at the same time!
Talk about a Happy Friday post! Last week, I was interviewed by Matt Carter of Inman News, an internet Granddaddy of real estate and consumer news, about blogging and my articles for Mortgage Porter and Rain City Guide. This is big time press, to say the least.
Here is my 15 minutes (or seconds?) of fame (you’re going to love the title): Mortgages are not sexy party conversation. In this post, Mortgage Porter is included with many great real estate blog leaders.
As if this wasn’t enough to qualify for a Happy Friday post, fellow CMPS, Dan Green gave Mortgage Porter a very nice nod in his highly respected blog, The Mortgage Reports.
I think I’m going to go pinch myself now!
Regardless of what your opinions are with the Seattle Viaduct, any moment now City of Seattle residents will be receiving their mail-in ballots to cast their votes.
Rain City Guide posted an interesting blog this morning (the post is fairly unbiased). The important to know that there are two questions on the ballets, providing four options:
One: Yes on the viaduct.
Two: No on the viaduct
Three: Yes on the tunnel
Four: No on the tunnel
I have been meaning to highlight post over at Rain City Guide on a more regular basis…I’m slipping! Here are a few I thought you might benefit from reading (or just click on over and check them all out).
Earlier this month, Jillayne tackled why you should not shop interest rates by APR. This is a must read if you are a "rate shopper".
There have been a couple post forecasting the future of our local real estate marketing, including this one from Ardell and Jon featured two posts that inspired reactions from the "Bubble Bloggers".
If you’re considering buying home at a new construction site, then Ardell’s post is a good read for you regarding dealing with site agents and when lots are released.
Yours truly added two post to RCG dealing with zero down buyers and the future for subprime borrowers.
Enjoy!
While having my morning coffee, I surfed various sites BloodhoundBlog compiled that I posted yesterday. There’s lots of great stuff–one site I found especially interesting is Neighboroo.
Often times, I am asked about how to find demographics for a certain region…here you go! This site provides information by zip code. To check it out, click here.
Bloodhound Blog recently compiled a list of some of the top real estate related blogs in the industry. The Mortgage Porter is still pretty new (3 months old)…we’ll have to see what we can do to be added to such fine company! There is a lot of great information here. I suggest if you find blogs that interest you, subscribe to their email list or feeds. Happy blogging!
I am an Active Contributor on Seattle’s Rain City Guide blog. This site is packed full of information about real estate, homes, our local area, finance as well as industry and blogging tips and great interviews with fellow professionals. Here are a few recent post that may be of interest to you, the consumer.
As I said…there are many other great post…these are just a few of the highlights!
Rhonda Porter is a Licensed Mortgage Originator MLO121324 living in the greater Seattle area. Rhonda began her career in 1986 in the title and escrow industry and began her mortgage career in 2000. She enjoys helping people understand the mortgage process and started writing The Mortgage Porter in late 2006. Read More…
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