Rain City Guide

There have been a lot of discussions lately regarding Blogging, both it’s merits and potential for fallout on many levels. The problem with trying to keep Blogging under wraps: If you do, you have the potential for political backlash, both from the agents that build the brand of the broker (Re/Max, Windermere, [...]

There is nothing better than an underdog. Meet Paul, a phone salesman from Wales. This will blow you away. (need sound for You Tube)
The gentleman below inspires me everyday I drive to work. He is disabled and uses a broom to help support him and keep himself from falling while [...]

This is not a bubble post. It is a post about lending.
Having loan officers and mortgage brokers with Fiduciary duties to their clients is a small step in the right direction. Take a guess as to what the paint spells on each of the individuals chests as you read the link below.
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Evidently, this is circulating in e-mails everywhere. Depending upon your perspective it could be funny or not so funny. On the one hand it could be a former employee of a defunct sub-prime lender or it could be a customer with a toxic loan. Either way this evokes a lot of [...]

Ninety-one year old Seattle woman’s mortgage mess as detailed by the NY Times.
“……That was the case for Gertrude Robertson, a 91-year-old widow and nurse’s aide living in Seattle who took out an adjustable-rate mortgage of $450,000 in January. Even at her age, Mrs. Robertson was earning $3,500 a month, largely by caring for another [...]

Zillow may have fun playing around in the office, but unless you have a George Foreman Grill in your office….
 
 

Sammy, our senior closer and LPO, shows her skills of fine grilling. And, can any Zillow folks run a John Deere excavator as Lynlee shows? (and yes, she can run it)

On August 17, 2007, at about 11:15 pm, a couple firefighters doing maintenance on the outside of their station were kind enough to escort me inside their station to view their memorial at Firehouse 10. “House 10″ as they call it, is literally 40 feet across the street from the former Twin Towers and [...]

Today, the Washington State Insurance Commission, ordered Stewart Title Guaranty Company to stop illegal payment and gifts to agents and Brokers.

“Kreidler’s order demands that Stewart Title Guaranty Company “immediately cease and desist” giving or paying anything in excess of $25, calculated in aggregate over a 12-month period, per person, for placing or causing title insurance [...]

This is my Ken Schrammie rant:

How is it that a perfectly capable buyer of a home with nearly 770 FICO scores is placed into a short term Interest Only Adjustable Rate Mortgage with a start rate of 7%– sold with a 3 yr pre-payment penalty?

How do you handle the situation in which same the borrower [...]

Home improvement is satisfying when you have completed a project.   But during the process I have found it to be full of long hours, sore muscles, goof ups, some marital arguments, and rough on the pocketbook.  In the end though, when it all comes together, full of surprises, it’s worth it! When Lynn [...]