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August 12, 2004
Real Estate Adviser: Should agents also originate loans?
By TOM KELLY
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
In many ways, I'm from the old school of real estate. I believe agents should help buy and sell, and lenders should lend. One-stop shopping to me means Costco.
So, when an old friend and co-author, John Tuccillo, disclosed he was one of the prime movers in an innovative program designed to provide real estate agents with the education necessary to give consumers a one-stop shopping experience that includes finding their home and financing their purchase, I became unglued.
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