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More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week Dr. Lacefield addresses a kickback case involving conference room rentals in the Detroit area. When another free conference room is only three blocks away, it’s no wonder HUD […]
Posted: June 30th, 2006
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RESPA Updates
More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week’s video deals with a mortgage company that solicited tickets to sports events and music concerts as well as dinners in exchange for referring business. 1-800-East-West Mortgage Company settled […]
Posted: June 25th, 2006
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RESPA Updates
More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week’s video deals with a $226,000 fine for “Title Group Builders” in Tennessee. HUD determined that First American Title paid the nine builders that make up Title Group Builders […]
Posted: June 12th, 2006
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RESPA Updates
The 1990s saw a frenzy over web sites; every real estate agent had to have one. Costs were excessive and results were mixed. Eventually the urgency passed, and web sites became part—not the focus—of an overall marketing strategy. With more options and better pricing today, now is the ideal time to incorporate the Internet into […]
Posted: June 5th, 2006
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Technology, Marketing
Q. Is there something in the statutes that covers this? We have received mixed information that in order to properly remove a deceased person from the property you have to record the “death certificate” along with a copy of the deed, while we have also been told that all that is needed is to […]
Posted: June 5th, 2006
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Ask the TITLEMAN™
Make no mistake—a great personal brand beats great talent every time. Purists hate to hear this, but it’s true. Think about the most high-profile people in your profession. Are they typically heralded for their scholarship? In most cases what these stars are known for is their individual identities. Their names are synonymous with a particular […]
Posted: May 16th, 2006
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Marketing
More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week’s video addresses a party thrown by Wells Fargo for Prudential real estate agents in Hawaii. How could a clambake go so wrong and cost Prudential $48,000? Watch the […]
Posted: May 15th, 2006
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RESPA Updates
More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. Three U.S. Appeals Court found mark-ups do not violate the fee-splitting prohibitions of RESPA while three other Circuit Courts affirmed the department’s position that markups can violate the fee-splitting prohibitions […]
Posted: May 10th, 2006
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RESPA Updates
Few phrases can bring as much anxiety to the computer user as “Contact Tech Support”—and for many good reasons. For some, this phrase means endless “hold” times with little hope of a favorable outcome. To others, the expectation is a broken conversation with an outsourced third-party somewhere overseas. As one reader recalled a past support conversation, […]
Posted: May 7th, 2006
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Technology
After managing (and then owning) a real estate office for years, I’m convinced that one of the biggest obstacles that prevents agents from prospecting as frequently, and consistently, as they should is the time consuming task of tracking down For Sale By Owner’s (FSBOs) through the local paper. In the last several years this task has […]
Posted: April 30th, 2006
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Technology, Marketing