Pittsburgh Mortgage and Real Estate Blog

Quote of the Day
(I really like this one considering the “state” of real estate.)
“Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.” Horace

Product for the week
Have you heard about the First Front Door Program? If not let me get you familiarized with it. Chase is an approved bank that is able to offer this awesome program. Under certain restrictions, your first time homebuyers can qualify for a grant of up to $5000 towards down payment or closing costs. With seller assist being limited once again these grants will become more and more prevalent in our industry. PLEASE do your customers and yourself a favor and sign up @ www.chasepreferredagent.com. Listen this program is for you. You are not exclusively agreeing to use Chase (that comes after we prove how good we are!), but you will receive these benefits for not only your buyers but also your SELLERS! Just check it out! My other referral partners love it and it only takes 3 minutes to sign up. Make sure you choose Jerry Pounds as your loan officer!

Person to Know
You know it is really nice to recommend someone you know professionally and personally in this business. Steve Swenson is many things: a good guy, a Blackridge resident, father of twins (Jack & Stella), a friend, and my personal insurance agent. Steve has a franchised office of Nationwide Insurance right in the heart of Shadyside. He can be reached at 412.362.8340. Stop by and pick up some of his cards @ 234 Shady Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15206 - he LOVES walk-ins or just plain old visitors. I shopped my insurance around and he beat all the competition.

Pittsburgh Fun Fact - ALL THINGS IN THE A’s in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Firsts: By Event

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Accident, Automobile — 17 April 1901
Ralph Gibson, 11 years old, was killed almost instantly on Grant Boulevard by an automobile driven by W. S. Arbuthnot.
Source: Pittsburgh Post 17 April 1901.
Acupuncture — 1973
Dr. Richard Depp and Dr. Ezzat Aboul-Eish performed one of the first acupuncture-assisted childbirths on 9 October 1973 on an East Liberty mother at Magee-Women’s Hospital.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11 October 1973, 13.

Airmail — 21 April 1927
Airmail service on the Pittsburgh-Youngstown-Cleveland route was begun.

Airport — 1919
Mayer Field–Pittsburgh’s first airport–established in Bridgeville by Casper P. Mayer, realtor and aviation pioneer.

Art Exhibition — 5 November 1896
The first International Art Exhibition held at Carnegie Institute with 312 paintings on display.
Source: Carnegie Magazine May 1952

Automobile — 1898
Arthur L. Banker owned the first auto in Pittsburgh, a De-Dion, imported from France.

Automobile (Model T Ford) — February 1910
First Model T Ford bought by Dr. John Lehner, South Side, for $983.
Source: Brentwood Historical Society publication; April 1996.

Automobile Show — 1914
First auto show was held in Motor Square Garden.
Source: Brentwood Historical Society publication; April 1996.

Who says time really changes everything. We are still a leader in medicine, we are a very cultural city, we have a world-class airport, and we love our CARS!!

Thanks,
Jerry Pounds
412.432.7941