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I don't know where to start, but my expectations were I exceeded! I am truly thankful that Craig facilitated the introductions to help me shortsale my condo successfully! I was a bit skeptical at first, but was pleasantly surprised. I would highly recommend anyone reach out thru this site!

Listener Tommy

San Diego

Im shocked that when I reached out, I actually got a response from Craig. This isn't what you expect from a radio show, the host actually caring about helping. He gave me free advice. As a result, I got my mortgage refinanced, saved a ton of money, and couldn't be happier!

Jim E.

San Diego

Craig gave my wife and I the necessary advice on how to buy a home. He connected us with an outstanding real estate agent, and aligned his terrific team to help us with the mortgage. As a result, we are now a proud family living the American Dream and a rate in the 3s!

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San Diego

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San Diego

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La Jolla

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San Diego

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Food For Thought

  Food For Thought, well this is one way to put things in perspective!

“If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life,  there’d be a shortage of fishing poles

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally …you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction … you might live in a country founded by geniuses  but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher’s “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of drug addicts are left in filth and drug infested “homes”… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have more oil in your country than does the Middle East yet your government refuses to develop those and continues to buy oil from the Middle East  you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government cannot pay its bills from the exorbitant tax rate it levies on you, borrows money from countries such as China, then sends large amounts of that money to countries that continue to despise you ? then you might live in a country
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.”

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Did you know this about the credit bureaus???

Did you know the credit bureaus are a $4billion dollar a year industry?
Did you know, studies show that over 90% of credit reports are inaccurate?
Ever wonder WHY you don’t learn about credit in high school or college?
Did you know that when you try and dispute something on your credit report, the bureaus receive hundreds of thousands of these EVERYDAY and trash them?
Does this bother you?

Think about this…
YOU are not the client of the credit bureau. Who is? THE BANKS, CREDIT CARDS, ETC…
So if you have a lower credit score, do you think that might benefit them when they charge you and others higher interest rates.

Did you know that the credit bureaus own freecreditreport.com? Think there are strings attached?

Did you know, that if I wanted to, I could buy your social, debt information, mortgage, loan to value on your home, d.o.b’s and learn what your scores are? Scary huh?

As a consumer advocate, its the biggest sham that exists.

TIPS:
1. www.annualcreditreport.com
2. go to optoutprescreen.com- you can remove your information from being sold from bureaus to different businesses.
3. IF YOU’VE EVER HAD CREDIT QUESTIONS- email me. OR if you’ve ever had blemishes on your credit, we can help you get them fixed. REACH OUT.

I am here to help you in this situation…
Do not be ashamed.
Bad credit is a choice, REACH OUT! Lets fight back.

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Rational Cafe, new TV show in the works!

http://vimeo.com/66884701

check out the preview…

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The Market is NOT the economy

Tune into the radio show tonight to here the difference between the two!

1170am @ 6pm, don’t forget about listening on ITUNES!

Heres a great article to read that discusses this topic:

Whatever course it chooses, the Federal Reserve will have to grapple with the reality that while its policies have helped levitate stocks, they’ve been considerably less effective at expanding the economy.

While rising equity prices help add to total growth, the stock market is not the economy.

The U.S. economy, rather, is propelled by consumption, which accounts for about 70 percent of gross domestic product.

That consumption in turn, is generated by wealth, and the signs are growing that benefits of a skyrocketing stock market have been disproportionate.

“We’ve made rich people richer,” Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher told CNBC in a Monday interview.

Play Video
Fed’s Fisher: ‘This is a Judgmental Business’
“It’s a constant evaluative process,” says Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher, discussing how central bankers are able to gauge the success of its monetary policy.
“This is great for the (Warren) Buffetts and for others who can take advantage of this multiple of great money and cheap money that’s been available,” he added. “The question is, what have we done for the working men and women of America?”
(Read More: QE Halt ‘Too Violent’ for Market: Fed’s Fisher)

While employment gains have been steady, they also have been unspectacular.

Weekly jobless claims have been moving around in a volatile range, spiking in the most recent week to 360,000. May job creation is likely to be around 150,000, considered a breakeven for absorbing the amount of new entrants to the labor force.

As for the “wealth effect” the Fed had hoped to achieve by boosting the stock market with $85 billion of money creation every month, it indeed, as Fisher suggested, has been skewed to upper income levels.

(Read More: ‘Profitless Rally’: Stocks Heading for a Slowdown)

A recent Gallup poll paints the picture: Stock ownership is at record lows, with just 52 percent of Americans holding equity stakes either through individual stocks or through retirement accounts.

