You know the song. Now here's the real estate version during this REO season! On the first day of Christmas my REO gave to me, one more distressed pro-per-ty! On the second day of Christmas my REO gave to me, two trash dumpsters, and one more distressed prop-er-ty! On the third day of Christmas m
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12/09/2010
You know the song. Now here's the real estate version during this short sale season! On the first day of Christmas my short sale gave to me, an overgrown house under a palm tree. On the second day of Christmas my short sale gave to me, two worn out agents and an overgrown house under a palm tree.
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12/08/2010
Ever have that feeling Ralphie? Why did you take that listing that was overpriced? You knew you wanted it and you knew the danger! And, you did it anyway! The disappointed seller, the pressure you're under to sell it, why did you do it Ralphie? We are all guilty! At one time or another every
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12/07/2010
I've heard the arguments about the validity of holiday buyers and I'm still skeptical that holiday buyers are more serious than buyers who are looking after the first of the year. Primarily my skepticism stems from trends in our region. We have a very transient area with lots of "lookers" also k
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12/06/2010
Northeast Florida continues to move inventory, but most of the homes sold are distressed properties. Below are the sold statistics for the month of November, 2010. Keep in mind we have 17, 569 current active properties on the market (single family, condos and vacant land) that emcompass Clay, D
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12/03/2010
I was reading a blog this morning by Karen Parsons-Fiddler entitled, "When did real estate become a game?" It inspired me to write my blog today about the root of what motivates people to act or respond a certain way. Whether you're in real estate sales, retail, education or politics, there is n
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12/01/2010
So a customer of mine who short saled their house emailed me today. Apparently they want to see a house that just come on the market. She claims a lender told her because the short sale was in her name and not her husband's name, they are qualified to purchase the house. I don't know about you
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11/30/2010
I love reading positive news about short sales and hear others advice about getting approvals timely. Notice I said timely, not fast. Funny how no one used the term "short" when describing the approval process! How ironic! Tonight I read two blogs about short sales being approved in 10 days! I
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11/29/2010
What a week! I'm not ready for it to end. How about you? I'm in a blog fog and am not ready to get back to work and focus on the challenges and fun ahead. I've been from Florida to Maryland, sightseeing in D.C., saw the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetary http://www.arlingtoncem
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11/27/2010
We're thankful many times over this year. Celebrating Thanksgiving two times with both of our families. We are very fortunate. We left the warmth of St. Augustine, Florida and carried our warm sunny thoughts with us to the cold, damp Maryland climate. We all agree the older we get and the mor
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11/26/2010
