Whaaattt? It's true folks! I'm working on an REO representing the buyer. The seller's agent requested the escrow officer order the HOA docs after we had an accepted contract. After 3 days of no communication from the HOA, the officer was informed that docs would not be released until after the pr
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10/01/2008
When does a Buyer's Notice to Perform timeframe begin? Had a friend who sold her out of area home through another agent. The seller's had completed a 24 hour notice for the Buyer's to Perform on Friday 8pm and sent it to their agent to forward to the buyer's agent. The buyer's did not respond
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09/18/2008
I did it! I achieved my goal and rode my bike around Lake Tahoe, CA on Sunday! It was an especially poignant moment for me, as I've been plagued with back problems for the last year. At one point, I was unsure I would ever be able to ride again much less work. My time around the lake was stellar
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09/10/2008
You know the type, every bit of information or update you give this team member, they blow it out of proportion looking for reasons for an issue to go south and cause a disaster. Listen, I believe in Karma. If you're the type with a vivid imagination and worry about issues that are simply not th
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09/03/2008
Hey, Hey, Hey! Just got back from teaching a class in Sacramento, CA. What an awesome group of people! They had some great questions that I wanted to share with you about transaction management. "Is it important to track the buyer's deposit into escrow?" Absolutely! I'm a real stickler when it
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08/27/2008
Tyrone, an AR member asked me to share my top producer systems this week. I have many systems but I'm going to give you my best and easiest secret to success. My numero uno most favorite system I've incorporated into our office is my legendary What's a Check-off list? It's a form I put together g
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08/13/2008
I'm back after my month long reprieve from work (yeah right!). I actually felt my days were longer and more complicated than working! The month of July for me was catch up time...doing the things I haven't gotten around to in the last, oh 19 years! One of my many projects goals was to organize s
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08/07/2008
Hello my friends! I'm on vacation for the month of July (first time since my 19 year old son was born!) I'm going to learn how to be a professional housewife. So far I've been running around with my head cut off--not sure what to do. But I'll be back again in August to share my transaction manage
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07/10/2008
The other day, I was informed by a seller that a local real estate company may be blackballing our listing! My hubby and I just listed my brother-in-law's mother's home in an adult community. There is a real estate company that only works within that community. As a result many of the listings a
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06/25/2008
I finally did it... I reduced the prices of my classes to the lowest of the low ($39.95). After getting little to no action for what I consider to be VERY IMPORTANT STUFF AGENTS NEED TO KNOW, I decided to take the plunge and work in the red for a while. The real estate market has been such a humb
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06/18/2008
