Introduction. Unless you’ve been in the real estate industry for ten or more years, it’s quite possible you’ve never heard of listback agreements. Due to
If the politicians in Washington today were instead the CEOs of private industry, they’d all have been fired by now.” Anonymous [sort of] Introduction. At the
Following a rough and tumble year in the banking industry, Belial Bank’s feckless fearless leader, B.L. Zebub, believes it is high time to bring some
Background. In 2007 Congress passed the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act. The gist of the law is that for those taxpayers who have had debt
[Note: This is the second in a two-part series in managing brokerage risk. In the first article [here] I discussed managing risk “from the top
This is the second installment of my article looking back over the past five years at Portland housing statistics. Part One examined the real reason
Background – 3Q 2007. Looking back, August 2007 was a memorable month, filled with good news and bad. Based upon RMLS™ numbers, it was a
[Note: These are my opinions alone and are not meant to supersede or replace any company’s existing policy, which may differ for various reasons. Nor
Introduction. Recently there have been some anecdotal reports that real estate licensees, presumably with the knowledge and consent of sellers and buyers, have engaged in
As a follow-up to my last post on difficult short sales (here), it occurs to me that I should mention the small, but persistent complaint
