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I have negotiated over 25 short sales successfully and am currently negotiating an additional 11. The only short sale that I have had turned down was with Wells Fargo because my seller was CURRENT on her mortgage. It was just a First Mortgage. I have another Seller that wants to list her home for...
02/11/2010
Hey fellow Realtors. I have read nothing but bad things about Greentree Financial. I have a friend that needs to do a short sale on his home and Greentree Financial has the second. In doing my due-dilligence on the company I am hearing that they will not accept less than 10% of the PURCHASE PRICE...
02/11/2010
The title of my main page is "rants and raves" of a real estate professional. Well this is definitely a rant. I spent the better part of the weekend listening to politicians telling the press why we should let GM and the big three die off. As I heard one politician after another rail on the big t...
11/17/2008
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My team is looking for a propietary lead capture/lead generation system to supplement our organic leads. If you have had success with a particular system in your part of the country I would be interested in learning about them so we can do our due dilligence. Thanks for your help.
06/03/2008
A while back I put this question to you fellow Active Rainers: When hiring a buyer's agent should you start from scratch and hire a Newbie agent or hire an experienced agent? The overwhelming majority of responses said to hire a Newbie and mold them into the type of agent you want. don't have to ...
05/08/2008
I have to come clean with you. I have done many things well in my 15 years in the Real Estate business but there are two things that I have not done well. The one I want to discuss with you is my internet lead generation system. I am currently in a contract with a local person who owns a bunch o...
02/27/2008
I have a little beef I need to get off my chest. The other day I was talking with a local Realtor and we were discussing the current market. She was complaining about our local economy in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area and talking about how everyone is leaving the area because they are losing their j...
02/23/2008
My fellow Realtors I need your help. My wife and I are looking at downsizing and we need to get our home sold. I know that we are in a tough market but this home is priced $125k under what we have into the home. If you have any buyers that you think might be interested in this home I am personall...
11/29/2007
I love cars. I am unabashedly a car fanatic. I have no idea how to fix them but I can quote you specs on each car out there. Especially luxury/sport sedans. I also pay a lot of attention to what other Realtors drive. Almost always I can look at what someone drives and tell so much about that pers...
09/14/2007
I don't care how good of a talker you are....I don't care how good of a blogger you are...I don't care how good of a social networker you are...I don't care how good of a geographical farmer you are ....if you don't have a good value proposition (also called marketing plan) you are not going to g...
09/10/2007