AMB Blog

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Are you even using the Internet to expand your visibility and build your bottom line?

This week, MortgageOrb.com chats with Dan Green, a loan officer with Waterstone Mortgage, author of The Mortgage Reports blog and founder of [...]

One of the biggest reason short sales fall through, according to JK Huey, a vice president at Wells Fargo is that real estate agents do not regularly pre-check buyer access to finances. Instead, agents assume buyers can get the money, but often this isn’t the case.  “We want to encourage clients to obtain a credit-check [...]

Contributed by Brian Friemel, www.rismedia.com

Transparency is talked [...]

Contributed by: Tessa Stowe, www.salesconversation.com

Are you constantly looking for [...]

Contributed by Bernice Ross, www.inman.com

One of the biggest mistakes that most real estate agents make is working with every type of client that comes along.  Do you have a client that you need to “fire?” When times get tough, it’s tempting to work with clients who we might normally either drop or refer to another [...]

Contributed by Darryl Davis, www.retrainingcenter.com

Before you go to your next listing presentation, you need to check your attitude.  Are you ready to sell yourself and make the buyer understand why you’re worth the commission you receive, or are you your own worst enemy?  If you don’t have the right attitude, regardless of the dialogs or [...]

Contributed by: Jim Domanski, www.salesgravy.com, Compliments of Betsy Marvin, Franklin American Mortgage

In many ways, a [...]

Contributed by Randall M. Craig, www.remonline.com

Social media is used by recruiters to look for [...]

Contributed by Wes McKibbon, www.brokersbestcontractloanprocessing.com

The FHA 203k Program is a great niche product for loan officers.  It’s a 203b with home improvement features included and especially attractive if you are looking to create a niche for yourself in creating a Realtor referral base for this product and any other type loans your Agents are in [...]

On March 1, 2010, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Ed DeMarco announced the extension of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), a refinancing program administered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In a letter, MBA had strongly urged the administration to extend the program as a tool to allow responsible borrowers to receive [...]