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RCG’s Ardell and Rhonda Win Three of the Magnificent Seven Awards for 2008

Jillayne Schlicke on 02 5, 2009

Larry Cragun compiles a long list of consumer centric blog articles throughout the year and just released his 2008 picks for the Magnificent Seven Awards.  RCG’s Rhonda Porter and Ardell DellaLoggia made it to the top.  Here are the winning RCG entries:

Flat Screen TV: Is it Attached?
by Ardell DellaLoggia
“At what point does a wall mounted TV that is hard wired into the wall without outlets become “an installed electrical fixture” per the terms of the contract and included in the sale of the house?  I don’t think anyone expects to get someone else’s TV…or do they?” 

Borrower Beware
by Rhonda Porter
“You would like to think that with all the licensing and tougher times, that all the mortgage riff-raff have gone back to selling what ever it was they did before…it’s not true…not yet.   In fact, it was recently announced that during the first quarter of this year, there’s a record amount of mortgage fraud.” 

Bait and Switch Mortgage Advertising
by Rhonda Porter
“Today I noticed a Wachovia ad on the TV promoting a low rate of 5.50%…home owners are dancing for joy.  If you watch real closely to the fast moving small print, it discloses that the rate is from January…um folks, February is almost gone and so is the rate that Wachovia is currently running on CNBC.   If you call them for 5.50% (bait) they’re going to offer you something in the low to mid-6’s (switch) per their website tonight.”

Congratulations to Ardell and Rhonda! For the entire list of seven, head on over to Larry’s RealEstateUndressed.

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Jillayne Schlicke researches, writes, and instructs continuing education courses, convention workshops and keynote presentations for the real estate and mortgage industries on a wide variety of topics as CEO of CE Forward, Inc. Jillayne is also the Founder and Executive Director for The National Association of Mortgage Fiduciaries, which serves the mortgage lending industry by raising ethical standards, creating a framework for industry self regulation, providing continuing education classes, and helping the industry prepare for the emergence of fiduciary duties. Jillayne received an M.A. in Psych from Antioch University in Seattle where she studied moral psychology, philosophy, and business ethics and received a B.S. in Business and Systems from the University of Phoenix. Jillayne presents hundreds of classes and workshops each year, has published numerous articles for various publications, is a contributing author and editor on Rain City Guide, has been appointed to 38 professional association chair positions or committees and has received 13 industry awards including "2008 Instructor of the Year" from the Seattle King County Association of Realtors. Contact Jillayne at 206-931-2241 Read Jillayne's stuff on Rain City Guide...