Moreover, the poll shows that the middle class has taken a big step backward from the stock market.

In April 2008, 66 percent of adults with incomes between $30,000 and $74,999 owned stocks; that number had plunged to 50 percent in April 2013. Just 21 percent—down from 27 percent—of those earning under $30,000 held stocks, while 81 percent above $75,000 were in the market, down from 88 percent.

A skeptic on the current Fed approach, Fisher said the tide won’t turn until government fiscal policy complements Fed monetary policy.

Daniel Arbess, Perella Weinberg Partners, explains why he believes the Fed’s monetary policy is the only game in town for now, and reveals why he sees strong positives in housing and energy.
“Government is not the future, the private sector is the future,” he said. “Right now, (companies are) using cheap money to buy back their stock, pay extra dividends, etc. etc. We all know what is going on.”

(Read More: Amid Rally, Market Flooded With Shares)

Private sector economists at big Wall Street firms have begun turning up growth expectations, but that’s been a regular exercise since the end of the financial crisis that has consistently been countered with hard reality.

Citigroup, for instance, said it expects growth as high as 3 percent—right around the historical trend mark—after a near-term bout with anemic 1.5 percent gains.

“The drag from earlier tax hikes may be easing up on schedule as stronger employment and more supportive financial conditions buoy demand,” Citi economist Robert V. DiClemente said in a report.

Growth, though, has consistently disappointed, and it’s been the Fed’s self-appointed task to step in and continue to goose stocks.

Keeping rates at extraordinarily low levels has “large and significant effects on equity prices,” according to an analysis that Goldman Sachs released over the weekend.

The piece addressed a long-standing debate over why the Standard & Poor’s 500 has risen more than 140 percent since the financial crisis—specifically, whether it’s been the Fed or fundamental economic growth.

(Read More: JPMorgan Goes All-In on Rally; Sees Surge Growing)

Goldman’s analysis looked at market performance in response to interest rate cuts and found that a quarter-point cut in rates usually leads to an immediate 1 percent gain in stock prices. Financials and rate-sensitive consumer stocks reaped the most benefit, while energy, staples and health care have shown little reaction over time.

“Taken together with our dovish view of the Fed … this reinforces our generally upbeat view of the equity market, particularly our top-trade recommendation to be long in large-cap U.S. banks,” economists Sven Jari Stehn and Noah Weisberger said.

Prospects for the economy, though, are less certain, and Fisher said they likely won’t turn around until responsible fiscal policy replaces unprecedented monetary policy.

“What I’m focused on is the movement toward putting people back to work and the efficacy in monetary policy in getting that done,” said Fisher, adding that current conditions will persist until “uncertainty” over fiscal policy is addressed. “Until then we’re just underwriting these guys for not getting their job done.”

—By CNBC.com Senior Writer Jeff Cox. Follow him on Twitter @JeffCoxCNBCcom.

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George Foster and Phil Hill weigh in on the market.

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Big real estate #s, San Diego shows a 19%+ appreciation.

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Food For Thought

  Food For Thought, well this is one way to put things in perspective!

“If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life,  there’d be a shortage of fishing poles

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally …you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction … you might live in a country founded by geniuses  but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher’s “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of drug addicts are left in filth and drug infested “homes”… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have more oil in your country than does the Middle East yet your government refuses to develop those and continues to buy oil from the Middle East  you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government cannot pay its bills from the exorbitant tax rate it levies on you, borrows money from countries such as China, then sends large amounts of that money to countries that continue to despise you ? then you might live in a country
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.”

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Real Estate

Did you know this about the credit bureaus???

Did you know the credit bureaus are a $4billion dollar a year industry?
Did you know, studies show that over 90% of credit reports are inaccurate?
Ever wonder WHY you don’t learn about credit in high school or college?
Did you know that when you try and dispute something on your credit report, the bureaus receive hundreds of thousands of these EVERYDAY and trash them?
Does this bother you?

Think about this…
YOU are not the client of the credit bureau. Who is? THE BANKS, CREDIT CARDS, ETC…
So if you have a lower credit score, do you think that might benefit them when they charge you and others higher interest rates.

Did you know that the credit bureaus own freecreditreport.com? Think there are strings attached?

Did you know, that if I wanted to, I could buy your social, debt information, mortgage, loan to value on your home, d.o.b’s and learn what your scores are? Scary huh?

As a consumer advocate, its the biggest sham that exists.

