These days, running a Red Light at a video-monitored intersection is a surefire ticket. There's no wiggle room because there's just no way to argue with a time-stamped video in which your face is prominently featured. The days of convincing a police officer of your innocence and of challenging t
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05/21/2010
Sometimes the short sale business is less about money than it is about helping the seller out of a really tough spot. This is a special story, and for those of us who worked so hard on it, the outcome was well worth the (many) extra hours. Because of this short sale, the real estate agent invo
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05/18/2010
You are about to score a short sale slam dunk. The buyer has the cash in hand. You've gotten the approval from the bank, and you are bounding toward a sweet closing and an even sweeter commission, when out of nowhere, SLAM! The bank closes out the file! Sounds impossible? Well, it isn't. As a
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05/11/2010
Let's say Mrs. Eichenberry is a regular at "Antiques ‘R Us." The proprietor knows her house is about to split apart at the seams, and that Mr. Eichenberry has threatened to move his bedding into the garage to get away from all the antiques his wife has purchased in the last 26 years. Is it likel
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05/11/2010
Five-year-old Hope went to her mother with a crayon and piece of paper. She asked, "Mom, how do you spell, "We are open for business but we don't have any popcorn"? Hope and my daughter Brooklyn were playing grocery store and wanted that point made clear to potential customers. Your clients nee
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05/07/2010
Catch a wave and you're sittin' on top of the world! The Beach Boys had it right. You've gotta catch those waves when they come in. As a matter of fact, you'd better wax your surfboards, apply some sun block, and don your flowered surfing shorts (or your yellow polka-dot bikini) before that wa
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05/03/2010
Few things irritate me more than when people who don't know what they are talking about, put themselves forth as experts. I become even more irritated when those "expert" instructors are leaders in Realtor associations. Twice this past week, I spoke to agents who were seriously confused about wh
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04/26/2010
This is the biggest short sale "cheat sheet" I have ever posted publicly on my blog. Don't think I am giving you names and phone numbers of negotiators. When those are posted, the numbers are nearly always so old, they are pretty much useless. Plus, those of you who negotiate short sales have
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04/23/2010
To whom it may concern at the bank, My husband Rufus decided to put in a pool, but you know those pool companies charge way too much to put them in, so Rufus decided we could save a bunch of money by putting in our own. But Rufus has never really been all that handy. Anyway, he got it dug, but
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04/19/2010
Hey, you! Yeah, you, the real estate agent with short sale clients. Want your fortune read? Well, step into my cozy parlor, and let's pull out the ole crystal ball. It's a little dusty. I haven't used it for a while. I'll just squirt a little Windex on it, and...oh my...the fog is clearing.
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04/12/2010
