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Shanahan’s House for Sale

I’m based in Denver, Colorado and as you may know our football team has sucked the last few years. Lots of issues – no defense, quarterback issues, etc – and as a result our longtime coach Mike Shanahan got fired. He’s leaving Denver and his house is for sale. If you were ever curious about [...]

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HVCC – More BS From Fannie and Freddie

The Home Valuation Code Of Conduct (HVCC) goes into effect May 1st.  It’s a law that says real estate appraisers should not be “intimidated, coerced or bribed into coming up with a valuation on a property.” (um, we need a law to tell us that?!) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now regulating the appraisal [...]

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April Fool’s Joke Gone Awry

Apparently, you’re not allowed to joke about anything having to do with the banking industry these days. Chris Hurn and the team over at 504Experts.com (also an Inc 500 member) issued a press release yesterday that has created *a ton* of backlash in the financial communities. Here’s the prank release… NEWS RELEASE Mercantile Capital Corporation [...]

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News Flash: Real Estate Investing Requires Work

I’m still laughing. I just got off the phone with a guy we’ll call Bavi. He’s requested a refund for the Portfolio Loan Blueprint because “it looks like it requires some work.”

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Certified Financial Planners – Stay Away!

So a “Certified Financial Planner” just bought a copy of my e-book Mortgage Secrets for Real Estate Investors. (Aren’t they supposed to know this stuff already?) Anyway, he wrote “When purchasing your product I thought I was getting insight into how to deal with the current environment and not a course on investment loans.” Um, [...]

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