mike | Shared With: Everyone - May 18 2009 | google io, ignite, conference
Looking forward to these Ignite Google IO talks next week.
Quoted: I will be hosting an Ignite at Google IO on 5/27 from 4:15-5:15 at Moscone. I did an open call for speakers and I'm happy to announce the following will be joining me onstage: Leo Dirac - Transhumanism Morality Why only geeks and hippies can save the world. Michael Driscoll - Hacking Big Data with the Force of Open...
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 23 2008 | ignite, seattle
Ignite Seattle 5 minute talks - videos here (though I think the Feb '08 videos are not up yet?).
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 20 2008 | friends, ignite, seattle, conference, presentations
We went to the first half of Ignite Seattle - a series of speed-talks (20 slides in 5 minutes) on geeky subjects. CHAC was PACKED - we arrived 1/2 hour early and still had to sit on the floor.
We stayed through the first break - and then butts gave out - we hope to catch the remainder on video.
Mez gave a great talk on bottoms-up companies.
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This is a very interesting loan product from BECU and has the potential of being one of the best 1st time mortgages for buyers that qualify.
It is called the "Helper" (HLPR) loan. Basically, it's aimed at 1st time buyers buying their first home, but it should also be useful for people who have already sold their homes and are looking for another.
There are income restrictions, credit restrictions and other guidelines, but this particular HLPR product (there are several others, see BECU's site) purports to have an ARM rate that is about 1% lower than the "going" rate. Based on my experience, their fees are also lower than most of the major banks.
This type of loan is great for someone that is looking at short-term ownership of a property. I spoke with several industry pros and they all believe that BECU is probably not making any money - perhaps even losing money - on this loan, but may be using it to bring borrowers into other BECU products that may be profitable.
BECU has had a reputation of being difficult to work with in the past and very slow to respond. It seems that now, though, they've cleaned up their act. They've got 24-hour mortgage reps and a lot of the process has been stream-lined and placed online. This loan is not for everyone, though, and it may not apply to every purchase. In particular, borrowers may have difficulty obtaining loans on new or conversion condos that are not FNMA approved. I spoke with several BECU reps and their answers were all over the board about this.
More info on the site.
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