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Agents Earn ……
The median real estate agent earned $48,690 in 2018, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. "The high commissions haven't made most real estate agents rich," The New York Times commented. "Instead, the commissions have created a bloated and unproductive sector. ...
FACEBOOK REDFACED OVER REDLINING
Facebook has been breaking the federal Fair Housing Act for years, HUD claimed in a lawsuit it filed against the “social network” Thursday (3/28/19). Facebook was “redlining” in two big ways, said HUD (the U.S. Department of Housing and...
Personal Intelligence: “THERE’S A.I. AND THEN THERE’S P.I.”
95 Mbps. That’s the average fixed U.S. internet connection speed today. U there? It matters. You can check yours with Speedtest. It will measure download speed, upload speed, and latency, thee three key performance metrics for connecting computers. Starting...
Tiny Tidbits Making Megatrends
Existing home sales jumped up 11.8% in February (2019). Interest rates on the basic 30-year fixed mortgage drifted down to 4.28% by the time the sales numbers came out in late March, 2019. That took mortgage costs back down to where they were in the last week of...
NEW REGS, NEW LAWS -SAVE A C-NOTE
Pocket An Extra $100, on renewing. Sale starts now. It's not really a "sale," of course, It's more like reality therapy. For years, the KBHI soaked inspectors for hundreds of thousands of dollars...
GULP – The Latest Water Damage Claims — YOU MIGHT GAG.
GULP! LATEST WATER DAMAGE CLAIMS -- YOU MIGHT GAG. 3 Biggest Risks for Inspectors Water damage claims now average about $10,000. That means more than half are higher. Often much higher. The latest numbers are enough to take your breath away. And they’re soaking...
TAX BREAKS FOR ALL!
Interested in shaving 8-10% off your tax bill? It’s not too late. There’s still time to save on your 2018 tax return. April 15, 2019 is the deadline to make your 2018 IRA (“Individual Retirement Account”) contributions. Deduct as much as $18,500, the 2018 limit for...
PRE-LISTINGS BOOM
Suppose you could roll up 40% more business in 2019. What if you could ride that once-in-a-lifetime wave for the next five years? The numbers for 2026 will take your breath away. The secret sauce just got reported by Fannie Mae, Pre-listing home inspections are...
ANOTHER NEW KBHI ADMIN… THERE’S NEWS.
Haley Bradburn, the voice on the other end of the phone for the Ky Board of Home Inspectors (KBHI), has moved on. Poor Haley! She went from zero to on-top in a matter of months. Now, a few months later, she’s going to a new gig at the Labor Dept. Filling her shoes,...
Ohio Gets Home Inspector Licensing
Ohio Gets Home Inspector Licensing Home inspector licensing finally got passed in Ohio, after over a decade of trying. Ohio benefited from the years of work. It is outstanding home inspector licensing law. On January 4, 2019 it was signed into law by...