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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Are you looking to get licensed as a real estate agent in Arizona? We’ve reviewed all the key information to determine the best Arizona real estate schools to help you get licensed quickly and efficiently with a state-approved, online program at an Arizona real estate school.

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How to select appraisal comps

Appraisal Today

acre lot, built in 2009 This elegant, Georgian mansion is said to be owned by a former executive with ties to the Grey Goose vodka fortune. The 24-room residence was custom built in 2009 and is loaded with exquisite finishes. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 6.89

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Working with Millennials: Q&A with Mike McElroy

McKissock

Mike McElroy has been in the real estate business for seven years. After working for a time at a Chicago radio station, he got his first real estate job in 2009. Who’s got a good real estate agent I can talk to?” And he thought he could do better than that. A: Set expectations.

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time. Under the revamped mode, business development officers build relationships with real estate agents to get leads and client advisors take incoming leads from borrowers.

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Experience Matters

Town & Country Residential Appraisals

When making a decision to contract just about anyone to perform a service, one of the most important qualifiers for most is the experience one brings to the table. It works the same with performing real estate appraisals. It works the same with performing real estate appraisals.

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

My comments: Real estate agents and brokers are salespersons. Over the years, I observed that successful real estate agents seldom switched to the much less profitable appraisal side. Over the years, I observed that successful real estate agents seldom switched to the much less profitable appraisal side.

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Appraisals – Check the Water Source!

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, USPAP and contracts, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. USPAP and the Contract. Excerpt: But USPAP and the contract have a very unique relationship. They think it is a contract to hit (it isn’t).