TIPS:
1. www.annualcreditreport.com
2. go to optoutprescreen.com- you can remove your information from being sold from bureaus to different businesses.
3. IF YOU’VE EVER HAD CREDIT QUESTIONS- email me. OR if you’ve ever had blemishes on your credit, we can help you get them fixed. REACH OUT.

I am here to help you in this situation…
Do not be ashamed.
Bad credit is a choice, REACH OUT! Lets fight back.

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Real Estate

Rational Cafe, new TV show in the works!

http://vimeo.com/66884701

check out the preview…

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Real Estate

The Market is NOT the economy

Tune into the radio show tonight to here the difference between the two!

1170am @ 6pm, don’t forget about listening on ITUNES!

Heres a great article to read that discusses this topic:

Whatever course it chooses, the Federal Reserve will have to grapple with the reality that while its policies have helped levitate stocks, they’ve been considerably less effective at expanding the economy.

While rising equity prices help add to total growth, the stock market is not the economy.

The U.S. economy, rather, is propelled by consumption, which accounts for about 70 percent of gross domestic product.

That consumption in turn, is generated by wealth, and the signs are growing that benefits of a skyrocketing stock market have been disproportionate.

“We’ve made rich people richer,” Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher told CNBC in a Monday interview.

Play Video
Fed’s Fisher: ‘This is a Judgmental Business’
“It’s a constant evaluative process,” says Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher, discussing how central bankers are able to gauge the success of its monetary policy.
“This is great for the (Warren) Buffetts and for others who can take advantage of this multiple of great money and cheap money that’s been available,” he added. “The question is, what have we done for the working men and women of America?”
(Read More: QE Halt ‘Too Violent’ for Market: Fed’s Fisher)

While employment gains have been steady, they also have been unspectacular.

Weekly jobless claims have been moving around in a volatile range, spiking in the most recent week to 360,000. May job creation is likely to be around 150,000, considered a breakeven for absorbing the amount of new entrants to the labor force.

As for the “wealth effect” the Fed had hoped to achieve by boosting the stock market with $85 billion of money creation every month, it indeed, as Fisher suggested, has been skewed to upper income levels.

(Read More: ‘Profitless Rally’: Stocks Heading for a Slowdown)

A recent Gallup poll paints the picture: Stock ownership is at record lows, with just 52 percent of Americans holding equity stakes either through individual stocks or through retirement accounts.

Moreover, the poll shows that the middle class has taken a big step backward from the stock market.

In April 2008, 66 percent of adults with incomes between $30,000 and $74,999 owned stocks; that number had plunged to 50 percent in April 2013. Just 21 percent—down from 27 percent—of those earning under $30,000 held stocks, while 81 percent above $75,000 were in the market, down from 88 percent.

A skeptic on the current Fed approach, Fisher said the tide won’t turn until government fiscal policy complements Fed monetary policy.

Daniel Arbess, Perella Weinberg Partners, explains why he believes the Fed’s monetary policy is the only game in town for now, and reveals why he sees strong positives in housing and energy.
“Government is not the future, the private sector is the future,” he said. “Right now, (companies are) using cheap money to buy back their stock, pay extra dividends, etc. etc. We all know what is going on.”

(Read More: Amid Rally, Market Flooded With Shares)

Private sector economists at big Wall Street firms have begun turning up growth expectations, but that’s been a regular exercise since the end of the financial crisis that has consistently been countered with hard reality.

Citigroup, for instance, said it expects growth as high as 3 percent—right around the historical trend mark—after a near-term bout with anemic 1.5 percent gains.

“The drag from earlier tax hikes may be easing up on schedule as stronger employment and more supportive financial conditions buoy demand,” Citi economist Robert V. DiClemente said in a report.

Growth, though, has consistently disappointed, and it’s been the Fed’s self-appointed task to step in and continue to goose stocks.

Keeping rates at extraordinarily low levels has “large and significant effects on equity prices,” according to an analysis that Goldman Sachs released over the weekend.

The piece addressed a long-standing debate over why the Standard & Poor’s 500 has risen more than 140 percent since the financial crisis—specifically, whether it’s been the Fed or fundamental economic growth.

(Read More: JPMorgan Goes All-In on Rally; Sees Surge Growing)

Goldman’s analysis looked at market performance in response to interest rate cuts and found that a quarter-point cut in rates usually leads to an immediate 1 percent gain in stock prices. Financials and rate-sensitive consumer stocks reaped the most benefit, while energy, staples and health care have shown little reaction over time.

