Hi Everyone, Here’s the follow up from today’s class: Changes to the WA State Deed of Trust Act are reviewed over on this post at RCG. Here’s the post we reviewed during the Market Update segment of the class showing the surge in prime delinquencies. CR had a great post today about the long tail […]
To the Students from my June 18, 2009 REO Class at Firstam Bellevue
Hi Everyone, Here’s the follow up from class. Here is the Credit Suisse chart showing the subprime, Alt A and prime ARM resets through 2012. Here is the article on condo auctions from Seattle Bubble. Here is a link with more information on the FHA anti-flipping rule. Here is a quick article on the difference […]
To the Students from the June 17, 2009 Foreclosure Class at KW Bothell
Hi Everyone, Here’s the follow up from class. There was a request for the direct link to the IRS website explaining taxation issues surrounding debt forgiveness on a short sale. Here’s the link. There was a question regarding eviction following foreclosure: Is it 20 days or 90 days? Here is a link to the Bar Assoc […]
To the Students from the June 10th Short Sale Class at Re/MAX Tumwater
Hi Everyone, Here’s the updated Credit Suisse chart showing the wave of subprime, Alt-A, and prime ARMS set to adjust through 2012. Click on the image for a larger view. There was a question about repaying the leftover debt from a short sale and how that impacts a person’s credit score. Here is one answer […]
To the Students from the June 8, 2009 REO Class at SKCAR Bellevue
Hi Everyone, Here’s the follow up from class. I promised to post the link to the DFI website that shows the list of state-chartered banks. Here it is. Here’s a link to the recent, local mortgage fraud story that was in the news the day of class. Here’s the updated Credit Suisse chart showing the […]
To the Students from the June 4, 2009 Classes at CDA Realtors
Hi Everyone, I arrived at Coeur d’Alene earlier today and have been driving around taking in the beautiful sights. Had a great dinner at the Outback and then took a walk near the CDA Realtor headquarters. Now I’m doing my research for class tomorrow and found some interesting links. Here’s a link to Foreclosure.com which […]
Short Sale Class Coming to Tumwater on June 10, 2009
Hi Olympia area agents! Jim Bennett from RE/MAX Parkside Affiliates attended my Short Sale class a few months ago in Kent and promptly offered to host classes in his training room for Olympia area real estate agents and Realtors. The Short Sale class is the first in a series of four classes that agents can take to […]
To the Students from the May 22, 2009 Advanced Short Sales Class
Hi Everyone, Here’s the follow up from class last Friday. Here is the link to the FICO website showing the components of a person’s credit score. Here is the link to the Chapman website. Laura from class mentioned that this is good source for research but I don’t see their research department linked from the home page. Laura, […]
To the Students from the May 20 Short Sale Class at Firstam Renton
Hi Everyone, Here’s the link to the myfico.com education website with the pie chart showing the components of a person’s credit score. Here’s the link to the President Obama Administration’s Making Home Affordable website which lets you check to see whether or not a mortgage loan is held by Fannie Mae. Cassie Angel, I looked […]
Upcoming Bellevue College Classes
I’ll be teaching four classes at Bellevue College this summer: Title Insurance Real Estate Escrow Advanced Real Estate Escrow Real Estate Investment Strategies