by Beth McGuire | Oct 13, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
(MCT)—To improve financial literacy, you have to reach children at an early age so they can establish a strong foundation. Texas is off to a good start. Starting with the current school year, students from kindergarten through eighth grade are required to take...
by Susanne Dwyer | Oct 12, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
(MCT)—First-time homebuyers might well wonder: Where are all the starter houses? Indeed, such properties can seem scarce in many housing markets. A few reasons: —Investors have snapped up a lot of smaller houses and turned them into rental properties. —Flippers have...
by Susanne Dwyer | Oct 12, 2014 | For Your Clients, How-To, News |
(MCT)—In a recent article I proposed that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be removed from limbo and given a new mission: to create a better primary mortgage market. Among other things, this would include the elimination of third party settlement costs. To borrowers, these...
by Susanne Dwyer | Oct 12, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
(MCT)—Great news for people who have no idea what they’re doing at work: Your cluelessness may be giving you a competitive advantage. That sounds silly, but consider the benefits of confusion. It prompts you to work harder to make sense of things. It forces you to ask...
by Susanne Dwyer | Oct 11, 2014 | Buying/Selling, For Your Clients, News |
Fall is here and even though some home sellers take their listings into hibernation, motivated sellers keep their homes on the market through the Holidays. So in honor of Halloween, RE/MAX compiled some the scariest things that homebuyers should avoid. The following...
by Susanne Dwyer | Oct 9, 2014 | Best Practices, For Your Clients, News |
Non-family businesses can learn a lot from family businesses, says Henry Hutcheson, a certified Family Business Advisor and founder of Family Business USA consultancy. “Family businesses outperformed non-family businesses during the boom years leading up to the 2008...