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Posted: 31 Aug 2013 04:00 AM
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Move-In WeekIt’s important to find out if the appliance was properly installed. A leak left undetected can become a nightmare. You should also read your home warranty to understand your rights and responsibilities should anything go wrong.
Make it a point to turn on all of your major appliances and let them run for a complete cycle, especially if your home is newly built. Believe it or not, contractors and home inspectors don’t always test out these devices after installing them.
The proposed new Qualified Residential Mortgage rule, released jointly by six government agencies, was cheered by both consumer advocates and mortgage industry members–who typically don’t see eye-to-eye on much–largely because it eliminates much stricter down payment rules that the previous version of QRM would have created.Under the old rule, the requirement was going back to a 20% downpayment. The new rule will have the mortgage lender evaluate the applicant on an individual basis.
The six agencies–the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of the Comptroller and Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission–are taking comments on the proposed changes through the end of October.
Many of those comments attacked the original QRM rules. The proposed changes, on the other hand, are causing nearly universal joy to ripple through housing and mortgage groups.If you have questions about eligibility for a mortgage, talk to a professional loan officer. They diligently study the news and market and stay on top of the interest rate trends. They also are in touch with many lenders to find the best package for your situation.
“This new proposal shows that regulators listened to the comments from the wide range of stakeholders involved,” said Chris Estes, president and CEO of the National Housing Conference, an affordable housing advocacy group. “Aligning the QRM rule with the QM rules will allow more American families to become homeowners and ensures that housing markets can remain strong in the future. This is especially important for communities that are still rebuilding from the foreclosure crisis.”
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Posted: 29 Aug 2013 07:01 PM PDT
Blogs have become a major tool for
marketing strategies, and are used by many businesses to drive traffic to
their other networks, create authority and, most importantly, create
business. If used correctly, blogs can help companies generate more revenue.
Below are three very simple online marketing tips you can use to optimize
your online presence and attract a larger audience to your blog, and in turn
your company.
1) Search Engine Optimization
(SEO) – SEO is a very useful and
strategic method of marketing. By using keywords that are widely searched,
you can ensure that your blog will rank more highly in search engine results,
which will generate more traffic to your blog. With just a little research,
you can find a list of commonly searched words that will naturally fit in
your blog.
2) Back Linking – Back linking is essentially linking to another website on
your own website or blog, or having your page linked-to via someone else’s
site or blog. This is a great way to add credibility to your business while
also optimizing your search engine results. You can support other individual
or company blogs while adding a bit of information about your company through
the “links” feature that many blog networks provide.
3) Stay Socially Active – Engaging your site’s visitors on a regular basis is
essential. If your readers post a comment, be sure to reply and let them know
that you received their post. You should also read and comment on other
blogs. This will keep your name in the public eye as you gain new
connections, and allow you to subtly market your business. Remember that
activity and interactivity are the keys to social media marketing.
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It's a waste of time!
My demo just isn't using it.
There's no way to break through the noise.And for years I've been ranting and writing books like Crush It, Thank You Economy, and now Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook where I've been trying to explain that Twitter should be about listening and not talking ( at least at 1st ). So instead of continuing to rant and write and yell and scream and make videos, I've decided to put my money where my mouth is and actually show you how to do it in a LinkedIn post.
Here you go. I sat down for about 15 minutes (15 !!!!) and found
thirteen examples of the kind of tweets you can be finding, engaging with, and
getting value from. Everyone below is a normal user who is just talking and
expressing their feelings the way humans always have, only now they're doing it
in 140 characters, the way we do in 2013. If you're willing to put in the effort
and do a little bit of listening, you, too, can jump into conversations just
like I did and create context with people like these that may
eventually lead to the sale.
and real estate companies, brokers and renters, you should be
ashamed of yourselves that I, a
wine-guy-turned-business-media-guy, am the person who's responding to these
tweets, and not you.
