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Open Letters
A few thoughts on kid's milestones, education, and taking advice from teachers and other parents.
Romney's American Dream is to be president. A voter's American Dream is to own a home. It's totally unacceptable that the voter has to disclose more to realize his dream.
What consumers must know about rate stories in the press.
Death and disease have been prevailing themes so far in 2012. But here's the other theme that's risen out of the gravity.
A note to TheBasisPoint's awesome readers about some exciting changes coming.
What Bieber's jumbo mortgage woes tell us about state of non-agency MBS
Today, federally required Mortgage disclosures make lenders look like they're trying to hide fees. Fixing this is the CFPB's first big test.
Correcting a 'no-cost refis are a scam' article on Zillow.
Two days ago, CNNMoney ran this headline: The 4% Mortgage: Good Luck Getting One. I linked to it on my site and it was one of the most-clicked links of the week. So CNN gets credit for a good headline, but the story was full of misinformation. I have to guess by my site’s traffic
Two days ago, CNNMoney ran this headline: The 4% Mortgage: Good Luck Getting One. I linked to it on my site and it was one of the most-clicked links of the week. So CNN gets credit for a good headline, but the story was full of misinformation. I have to guess by my site’s traffic
Dear Z: Just like last year, I’m writing this letter nine days after your 3rd birthday. The last couple weeks with you starting pre-school have been a huge adjustment. Now I’m sitting here all showered and ready for work in the 6:00am hour, starting this letter, hoping I finish it before you wake up and
Dear Z: Just like last year, I’m writing this letter nine days after your 3rd birthday. The last couple weeks with you starting pre-school have been a huge adjustment. Now I’m sitting here all showered and ready for work in the 6:00am hour, starting this letter, hoping I finish it before you wake up and
No, that title isn’t a blatant search optimization tactic (though it can’t hurt). It’s a subject header to test TheBasisPoint’s new email machine. To all mail newsletter readers over the years: I want thank you, and let you know that me and my amazing team will now bring you market commentary using TheBasisPoint and its
Hey Trulia, I’ve attempted to run a blog on your site but throwing in the towel as of today. At least until you let users import blogs. Is there any reason why you wouldn’t allow that? Your users are housing professionals who are producing massive volumes of great content daily, and I’m not alone when