“Taken together with our dovish view of the Fed … this reinforces our generally upbeat view of the equity market, particularly our top-trade recommendation to be long in large-cap U.S. banks,” economists Sven Jari Stehn and Noah Weisberger said.

Prospects for the economy, though, are less certain, and Fisher said they likely won’t turn around until responsible fiscal policy replaces unprecedented monetary policy.

“What I’m focused on is the movement toward putting people back to work and the efficacy in monetary policy in getting that done,” said Fisher, adding that current conditions will persist until “uncertainty” over fiscal policy is addressed. “Until then we’re just underwriting these guys for not getting their job done.”

—By CNBC.com Senior Writer Jeff Cox. Follow him on Twitter @JeffCoxCNBCcom.

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Identity Theft

Attached to this blog post is a forged check from my checkbook. $500 to some wedding party! And look how flimsy that signature is…You’re embarrassing me Mr. Thief.
Isn’t it fun chasing these things down with all that extra spare time we have in our days?
I’m a stubborn S.O.B. so I’ll get to the bottom of tho one.

Identity theft:
Its something that hits Americans by the millions every year…

Typically will destroy your credit. So what do you do?
File a police report? Sure. Good luck with getting anything fixed.

There really isn’t any solution in this type of situation. This is why our radio show is so unique. We bring in the most talented professionals that are at the top of the food chain in their specific profession.

My credit guy is Eran Sinai- if you tune into the show, you hear me call him the credit magician. If you or anyone you know has credit issues, HE’S THE GUY you need.
Kind of like if you get a speeding ticket, you connect with an attorney to have it fixed so the points don’t hit your license right?
Over 90% of credit reports have inaccuracies. You need a credit expert, just like you need a financial planner.
If you have questions with any of this, please email me thru the contact box!

Are you a FAN yet on Facebook? While you’re hear…please like the page!!Fraud Check

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More Nonsense in Politics and the Media

Benghazi, IRS, and Wire Tapping—Ouch!

How hilarious is it that the Obama administration managed to bring the Press AND the Tea Party together in their anger towards Washington…Ironic huh?

Whats truly unfortunate is you have 3 major stories, where the truth is very important….but instead its becoming YET another partisan issue. Standard operating procedure.

The reality is, these are MAJOR screw-ups, that include death and misleading.
Throwing around words like scandal might be a little premature, but this is certainly not something to brush under the rug. By the way, the media would have been happy to ignore the Benghazi story and 4 dead Americans if these other 2issues weren’t right on top of it forcing them to pretend to be journalists.

As you know, I tend to pick a fight with politicians and the media. This often has people wondering which side I am on.
I’m not on a side- I just care about the truth, and being a advocate to help those who listen to the show, or read this blog live a better life. Hence why we breakdown the nonsense into a rational perspective, and ultimately in a way that you understand how it effects you, the market, and what you can do about it.

Democrats seem to be making a living by ignoring problems and making quotes like “We’ll get to the bottom of this!” Of course, that never happens. They get a free pass from the main stream media, and ultimately enough time passes where when the issue gets brought up again, only to be responded “Thats in the past, stop bringing it up.” Its starting to become clock work.

On the flip side the Republicans- have a legitimate bone to pick, but an uphill battle with the media unless your talking Fox News, their one outlet. They also have a few clowns that do them more harm then good- i.e. Rush Limbaugh.

Republicans need to be careful. They need to stay focused on finding the truth, and not allowing themselves to be seen as just trying to
attack the President and be on a anti-Hilaary campaign for 2016. The American people will see through it…mostly because the media make sure the dictate the story, even if inaccurately…

Oh well- what can you do besides sit back and laugh.

Will be discussing this on the show this week. Also the things happening in the market, and real estate. Despite the nonsense, there are a lot of things you can do TODAY to live a better life…and I hope to help you with this.

Make it a great day, keep WINNING!

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“The Weirdo”

Too funny!
So if you missed yesterdays show, you should go to our past shows tab and tune in. Never forget were on ITUNES now as well. Scroll down, and you’ll learn why the unique subject line for this blog post:)

Yesterday we were discussing situational lending and the ability to get financing even if you are not qualified to go FHA, Conventional, or VA.
The market has tightened up, and its making it difficult for people that are perfectly qualified to get financed! Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but in this market, common sense gets thrown out the window sometimes. ESPECIALLY when Washington is involved.

For example, we had a listener recently that had 19 properties at 50% loan to value, also with great credit and verifiable income.
Banks won’t touch him for a refinance. Why? Because he has too many properties.

