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Real Estate Agent - Home Expo Gallery, LLC (Keller Williams)
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The reality is that lenders lose millions daily with foreclosures, but not that much with a Short Sale process.  We, agents that work with Short Sales, are adding a small drop of help to all this financial mess in which we are living now. In the month of November, I received an offer on one of my...
12/17/2008
During the first week of November, I received a call from a lender with whom I had been trying to do a short sale on a property in Gwinnett County, GA.  I shared certain interesting facts with the lender about the subdivision. 1. The subdivision, as originally planned, would have 45 houses.  Only...
12/13/2008
Some months ago, I had been working on a Short Sale for several months in Lawrenceville, GA.  After investing many hours of work, and finally finding a buyer, the lender who owned the loan told me that their system was so SLOW that there was no way to stop the foreclosure process and make the Sho...
12/07/2008
Statistics show a 25% increase this year in foreclosures, from September 2007 to September 2008.  Foreclosures are at an epidemic level we have never seen before.  The bailout was supposed to help, wasn't it? Well, yes it was.  But keep in mind, it happened in October and will take some time to h...
11/28/2008
As a Short Sale Specialist in the Atlanta area, I run across all kinds of people in a variety of hardship circumstances.  The first thing I need to do is figure out if a Short Sale is right for them.  It is not for everyone, and I only take on the Short Sale if it is right for the client. After h...
11/23/2008
Today, someone asked me what kind of creative ideas have I used in my business to become so successful in Short Sales.  This is a very interesting question, and one which made me think about what had been these creative ideas. Being a Short Sale Specialist for more than two years, very early in m...
11/15/2008
A few days ago, talking with a loan officer about the government's plan to give a stimulus for the lenders to refinance the loans that are in default, and the government would commit to buying them.  This loan officer told me that "the government does not obligate the lender to do this, it is onl...
11/09/2008
Even though the percentage of short sales I've closed has been very high (85% of them were successful), the remaining 15% leaves a bitter taste in my soul.  And I always come to the same conclusion: If I had a little more time.... It would have been another successful transaction. Short Sale tran...
10/21/2008
While you (and I), like many Americans, may not like the bailout bill much, it is pretty clear we were facing financial turmoil if something had not been done.  The argument is that while this bails out Wall Street, what does it do for Main Street (me)?  It is a confusing bill and a confusing tim...
10/14/2008
Yes, short sales can take a while to work through, and here is an example.  Back in May, I published an article about Interviewing the agent who will represent you.  The transaction that inspired that story will close this week.The controversy at the heart of that article was whether to choose th...
10/04/2008
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