Rick Harper Quotations

It doesn't make sense to think of them as two counties. They are joined at the hip.

Say you are five months behind on your mortgage payment, and the lender will not take partial payments. You can say, 'I will make my normal payment plus 1/ 36th of my arrearage a month over three years.' The lender is forced to accept that if the court approves it.

For people that are buying for the first time, I don't normally recommend that. Today, people should be looking for a 30-year fixed, and first-time homeowners have enough trouble with the process understanding everything.

Families would add economic impact above and beyond the crew members.

Retail sales in the metropolitan area are rising faster than the rest of the state.

Why is there so much standardization in the industry? There's a very simple answer for that -- Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Education is key to not getting ripped off in the real estate process.

One of the reasons the U.S. economy is more dynamic than Europe's and Japan's is because we have foreigners who want to work here. In our area, immigration holds down the cost of farm goods and roof repair. And it increases the ability of contractors to respond more rapidly after a hurricane with lower prices.

You normally file 13 to keep your house out of foreclosure.

That would mean one in every 13 residents is Hispanic. It sounds too high.