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Re: So You Want to Be a Sportswriter …

justinmchood — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:20:59 -0000

Re: SEO.com President Buckles Steps Down

justinmchood — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:45:46 -0000

'bout time. Every person who has worked there with a brain has left just as soon as they had to deal with Mike Mann. When are people finally going to "out the Mann" on his crazy, out -of-touch ways? That guy's "book" that he published? Joke. And if you dont' follow him on facebook, it is worth it. Entertainment.

Re: Why Sucky People Get More Clients Than You

justinmchood — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:34:18 -0000

Great post.

This also applies to Internet dating.
:)

Re: Real Estate Marketing Tips: My Interview With Dan Sfera

justinmchood — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:39:04 -0000

Good conversation about important stuff -- nice work boys.

Re: Hater Nation

justinmchood — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:30:16 -0000

Brian Bosworth is awesome.

Re: Foursquare Marketing

justinmchood — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:06:42 -0000

Sweet. You just saved me from having to write a blog post about why small, local business should start putting Foursquare specials up.

Thanks!

Now I can do something else with the hour it would have taken me to put this together -- and I would have done a way worse job than you did.

Nice going!

Justin

Re: People Behaving Badly

justinmchood — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:36:46 -0000

Most of the time, it seems that "behaving badly" = putting your own personal wants/desires ahead of others.

And in my personal experience, the more that I put others first, the more I forget about myself.

And rarely does someone tell me that I am going to timeout when I put others first.

So forget about what I want, let's start talking about what is in the best interests of others.

Re: Lose the excess baggage

justinmchood — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:53:51 -0000

Me?

To.

The.

Fridge.

Re: #RETT – A Very Bright Idea (Audio Interview)

justinmchood — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:18:02 -0000

Mike, great write up and thanks for the call. Your open attitude toward contributing is a great example of what it will take for #RETT to be a success.

Oh, and thanks for the logo!

Re: Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – On Your Mark

justinmchood — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:06:23 -0000

Love it -- great post. Keep on rockin' @tcar!

Re: A sneak peek inside Diverse Solutions dsIDXpress WordPress plugin

justinmchood — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:09:07 -0000

This piece of technology is going to change the way the game is played.

Indexable content on your URL?

Sweet.

Re: If I Were a Realtor

justinmchood — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:40:54 -0000

Love it. Can't wait for your "If I were a loan officer" post to follow up on this one.

Re: Social Media for Sales: Picking a Domain Name

justinmchood — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:37:31 -0000

Great advice. I just had this conversation with someone last night - now I can forward this to them and say something like "who cares what I said, just do this!"

Re: The Tweeps I’m Thankful For on #Tweetsgiving

justinmchood — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:16:41 -0000

Whoa! Nicely done. You are right, there is a lot of folks to be thankful for on this list. What a great time for reflection -- it is inspiring!

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:50:26 -0000

Excellent point -- before you walk away, be sure to check your state laws! In some states (Colorado for example) the lender can go after the borrower for any shortfall... which puts an entirely different situation into play.

So be aware of your state laws!

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:51:34 -0000

Agree. In my opinion, there are no easy and clear decisions for this kind of situation.

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:59:24 -0000

If anyone finds a bag of money that we didn't know about, please let us know right here on the TPREG.

Chances are the readers of the TPREG could do as well (or better) at deciding how to spend that found money to fix this sort of thing than Congress could.

After all, no one here has to worry about running for re-election!

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:57:49 -0000

Thanks for commenting -- from the data that I see, principal reductions are few and far between. Sounds like your market is about like the AZ market.

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:56:46 -0000

Agree. For 90% of the people I speak with, a short sale just makes more sense.

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:55:52 -0000

Agree. Government = full of bad ideas.

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:55:23 -0000

It is amazing - pretty much no matter where the people I talk to live - if they are in AZ, their home values have dropped about 50%. In certain parts -- 60%. And as a result, people are left with tough decisions.

Or, at least I think they are "tough decisions" -- even though some people say that it is "easy and clear what you should do..."

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:53:13 -0000

@datadude,

Yeah, that is one thing I like about Derek - he pretty much gets right to the point.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Justin

Re: Negative Equity: The Elephant Under The Rug

justinmchood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:07:32 -0000

@davidlorti,

I have heard that too... and most of the time, you will only be able to go to the lender that has your mortgage to get a 125% done. So if your current bank is BofA, you have to go to BofA to get a 125% done.

And if there is not a free market, but a forced one where a borrower *must* go a certain place to get a loan done...

It might not be too far of a stretch to imagine such a lender to take advantage of "opportunity pricing" which is a close corollary to the all-too-familiar "predatory lending".

But of course, they will probably use the all-too-vague-and-important-sounding "risk layering" when trying to explain why they are charging so much.

Just a thought.

Re: How Long Will It Take To Close My Loan?

justinmchood — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:17:27 -0000

@SpokaneHomeGuy

Amazing. I am going to add that one to the list of "you can't make this stuff up" stories I have heard about or seen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Re: We Suck Less?

justinmchood — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:21:09 -0000

@Tyler,

Very astute observation. Just let me know when you can come down to Phoenix and hold a seminar for 3/4's of the Realtors here. They have started ignoring me when I ramble about this stuff I think.

Justin