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  In the least we owe everyone honesty and fairness so let's start with the face we put out to the public. Having your glam shot or a picture from the 'not even immediate' past on your business card, web site, for sale sign, the side of your car - no matter where,  if it doesn't look like you, ch...
05/22/2010
I'm so grateful to be associated with one of the most giving groups of people in our culture today, the Realtors.  Being a Realtor myself, I know that 'giving back' is a key essential to my very existence as a Realtor.  Having said that, I wonder sometimes if some in our industry might forget tha...
05/10/2010
IT'S EXTENDED - IT'S ALSO EXPANDED - YEAH! THE EXTENDED EXPANDED TAX CREDIT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW!!! YEAH SAYS EVERYONE... Wait just a minute.....what was that 'fine print'? Were we the conduit? Were the Realtors used for our mighty BIG push? What happens after April? Would we have created a 'minny...
11/07/2009
I can't tell you the number of loans that have been red flagged in the 11th hour, 24 hours before close. Lender says, everything will be alright, the underwriter is just pulling the credit one more time before they issue loan commitment - it's alright....I'll call you tomorrow with the good news!...
10/30/2009
I started noticing damages to the homes when the foreclosures really started to increase in numbers. I started to gain a client base that was interested in looking 'only at foreclosures'. I noticed mls pics with all appliances and then when I show the home, it's stripped and sometimes damaged, as...
06/28/2009
Since everyone is talking Bail-outs, how about me? I'm concerned about my future too so what do I do - I work harder and smarter, that's my option. I specialize, downsize, qualify prospects more intelligently, make smarter decisions and listen better but is that enough? What about my bail out? I ...
05/27/2009
President Obama passed the bill in February with congressional support. The $787 Billion Stimulus Plan contains some rather interesting provisions that impact the real estate market arena. A major bullet point which was designed to stimulate new sales of course, is the First Time Home-buyer Tax ...
05/26/2009
This probably won't seem new to some of you but kinda new to me.  It never ceases to amaze me that dishonest people lurk just around every corner. One of my sellers recently told me they wanted to use a shot sale company to negotiate a 'short sale' on thier behalf, of the home I've been trying to...
05/01/2009
Accomplishments as a Woman Business Owner MOTIVATION TO BECOME A WOMAN BUSINESS OWNER: After 18 years of office & sales management, most of them with the same owner/investor and four consecutive years of salary cutbacks, I realized that I had no control over my career growth or financial destiny ...
05/04/2008
From the desk of Cindy Mustafa.....I'm happy to report the real estate sale patterns are changing. We're seeing positive media reports showing the 'numbers of homes sold' growing at higher numbers than first and second quarters of 2005 & 2006. Thanks to the ABJ, Plain Dealer and National Associat...
03/16/2008
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Cindy Mustafa

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