The Buyline, March 2020

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Throughout the month, I jot down thoughts and ideas about what topic I want to talk about in this column each month. I usually come up with a topic that I recently read about or that is in the news. This month has been...

The Buyline, February 2020

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Over the last several years, I have been working alongside the other founders and members of the Seller Finance Coalition with the goal of achieving regulatory relief for our industry. At no point during this journey have I...

The Buyline, January 2020

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… For those of you that attended NoteExpo 2019, you saw my NOTE Talk presentation on always putting relationships above transactions. Well my mantra was recently put to the test when I was working on a large trade with a new...

The Buyline, December 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Most of you know I am a huge football fan. I do all I can to keep up with what is going on by subscribing to ESPN, CBS Sports, The Athletic, The Player’s Tribune and several other media sources. The other day something that...

The Buyline, November 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Affordable Homeownership is not the same as affordable housing. By reading the headlines you would not realize that most, if not all, the headlines talk about the affordable housing crisis. While there is no doubt a need for...

The Buyline, October 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… For many years, I have been an avid reader of the Wall Street Journal and without a doubt my favorite column is “House Call” published every Friday in the Mansion section of the Journal. Each week they feature a celebrity,...