The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has suspended Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corporation (TBW) of Ocala, Florida after Entropy video TBW failed to submit a required annual financial report and misrepresented that there were no unresolved issues with its independent auditor. The auditor has uncovered irregular transactions that raised the flag of fraud and had ceased their investigation.HUD Secretary Shaun Donvan had this to say in a HUD press release: Two for the Money trailer … [Read more...]
Pick up the Phone and Call
August 4, 2009 By 3 Comments
Let's face it, cold calling stinks. Most people don't want to do it. Yet cold calling is one of the best ways to build your business. However the cold calling I'm talking about isn't the kind in which you pick up a phone book and start calling random people. I'm talking about Internet leads. Phoning Internet leads isn't really cold calling since these leads took the time to contact you. They either emailed you or submitted a form with there contact information to your website. These are the … [Read more...]
Horizon Realty Learns a Lesson In Social Media Awareness
August 2, 2009 By 5 Comments
Last week the twitterverse was ablaze with news that one innocent tweet by a disgruntled tenant could be used as grounds for a libel lawsuit by the management company of her previous apartment.Amanda Bonnen, the defendant, is said to have damaged the management company's reputation when she tweeted (to all 20 of her followers) her discontent with mold in her rental's bedroom and claimed the management company, Horizon Realty of Chicago, thought it was okay to live with it.Horizon Realty, … [Read more...]
