Contributed by Gregory Karp, Compliments of Nightingale Conant’s AdvantEdge Newsletter
Could you save $10,000 in a year? Sounds good right about now, doesn’t it. Many households could. And they could become millionaires as a result.
The average four-person American household spends more than $66,000 a year, according to the federal government’s most [...]
I decided to use the last Monday of the month to recap questions others have asked me in that month or to relay e-mails I have received that might be useful to you. Therefore, be looking for the second part of The Tale of Two Craigs next week along with interviews from AMB’s top producers.
The [...]
I’m still waiting for my phone to be activated with the record feature. If I can’t have it ready by mid-week I will go back to the old conference style calls I used for Monday Morning Sales Calls and record them that way. If you get a call from me expect some of these questions [...]
WARNING: Do not create a loan request with the e-mail that you want to use as your professional address to retrieve your Zillow leads. Use a personal e-mail address or create a temporary gmail account to host your request.
Having applied last week it seemed I received only seven replies to my request. Of the offers [...]
Terrill Goldman of Tampa asked me to joining him as his guest for the Craig Proctor Florida Summit. The first part of the Tale of Two Craigs concentrates on Craig Proctor. In next week’s edition I will share some ideas about how Mr. Proctor encourages everyone to advertise on Craig’s List.
My guess is about 130 [...]
Things are still “moving” at AMB’s upstairs office. Lindsey returned from a week’s vacation and I’m so glad she is back. I have a better appreciation for all she does to help us hire new people and keep us straight in working with our associates.
This past week I did receive a couple of e-mails about [...]
Contributed by Jeffrey Cox, Compliments of Nightingale Conant’s AdvantEdge Newsletter
Despite the pressures and gloom that come with an economic downturn, recessions also present unique opportunities to the growth-minded manager. One area that short-sighted managers find easy to cut is employee training, especially sales training. However, cutting sales-effectiveness training is exactly the [...]
This week I got a number of calls from you that indicated some confusion when originating Silver and Bronze loans. However, many of you also thought that AMB’s move towards opening up licensing for branches to get approved in more states was a very positive move.
I hope this story addresses your concerns. It was AMB’s [...]
Well we got moved in last week and things are starting to settle down. Time to get busy. If you haven’t been working your warm market you need to. I have had several reports of loan officers striking gold in just calling past clients to see how things are going. One LO who took matters [...]
Contributed byDina ElBoghdady,Washington Post Staff Writer
The Federal Housing Administration plans to make it tougher for borrowers to refinance a loan and take out cash as the agency tries to “limit its exposure to undue risk,” according to a letter that went out to lenders this week.
The decision comes at a time when [...]