A good vacation and some bracket-mania while things heat up :)

So, right now I am writing this from South Carolina, as it is Sara's Spring Break. This vacation has been really great and restful so far, and we are only 90 minutes from my brother and his family, so that has been nice. Of course, the last two days, Sara has been joking that she "drove to South Carolina to watch college basketball," but she's a good sport. :) Speaking of which, here's a link to our (read "my") bracket:
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/405824
After going 3 for 3, I had dreams of going 63 for 63 and winning the 5 mill...now, I am just hoping that Villanova can pull off the upset today to keep my Sweet 16 intact. :)

Well, below are the two paragraphs from my last Service For Life newsletter cover letter. The market is really starting to heat up for the Spring, so that's welcome. Of course, it feels like every time I go away is the time that I get phone calls of people wanting to meet and ready to move on a house, but I guess I can't really complain about that...business is good, even when the timing could be better. :)

Okay...Davidson is mounting a comeback, so I gotta go check that out. :)

Peace,
Greg

Some really good news for the market!! So, to help with the real estate slump that is occurring in most of the nation, FHA, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae all increased their loan limits for the rest of 2008. This is great news for Maryland, where the “slump” has been more of a “stabilizing”. The FHA loan increase is probably the best news, as it is an awesome, low interest product that only requires 2.25% as a down payment for those that qualify. One of the figures that I heard was that the increase to the FHA loan product alone was going to bring an additional 500,000 buyers into the market this year across the nation! For more information specific to these loan limit increases in Maryland, visit the following: https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/hicost1.cfm.

On the personal front, I am settling in well to my new company and enjoying the benefits that come with working on a good team. I am preparing this mailing in South Carolina, as Sara and I are spending her Spring Break down near my brother (and, oh yeah, my brother and his wife recently had a second son, so I am an uncle again J). With the grind of medical school, this will likely be the last time Sara and I get away together until Thanksgiving, so it will be a good time to recharge and get refreshed for the busy springs and summers that lay in front of us.