American Soldiers Saluting US Flag According to a recent CareerBuilder article, nearly 250,000 service members transition out of the military every year. Not only are small businesses providing jobs for veterans, they are reaping the benefits of some great tax credits. Veterans offer a wide variety of skills and qualities that could benefit your business. […]
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Tennis Anyone?
Women’s National Open I watched some of the National Open Women’s Tennis. Outstanding. Inspiring. Loved it. However, I would not call this match Women’s Tennis; the finalists were 18 and 19 when they stepped on the court. They are teen-agers. Their world rankings were 179th (345th earlier in the year) and 73rd. The main draw […]
Questions You Cannot Ask a Job Applicant
Illegal Questions We are hiring a customer service representative and personal assistant. It has been a while since I have interviewed and my staff thought that I might brush up on my questions, especially since we are still in a pandemic. Found an interesting source that listed 58 Illegal Job Interview Questions attributed to the […]
TV Watching Update from Duane And DJ
So Many Options There are so many different programs, different actors, different streamers, and other watching possibilities. AND our regular network season shows are getting ready to come back, it is September people. Waiting for Black List, New Amsterdam, The Equalizer, Emily in Paris, Zoey’s Playlist, old faithful NCIS and others. Just watched the Michael […]
DRE Alert: Notice to Mortgage Loan Brokers
DRE Summer Bulletin There was an important alert on page 3 of the DRE Summer Bulletin. You might check it out. Notice to Mortgage Loan Brokers The Department of Real Estate (DRE) has seen an increasing number of applications for mortgage loan originator license endorsements from people without a real estate license, which is a […]
Bullpen Games
Giants vs Dodgers The Giants and the Dodgers played a very important baseball series this past weekend. The Giants with the pennant on the line had two bullpen games and the Dodgers had one. In the Sunday game (that the Giants won to win the year-long battle) the Giants used nine pitchers. The teams are […]
We Get Questions. Oh Yes, We Get Questions
Qualifying Courses One question my staff hears regularly concerns qualifying for a broker’s license. An applicant must complete 8 college courses and have 2 years of full-time experience in the last 5 years. There are nuances and if you have any queries, call my office at 800-439-4909, we can help. Yes, for example, an Econ […]
DRE Updates Position of Use Of Electronic Signatures
Electronic Signatures This is a page 1 headline on the Summer 2021 Real Estate Bulletin. It might be important to your financial health. DRE had interpreted Civil Code Section 1633.3(b) to preclude the use of electronic signatures on both the Mortgage Loan Disclosure Statement and the Lender/Purchaser Disclosure Statement. They have concluded that electronic signatures, […]
Do You Have A Real Estate Article Handy?
YOUR Topic Here For you aspiring writers who have some great ideas. I would like to publish one article from our readers in a future email. It would be placed in our emails to real estate licenses, MLOs and notaries, our two Facebook Pages, and on our blog. It should be about a current real […]
NMLS Announces Deadline for CE Completion
Deadline Approaching Yes, you might be too busy to complete your MLO CE now, but wait until January 1 and if you haven’t finished, you will have lots of time because you will not be able to work. 2021 Annual CE Deadlines | Your License is Your Business SMART Renewal Deadline: CE course reported to […]