by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | AZREIA, Executive Director Message, Investing, Newsletter
By Michael Del Prete |AZREIA When the New York Stock Exchange opened for trading on January 2, 1970, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 809 points. Consumer confidence was high, the economy was strong. But that didn’t last long. Over the next 10 years, the U.S....
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | Chicago Title Agency, Escrow, Newsletter, Title
By Jill Bright | Guest Author Diana Hoffman | Chicago Title Here is a real-life scenario: One of our Escrow Officers with more than 20 years of experience in the escrow industry has developed a great reputation that has brought on many referrals. On one occasion, a...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | Newsletter, Sales
by Steve Trang Sales isn’t what most people think it is, says Steve Trang. Convincing people to buy or sell something they don’t want isn’t Sales. It’s definitely not the plaid jacket used car salesmen and their uncouth behavior. Steve is one of the top sales trainers...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | HOA, Newsletter, Short-Term Rentals, Zona Law Group
By Mark B. Zinman | Zona Law Our AZREIA newsletter readers will recall that in 2016, Governor Ducey signed into law a prohibition for cities and towns from putting restrictions on short-term rentals. What was noticeably absent from that law was any restrictions on...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | invest, Life-insurance, Newsletter, Unbridled Wealth
By Olivia McGraw|Unbridled Wealth Common financial advice from prominent figures says “buy term life insurance and invest the difference.” As a life insurance broker, I cringe for several reasons every time I hear this statement. In my opinion, this statement is...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | Boomerang Capital Partners, Newsletter
Since we are getting a lot of questions on the impact of rates, I thought we would share a few observations and thoughts. First, the short answer: We don’t think it will have much of an impact on our corner of the world. Yes, we get that this opinion does not match...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | Newsletter, Vantage Self-Directed IRA
by Daniel Ortega Director of Business Development Vantage Self-Directed IRA’s At Vantage, we’ve spent the better part of 18 years educating Americans about the favorable benefits of a Self-Directed IRA. Real Estate has been one of the most sought-after asset classes...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | Newsletter, Peoples Mortgage Co
If you are self-employed and have attempted to obtain financing, you know the amount of headache involved. Some have no issues but some have many issues. I am commonly met with frustration whenever I have a self-employed borrower come to me who is not able to get...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | Newsletter, Phocus Law
One such occurrence that I see is people are gradually (or sometimes all at once) modifying the name of their business entity. As an example, I’ll use the name of my business Phocus Law. Hypothetically, imagine I initially set up my entity as Phocus Legal Group, LLC,...
by Maureen Laupp | Jun 1, 2022 | Legally Speaking, Newsletter, Zona Law Group
Q: An applicant has a pending criminal charge for statutory rape and is going to trial next month. He says that I have to rent to him and cannot consider the pending charges because he is “innocent till proven guilty.” Is that true? What happens if he is convicted and...