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Looking under the hood: How to save yourself aggravation and money when refinancing or purchasing.

January 14th, 2008 · 33 Comments

Our fellow blogger colleague “Peckhammer” will get credit for this post whether Peckhammer intended for that to happen or not. Hat tip to him/her for inspiring this post.
Regarding consumers capacity to understand loan documents, Peckhammer remarked :
“The loan documents they signed could have been reviewed by an attorney and explained if there [...]

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Kleenex, Q-Tip, Band-Aid… Realtor

February 14th, 2007 · 8 Comments

Public Service Announcement for people employed the real estate field:
Whether you like it or not, the general public uses the term “Realtor” in much the same way that we use the terms Kleenex, Q-Tip, Band-Aid, Jell-O, Styrofoam, and many others. Despite the fact that “Realtor” is a registered trademark that refers to a specific [...]

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