April 3, 2008 is “Good People Day” Pass It On!

April 3, 2008 by Leave a Comment

I’m a big fan of Gary Vaynerchuck for many reasons:

  1. He’s hysterically funny.
  2. He reviews wine in common easy to understand terms.
  3. He’s mastered web marketing 2.0
  4. He just seems like a real nice guy.  Here’s proof:

Gary has declared today as "Good People Day"…a day to recognize all the good in people instead of focusing on all the negative that often surrounds us. 

I’m so fortunate to have so many wonderful people in my life and I thank you all from family, friends, clients, my blog readers, fellow bloggers, the many people who help us in our business transactions and daily life…I can go on and on and on.   The world is a great place and I thank Gary for reminding us of this and a big tip of the hat to Morgan Brown of Blown Mortgage–both Good People!   My heartfelt thanks to all of you.

Share the love and spread the word: today is Good People Day.

Filed Under: Current Affairs, Just for Fun, Weblogs

Blog dot blog

April 1, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Hat to Dan Green of The Mortgage Reports for pointing out Blog dot Blog: a domain name created just for bloggers.  This is a chance to drive more traffic to your blog with this new url.  For example, I am registering www.mortgageporter.blog.   

Check it out–domain names will go quickly!  You can register your blog at blogdotblog.com today.

Filed Under: Weblogs

Recently on Rain City Guide

March 26, 2008 by Leave a Comment

I can’t tell you how honored I am to be a part of Seattle’s Rain City Guide.  Here are a couple of recent posts that I really encourage you to check out…

Jillayne Schlicke just wrote a dead on post regarding our local situation with affiliated business arrangements between real estate, title and escrow and mortgage companies.  This is a topic close to my heart as before I was in lending (8 years ago), I was in the title insurance industry for 14 years.  I’ve seen drastic changes over this time since large real estate companies have entered into arrangements with title companies.   Now the State is stepping in with new regulations.   Read Jillayne’s post: Title Insurance Affiliated Business Arrangements Under Scrutiny.

ARDELL wrote a very timely post: Should You Buy Before You Sell?  Her answer is NO!  And during these times, I’m likely to agree.   Bridge loans may be hard to come by and properties are taking longer to sell.

Don’t forget…I’m on vacation and will return on April 1.

Filed Under: Residential Purchase, Title Insurance, Weblogs Tagged With: ,

Happy Birthday, Rain City Guide!

March 19, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Rain City Guide turned three today…I’m a proud contributor to this stellar Seattle real estate blog.  I left a comment congratulating Dustin Luther on this accomplishment and asked if we are a toddler now.  Jay Thompson replied

Think dog years. 3 years for a real estate blog is an eternity…

How true!  Happy Birthday, Rain City Guide.

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I’m a Cicerone!

March 15, 2008 by 2 Comments

Recently I was invited to write posts on The Mortgage Cicerone.   What the heck is a Cicerone?

Cicerone – cic•e•ro•ni (-nē)

A guide for sightseers or person who is eloquent in sharing knowledge.

I’m really excited about this because I’m often asked by fellow Mortgage Professionals for help or guideance with their mortgage practice. 

The Mortgage Cicerone consists of a team of Mortgage Professionals with various backgrounds, viewpoints and opinions…all combined…just may help the fellow Mortgage Professional out during these rocky times. 

Tony, thanks so much for the invite…I’m flattered and look forward to where the Cierone may guide me.

Check it out.

Filed Under: Weblogs
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