The chart below shows a cost comparison for a renter and a homeowner over a 

seven year period.  The renter starts out paying $800 per month with annual increases of 5% he 

homeowner purchases a home for $110,000 and pays a monthly mortgage of  $1,000. 

After 6 years, the homeowner’s payment is lower than the renter’s monthly 

payment.  With the tax savings of homeownership, the homeowner’s payment is less than 

the rental payment after 3 years. 

 

 

 Well, I choose Brandon Patton because we both list HUD homes. Brandon was a bit shocked by my call because he doesn’t even recall having a profile on activerain muchless blogging. He is the designated broker with six realtors under him. He has been in real estate for five years. Perhaps my call will spark his interest in activerain.

 Since I apparently got on some sort of Tammy kick, I decided to switch it up. I called Brian Petrelli because I thought we shared a common link of listing HUD homes and both have a MBA and a GRI designation. However, Brian’s team doesn’t list them but they sale a ton of them! Brian has a mega team of 12. While Brian didn’t like talking about himself much, he did like talking about the market. He also shared that the rate of HUD listings there were down to only 6-7 a week compared to three or four times that. I appreciate the time Brian took out of his busy schedule to talk to me and wish his team much success!! 

When calling Tammy Lankford, I met an information filled ambassador. She actually helped me solve a technical I was having by giving me the “go to” person. Tammy is very rooted in her community.  Her family has nine generations buried in their local cemetary. She has been on activerain since 2009 and has been in real estate for 20 years. It was a very pleasureful conversation and I was glad I called  Tammy! Looking forward to getting to know her better.

I called Tammie White; however, I just heard her sweet voicemail. But, much to my dismay, this very kind ambassador called back quickly. Tammie is currently in tranisition and working as an assistant to her husband, POOR THING!!! lol She definitely isn’t going to be in those shoes long. She has been in the industry for 8 years and on activerain since 2009. It was great meeting her!