Butch Grimes's Article in Real Estate

797 Stimulus Questions No One is Asking
Amid the frenzy of homeowners facing foreclosure, potential buyers struggling to obtain loans and banks, lenders and realtors trying to stay afloat, I feel like there are lots of questions that no one is asking!
Posted on Jun-03-2009

984 How to be more successful by Educating and not selling! “PODCASTING”
A lucrative career in real estate, Insurance, Financial planning and many other professions used to mean shaking a lot of hands and praying for favorable market conditions. While personal contacts and a booming market still have influence on the success in many businesses. Today’s business environment continues to undergo a powerful technological shift.
Posted on Jun-02-2009

1334 Obama's Stimulus Plan: We Need Mandates to Spur Demand
For those 9 million Americans classified as struggling homeowners the idea that $275 billion is being pumped into the housing sector through President Obama's recently unveiled stimulus plan gives an initial ray of hope.
Posted on May-28-2009

900 Real Estate Bad Guys: A Day in the Life of a Foreclosure Specialist
Walking up to a person’s home to evict them is never an easy job. Even though those of us in the foreclosure field are not the ones who have made the bad choices, or caused the bad luck, leading to this terrible moment, we are still regarded as the bad guys.
Posted on May-27-2009

1028 Give the Housing Market an Enema—it's Full of Crap!
Stimulus plans, band-aid solutions for struggling homeowners and short sighted solutions are not going to get our country out of this current housing crisis. We need to give the system an enema. Gross? Maybe, but I can't think of a better analogy for what's happening, and what needs to happen.
Posted on May-26-2009

961 TARP Money and Credit Card Debt: The $700 Billion Elephant in the Room
If you're a bank, things are looking up! The $700 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has largely gone to buoying up financial institutions with some help to the struggling auto industry as well. So if your name is Bank of America, Citigroup or GM then congratulations are in order.
Posted on May-25-2009