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Hayes Barnard: Paramount Equity Mortgage

Sometimes in life, I find myself being completely wrong. It wasn't all that long when I was driving down the road here in Phoenix and I heard a radio spot for a mortgage company where the company owner was on the radio saying something like... "I am Hayes Barnard, owner of Paramount Equity Mortgage. The Fed has just lowered interest rates and blah, blah, blah." I honestly can't remember … [Read more...]

What Is the Greatest Agency Risk For a Real Estate Agent Using Web 2.0?

Hello all. I'm leading a discussion here on AMT and to be used in our CE course on Agency and the Use of Social Media at the Arizona School of Real Estate & Business. Please leave your comment(s) below. One of the questions asked is: What is the greatest agency-specific risk to a real estate professional using social media (i.e. blogs, Q&A forums, Twitter, etc.)? We are … [Read more...]

Teaching Basic Social Media to Arizona Real Estate Agents

Social Media 101 for Arizona Real Estate Agents Tonight I led a CE class for real estate agents called "The Latest Sales and Marketing Techniques" at the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business.  It is essentially an introductory level course on social media. Social Media Analogies Because social media is such a new topic for many of the class participants, I end up using a lot of … [Read more...]

7 Reasons Title Company Reps Deserve Some Love

As my tenth anniversary with Chicago Title approaches (January 13th), I struggled with the right approach to take in my rebuttal to Justin McHood’s 7 Reasons I Hate Sales Reps From Title Companies. 10 years with the same title company is no small feat. The temptation of offers from other companies is great, the housing collapse led to major staff reductions, and avoiding jail time for assault … [Read more...]

7 Reasons I Hate Sales Reps From Title Companies

Today, I was reminded of something that I have made light of for years as I listened a title rep from a local title company completely bamboozle a loan officer in an office next to me. It was surreal - and because I have seen this go on for years and years - I finally decided to write a post just tossing it out into the arena of public opinion. Ok, so maybe "hate" is a strong word. The … [Read more...]

WordPress Class: Cheap, Easy and CE Credit for AZ Real Estate Agents

I have been joking with a few of my friends lately that I could teach *almost anyone* how to use WordPress to where it was "good enough" in an hour or less. If you are in Real Estate (or Mortgages or Title or anything close to Real Estate) save yourself some time and effort and get tutored by a pro. Trying to learn it all yourself will cost you more time, grief and effort than it is worth … [Read more...]

Case Shiller: Property Prices May Fall Another 45%

Predictions. Maybe they will come true, maybe they wont - but here is one from a fairly credible source that says property values still have a ways - a long ways - to fall. According to the guys at Lender Implode, the 10 major cities in the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index have risen 5% from their April low, but the index is still predicting a massive 45% fall from today’s … [Read more...]

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