Rudy McCormick

As it would turn out, I am not able to practice right now due to my moving away from RE/MAX Preferred. I need to be able to practice and that would require me having a broker to work for, so if your interested in having a 10+ year veteran on your team, without a bunch of fees ( the reason I left RE/MAX in the first place ) I would like to talk to you.

Send me an e-mail or call me direct at 608-963-6051

The new real estate environment is quite unlike anything anyone has seen before. Granted election years are always a bit on the slow side but this year we had some extraordinary circumstances what exacerbated the situation and with a slowing economy, massive foreclosures, and banks not lending money, the market pretty much locked up completely. In fact the only people out looking at real estate right now are people who want to invest on the foreclosures that are selling for up to 50% under their true value. One thing that we as agents have going for us at this point is extremely low mortgage interest rates approaching 4%, which means many people who are still in their jobs and still have equity in their homes or are first time buyers will have the best opportunity to own a home in decades, or ever for that matter. What will people do? Will people be able to sell homes to move into bigger ones? Will people just refinance into low rates and try to recoup some of the equity they once had? Mortgage modification will also be available via the T.A.R.P. program as well. I believe that people with jobs will begin to spend again, those without will have to wait until the economy comes back which means that we will have a mediocre year at best in Wisconsin real estate with solid communities like Watertown, Oconomowoc, Jefferson, and Waterloo will fair better than those areas without industry and commercial entities which provide solid, stable, and secure incomes for potential buyers of homes. I feel like the long term holds great opportunities for things like solar energy, geothermal heating and cooling, and wind energy, as well as clean coal and nuclear energy.

Could this be it? I mean for all of us realtors?

Real Estate is heading to an all time low and my guess is that many of its best realtors will be spending their last days in the business this winter. I wanted to thank all the great people who have helped me along the way and a special thanks to Dennis Midthun of RE/MAX Preferred.

Dennis was very much there for me when I lost everything, even though some other folks (again those darn orange sign people), saw a chance to put me out of business then and attacked me, Dennis continues to stand behind me and all of his agents. He embraced the opportunity that was in me and that has made a difference in my life after the fire.

So I would like to just say thanks to one of the people in real estate who deserves a ton of credit, and takes so very little.

Thanks Dennis,

Could this be it? I mean for all of us realtors?

Real Estate is heading to an all time low and my guess is that many of its best realtors will be spending their last days in the business this winter. I wanted to thank all the great people who have helped me along the way and a special thanks to Dennis Midthun of RE/MAX Preferred.

Dennis was very much there for me when I lost everything, even though some other folks (again those darn orange sign people), saw a chance to put me out of business then and attacked me, Dennis continues to stand behind me and all of his agents. He embraced the opportunity that was in me and that has made a difference in my life after the fire.

So I would like to just say thanks to one of the people in real estate who deserves a ton of credit, and takes so very little.

Thanks Dennis,

I can't believe what is happening to us in this country. I love America don't get me wrong. Something has got to give in this economy or we are all in trouble. I mean these companies have been ripping us off for years and no one seems to mind....I beg to differ. WE DO MIND and its about time we all do the right thing and that is to let them die. Lets make room for new companies by shredding our economy and weeding out the horses asses who have been stealing from us and have gotten us into this mess to begin with.
The same can be said for local organizations as well. You know the ones who try to control the businesses by threats and actions which are anti competition. Banks which are anti competiton in our area threaten us all by attempting to control businesses by revoking or foreclosing on assets they chose to. Real Estate firms and other companies fall into this catagory as well. If you have ever had to pay a "transaction fee" and didn't get an exact answer as to what that fee is for, that firm is breaking the law. Those folks with the orange signs have done this repeatedly costing local home buyers and sellers hundreds of thousands of dollars. These businesses are not friends of the community just as our large banks and insurance companies are not friends to our country. If we stand for bailing them out we only complicate the issues by allowing them to control our countries financial systems and further draining us all with their greed and bad will.
STOP THEM BY WRITING TO YOUR state representitives and take action by putting your money someplace other than wall street.
I reccomend the purchase of LAND! There not making any more of it which makes for constant demand, stabilizing the value. Your not going to get rich buying land in the short term, however, you will not lose your ass in the next few months either.
These are strong words, and right now this country needs strength to stand up against greed and corperate thugs who really just want your money!