Clark Garrison's (klarque) Blog

   In an unprecedented move,  Massachusetts  state court  ruled to stop all foreclosures preceding against Fremont Mortgage based out of California. The court ruled that Fremont had approved many loans that were designed to make the loan holder fail. Also known as Preditorial Lending! The objecti...

foreclosures are gaining Speed! In the month of January filings were up 57%! ????    Unbelievable  That is an 8% increase from the month of December Ok Active Rainers!  Which state is the winner of the highest rate of Foreclosure ..........     Nevada!                                   with  Cali...

Happy "RAT" Year everyone!!!   We are now in the Chinese Year of the RAT (actually since Feb. 7th). It has been said the Chinese admire the Rat for its quick mind and ability to gather valuables to save them for the future.  The Rat is the first sign in the Chinese Zodiac calender!  I believe thi...

I Think most of us agree that the most important (at least one of them) piece of a successful Short Sale is theBPO!The question is whether or not you are going to get:                               A. BPO Agent? B. Appraiser? Now, is there a toss up as to who you'd prefer. Allow me to play devil'...

The Bush administration is at it again. They've now come up with a new stop gag program not really designed to solve any of the problems home owners are having with the economy and crazy mortgages! However, I guess yet again.....it is something... "PROJECT LIFELINE" Home owners are allowed a 30 d...

Great News for us Short Sale Folks! Many of you may have heard, but for those who haven't this is an important piece of what we do.  Our Short Sale clients will not have to pay "Income Taxes" for the amount of the short sale forgiven by the Lender! I can't tell you how many clients have paused or...

REO vs. Short Sale (Sales)   I recently got the statistics back from a question I posed our company.  Do banks make more on the sale price for REO than for our short sale offers? So, I had our staff go back and do a little homework using last years records. We had a little over 500 short sales th...

I really want to know just how many men are on AR RIGHT NOW bloggin (Except me of course). So, here's your chance to set the record straight. If you're a man and you are on AR right now (as I look now there are a little over 2000 people on AR) let your voice be heard!1. Why aren't you getting rea...

My name is Klarque Garrison and I've had my membership here for about a year, but did absolutely nothing until now?! Of course i'm the only one here who's done that...?  I run a company that's based in Atlanta (Taylor One) who's  function is to assist clients nationwide who are facing "Foreclosur...

  I am perplexed why a Realtor of a sound mind would get into the business of Short Sales!? When did they start teaching this in Real Estate Agent Schools? It was my belief and the belief of many that Realtors were graduating from a long classroom experience or online boredom to get listings! Wha...