3 things we can all learn from celebrity realtors

Ahhh celebrity realtors. We see them in magazines and on TV. They’re the ones with the BILLION dollar businesses. We don’t have many celebrity realtors here in metro New Orleans, so that made us wonder: How do these celebrity realtors develop such big businesses? And, is there anything they do that we should be doing?
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Important Medicare Changes may Impact Senior Housing Choices

News that impacts senior housing is BIG news in the real estate market. The Greatest Generation causes economic swings at every stage of their lives, and now that they’re entering the retirement years in droves, the housing market has taken notice. In our last newsletter, we covered a troubling (but real) trend of seniors taking
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New Orleans Investment Property Financing that will BLOW Your Mind

The statistics for early 2019 real estate around metro New Orleans show the 1st quarter housing market is strong for the metro area: The median price of single-family homes in the New Orleans area is up 4.6% from a year ago according to NAR The average price of single family homes in Orleans Parish is
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Free Checklist to Help You Avoid Becoming a Bad Financial Statistic

April is National Financial Literacy Month. It’s a good thing, because America (as a group) needs help in the area of finances. Disturbing statistics have come out recently which indicate that we are headed in the wrong direction from a personal finance standpoint. The Numbers Should Frighten You Not to sound like a doomsayer, but
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Personal debt statistics for seniors are officially frightening. Here’s what your clients need to know

April is National Financial Literacy Month. It’s a good thing, because America (as a group) needs help in the area of finances. Even the seniors. Seniors Debt Levels Are Headed in the Wrong Direction We traditionally think of seniors as having net worth tied at least in part to the increasing equity in their homes.
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Bruce Coffman Celebrates 50 Years in Mortgage Lending

A lot has changed in 50 years. In 1969 a gallon of gas cost $0.32. The average price of a new home was $40,000. And our own Bruce Coffman was just starting his career in the mortgage business! March 2019 marks 50 years for Bruce in the industry and we couldn’t be happier to have
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You’ll never guess how seniors are changing the NOLA housing market

There’s a misperception brewing here in America. A big one. The traditional idea of retirement is changing. Fast. Most people think Americans have it all planned out… work until your early 60s. Retire. Sell the big house and move into a smaller home or even a condo. Something with less maintenance. Not so fast. New
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Do Out of Town Lenders Offer Better Deals Than Local Lenders?

It happened AGAIN this month. My phone rang – it was a buyer in meltdown mode. Let’s call them the Smiths. They were totally freaking out. The Smiths were pre-approved with one of the big national lenders from out of town (you’d recognize the name). But that was weeks ago. The Smiths had just days
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Enter to WIN our King Cake Giveaway!

Carnival season is right around the corner folks! Parade season has already begun, and people have gone ALL OUT decorating their front porches to the nines. You can smell King Cake in the air pretty much everywhere you go and the energy in the city is ramping up for Fat Tuesday. It’s intoxicating! This year,
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Congratulations to Alison Calamia, our newest CRMP!

This January, our very own Alison Calamia joined an elite group of mortgage professionals who have achieved the highest designation of being a Certified Reverse Mortgage Specialist (CRMP) from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLS), making her 1 of only 151 CRMPs in entire the nation! That puts her in the top 1% of
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