Hat tip to Ray Pepper for pointing out Dori Monson’s radio segments yesterday and today on walking away from one’s mortgage. Here are the audio segments (the first is about seven minutes long, the second about 10 minutes): https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dori_Monson_Show_Walk-Away_20110615_1pm.mp3 https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dori_Monson_Show_Walk-Away_20110616_12pm.mp3 It’s interesting to note that in the second segment, Dori’s guest was Howard Bono, the…
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Financial Revival Group Revisited
A word from The Tim: This post is from another long-time Seattle Bubble participant: Jillayne Schlicke, real estate educator through her company CE Forward. Many thanks to Jillayne for writing this in-depth follow up! The Tim asked me to write a follow up blog post about my meeting with Howard Bono, owner of The Financial…
You Can’t Keep a Good Huckster Down
Someone forwarded me an interesting email yesterday. The spammy message apparently being sent to various mortgage brokers claims that “We’ll pay you for the clients you can’t do loans for.” Here’s some of the email copy (emphasis theirs): We coach people who are underwater in their homes. We don’t do loans, we don’t sell real…
Friday Flashback: “The Traditional Advice is Outdated”
Here’s a flashback from February 2007, just four months before prices peaked around Seattle, then tumbled 25% in two and a half years (so far). The Everett Herald brought us “Mr. Nest Egg,” who declared that “the traditional advice is outdated” and the best way to save for retirement is… You guessed it, buy real…
KING 5’s Up Front: Local Housing Downturn Not Over Yet
Sunday’s Up Front on KING 5 focused on the local real estate market, and provided a relatively balanced picture. Host Allen Schauffler presented an overall picture of the current market, a look at a couple that got swept up in the bubble mania, a look at the next wave of adjustable rate resets, a warning…