Win-Win with The Short Sale!
I hate to see people lose their homes. These days it is happening too often as many folks are unable to keep up with mortgage payments for many reasons. Sometimes a home goes to foreclosure because of divorce, or illness in the family, or because someone loses their job.
Today, most […]

Roosevelt Historic District Revitalizes Phoenix:
A few years ago, Maria Capogreco’s friends told her she was taking a big chance opening a deli in the Roosevelt Historic District. But she had faith in the future of what once was – and soon would be again – a thriving urban neighborhood. She was right.
The former working class […]

What happens when you blog?
The short and sweet answer is:  You get to connect with people!  And one example of this occurred during yesterday’s Southwest Real Estate Blogging Conference.  No, I am not going to write a summary report of this gathering since this event was already covered by Greg Swan, Jay Thompson, Shailesh Ghimire, Jonathan Dalton, […]

A little while ago I blogged about new features to be released on REALTOR.com® and finally the first major one is here. Now you will find the neighborhood info tab right next to the photo gallery tab in the detailed listing view.
As a result, the visitor is able to get more detailed information about […]

Yesterday, National Real Estate Auction Corp. held their auction at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Phoenix and I had to attend the event since I blogged about this last month. There were over 100 properties of all kinds consigned and approximately 80 to 100 people turned up a the ball-room of the Phoenix Airport Marriott. […]

While Canadians in the United States do not seem to generate as much attention as the neighbors to the south, American mortgage lenders have certainly not forgotten about the folks from the Great White North. There are quite a few US lenders who offer financing for Canadian nationals even without any previous American credit.
Overall the […]

Last Friday, the back-end for REALTOR.com® was scheduled to be down for 2 days and ended up being back on-line much faster than scheduled. No major changes have taken place and my apologies for getting a little bit too excited about it. However, there was one little enhancement I found. Well, it is not one of […]

Looks like REALTOR.com® is possibly launching some of the new enhancements. 48 hours of downtime leads me to believe that something major is going on…we shall see on Sunday.

Lately there has been some great debate about the use of authorized credit lines by about individuals with low FICO scores to boost them.
No, I am not going to reheat this great debate since Jay and Shailesh got it covered, however the same topic was part of an offline discussion I had at lunch today. […]

You are in for a treat starting soon, right here on this blog. I’m inviting the Arizona Mortgage Guru – Shailesh Ghimire – to bring his wit, wisdom, and knowledge of the mortgage business to consumers and industry professionals alike.
Shailesh and I share some common traits, as you may have learned from another blog post […]