Buying a home is an incredibly rewarding experience, but let’s be honest. For some of us, the process can be confusing and challenging even under the best of circumstances. I know a bit about this, because I’ve done it twice – most recently in April. For me, the analogy is like landing in a foreign country and not speaking the language.
As Social Media Director here at Tree.com (parent company of LendingTree), consider me your concierge to the labyrinthian world of housing, finance and loans. LendingTree has tons of resources and people ready to help, and I will do my best to help you find them with the assistance of our Chief Economist Cameron Findlay and Editor-in-Chief Nicole Hall. We also want to build a collaborative knowledge community - with the help of people like you, real estate agents and loan officers – around Twitter, Facebook and this blog.
Look for a livelier selection of blog posts on personal finance and economic trend issues, consumer information based on your questions, and insight on what’s going on here at LendingTree. If you are writing about some of these topics, get in touch with us – anna(at)treesd.com – about doing some guest blogging.
A little bit about myself: I’m a former newspaper reporter with a specialty in online communities. I bought my most recent home through LendingTree before I was even hired here. Things worked out well, and I got to see first-hand what changes in the mortgage and housing industry mean for the rest of us. It also made me realize how personal finance decisions we make as individuals form the roots of the LendingTree experience.
Enough about me. Now we want to hear back from you. Being new here, I may not know all the answers to your questions, but I will do my best to help you find them. We invite you to share your thoughts with us, but please do so in a courteous way (see our blog comments policy). Your comments could result in us responding through email, directing you to talk with someone – or it might even inspire a blog post. Stay in touch! — Anna Cearley
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Welcome to the Big Show Anna! If you need anything from the field… we are just a txt message away. (As are most of us at TREE and the Real Estate Broker Network). Good luck to you!
Good stuff, Anna!
Anna, you’ve made great contributions already. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the support, everyone! Looking forward to listening, sharing and learning.
Hi Anna,
Nice to see LendingTree is joining the Social Media Platform, as one who has been studying it the last 3 years this is a VERY ripe time to start the conversation between Consumers, Lenders, Reactors, Title, appraisals and everyone else who is involved in a Real Estate Transaction.
All the Best
Racheli Refael Smilovits
Hi, Racheli. Thank you for your nice note. Look forward to catching up with you online! Are you part of our lender network? If not, you might want to look into that. I’ve gotten some great feedback from lenders I’ve spoken to who have become a part of LendingTree’s network. Here’s where to go for more information:
http://www.lendingtree.com/about-us/partner-with-lendingtree/get-internet-mortgage-leads/