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Orlando Real Estate, David Welch Real Estate Optimist, @RealtyOptimist

Success in Real Estate (part 2 of 2)

2/6/2010 8:38 AM

Yesterday, I wrote that there are three keys to success in real estate: Contact, Contract and Closing. I shared some of my observations about prospecting, the first C which is really just about contacting prospective customers. There are two types of contacts active and passive. A lot of the typical advertising strategies are passive in [......Read More

Success in Real Estate (part 1 of 2)

2/5/2010 7:57 AM

If you are in real estate you already know there are three keys to success. I’m not talking about location, location, location. I am talking about the three C’s: Contact, Contract, and Closing. To be successful in real estate, you need to be working on all three aspects of the business all the time. In my [......Read More

Six More Weeks of Winter

2/3/2010 8:03 AM

Phil the groundhog has a real future as an economist; both try to predict the future. Some things are predictable like Winter which, by the way, lasts until Spring every year so there are always six weeks left after groundhog day. People are somewhat predictable, but not completely. Psychologists try to understand why people do what they ...Read More

Orlando Real Estate Sales January 2010

2/1/2010 12:39 PM

Ok, these may not be the best numbers in the world, but they could be worse considering the weather. These numbers are so off compared to the last several months, I am concluding the weather had an impact on sales. Since March of 2009 our prices have been in the range of $125,000 and $135,000. [......Read More

I’m from the government, and I’m here to help - The New HUD-1

1/30/2010 7:18 AM

I was fortunate enough this week to have two closings with the new HUD-1 settlement statement. The new form adds a section where the buyer’s good faith estimate (GFE) from their lender is compared with the fees actually charged at the closing. There are three types of fees on the GFE and HUD-1 that are compared on [......Read More

Is Zillow Worth $9.95?

1/27/2010 9:11 AM

If you go to google and search “Orlando Real Estate”, Zillow comes up in the middle of page three. I am sure the folks at Trulia love to hear this, since they are and have been number one on that same search forever. My own webpage pops up at number 10 - that is page [......Read More

Tips on Buying a Foreclosure

1/25/2010 7:13 AM

I find myself helping a lot of buyers looking at foreclosures these days. They are often the best deals at least from the perspective of purchase price. They can take a toll on you emotionally though if you are not prepared for multiple offers, long bank delays, even longer bank addendums and short time frames. [......Read More

A Little About VA Loans

1/22/2010 7:50 AM

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FHA Changes Don’t Make Sense

1/21/2010 8:26 AM

I really am amazed at the complete lack of reason at FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Last year they made condo financing impossible and tightened all their guidelines making it more difficult to obtain financing. Keep in mind the government was giving hundreds of billions of dollars to banks to improve their liquidity so [......Read More

Dream Big

1/19/2010 9:01 AM

Our pastor’s message on Sunday was about access. As a Christian our faith is based upon the belief that Jesus purpose in coming to earth was to reconcile our relationship with God the Father giving us direct access to Him. I got that message, but I also learned something else on Sunday. I think it [......Read More