What sense does that make?
They would refinance different people, each with the same situation…but this guy, they will not touch because he as an individual has too many.
Just in case you missed it, they are all at 50% loan vs. value- so NO RISK. He stops paying, their collateral is plenty covered. Crazy huh?!

Steve Burington is someone who can help this individual investor and many just like it!
If you have questions or anything similar- reach out thru the contact form on craigsewing.com

HE’S GREAT if you are a realtor or mortgage banking expert. Everyone needs a guy like this to refer clients to. Other examples would be self-employed borrowers, those with credit issues but do have equity in their home, even those purchase real estate as long as they are putting money down!

If you are wondering why I titled the blog post: “The Weirdo”
Well, its because we learned that 25 years ago, Burington was a Soap Opera star, and even did a movie!

We got our hands on it!!
Check this bad boy out…Talk about a great thing to do on a Friday night!

Thank you for tuning in weeknights at 6pm on 1170am, and thank you for continuing to spread the word about the Craig Sewing Show!

Heres your “Weirdo” movie:)

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Are you a smart homebuyer?

Hey Gang,
As you know, I’m incredibly bullish on housing right now.
Prices are appreciating, but we still have the lowest cost of homeownership driven by low mortgage rates. As the FED continues to buy $85B in bonds off the market place, you should expect to see rates remain low. However, inflation may tick up, and this could easily cause a rise in mortgage rates.

If you need a connection with a great San Diego Realtor, or a mortgage plan, reach out to me thru the contact form.

Here is the quiz we discussed on the show today!

Are you a smart homebuyer?
If you listen to the radio show weeknights at 6pm on 1170am, I know you’ll ace this one!

http://portal.kiplinger.com/quiz/real-estate/T010-S001-how-smart-a-home-buyer-are-you/index.html

Don’t forget you download the show on ITUNES!

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This week on the show!

Hey Everyone!

Free gift for you at the end of this blog!

Was one heck of a week last week for the show and all our events!

THANK YOU to those of you who attended, reached out, or simply tuned in. We grow one listener at a time, and I appreciate you. Speaking of growth, great way to help the show is forward these emails to people you know to spread the word. Best thing we can do is bookmark craigsewing.com, and LIKE on Facebook.com/craigsewing. $100 reward to anyone who helps create 50 new LIKES by sharing with their database:)

I can not begin to express how proud I am of the city of Boston. I encourage you to go back and watch the original videos….

WATCH as those citizens run TOWARDS the chaos. Thats where the heroic stories begin, and they continue every day. I hate that evil exists, but at least we unite as a country. Thank you Boston for leading by example!

As for last week:
Below is a video of me on Prime Time with Taylor Baldwin discussing low inventory in the real estate market in case you missed it. I do want to apologize and correct myself. In the fast paced interview, with no preparation, I mention working with agents who’ve closed 100+ deals to combat the low inventory. HUGE mis-speak caused by the rushed nature of the interview. Maybe work with TEAMS or companies that do this kind of volume, but individuals is rare. I knew it as soon as I said it, and let me tell you, I’ve had some great realtor friends who refer to my mortgage team with Synergy 1 Lending give me a playful earful:) Truth is, you gauge your realtor by experience, trust, and work ethic. If they have those things, it doesn’t matter how many deals they’ve closed, they’ll get the job done!! Please accept my apology and obvious need for a correction.

VIDEO INTERVIEW

http://www.utsandiego.com/video/play/54440/

We also did the live radio show at the KCBQ event. Several hundred people attended the event. If you’d like to see some pics, go to Facebook.com/craigsewing. Thank you for all of you who came up and said hello. It was very humbling to meet some fans!

THIS WEEK:
I will be out of town headed to my hometown of St.Louis on Thursday to do a presentation for a few hundred realtors. But you can expect to hear me on the show today and tomorrow.

Today we will touch the Boston story, we have some NEW #s in real estate, and an excellent financial panel. By the way, yesterday, existing home sales came in down .6%. Nothing to be concerned with, housing still in great shape.

Please tune in on 1170am KCBQ @ 6pm, and don’t forget you can now download the show on ITUNES.

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Please tune into the show!! Thank you everyone for your support. As always, feedback is totally welcome!

P.S. Do not forget, for any real estate, mortgage, credit, debt, financial planning, etc question, concern, or need you may have- Please reach out.

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The Craig Sewing Show – August 28, 2012

Preview of RNC, lowest trading volume of the year in the market. Great news in housing!

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