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Regardless of how careful and prepared you are for a short sale closing there always seems to be a glitch at the end. The last title search the day before closing showed two more liens that had just been filed two days ago. The homeowner does not know what these are or at least is sticking to tha...
09/30/2011
Groupons, Living Social, Twongo and a host of other coupon driven and wildly successful marketing tools. Daily I hear the buzz of "Did you see the Whole Foods Groupon" or "Wow, did you get the gym living social today" and the never ending two for one restaurant bargains. Everyone uses them and wa...
09/29/2011
As part of my short sale consulting business I encourage both the buyer and sellers agents to prepare their clients for a lot of paperwork. It may come at once, it may stagger in, it may be repetitive but I assure you it will be more than a standard sale. The buyers are sometimes taken back when ...
09/29/2011
What is your obligation when the buyer chooses to be unrepresented? A very slippery slope unless the buyer is a savvy investor who has done this dozens of times and just doesn't want to use a REALTOR-foolish still but it happens. I was consulting on a short sale where the buyer was unrepresented....
09/28/2011
I find it interesting and disturbing at the same time that the banks regularly check blogs about themselves to see what is being said. I post on my Wordpress blog about short sales and mention lenders occasionally. I immediately get hits from every bank I mention. I sometimes get an email and eve...
09/28/2011
http://www.wral.com/news/education/wake_county_schools/story/10160468/ Wake County NC has voted to open one all girls and one all boys schools. Grades 8-12 will be allowed to apply for the limited spots available. The schools will work in conjunction with local colleges as leadership schools. The...
09/27/2011
I started my own company several months ago and one of the headaches is finding good vendors for things such as yard signs. Anytime any of us spend money we are looking for quality and customer service. I have been shopping around and been amazed that some of these sign companies are still in bus...
09/27/2011
Wells Fargo and a few other lenders use the Equator system to work their short sales and I'm all for it. The system works beautifully and cuts down on lost paperwork, endless unanswered phone calls, and much of the confusion that surrounds the process. Yes, there have been some glitches and frust...
09/27/2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/21/home-ownership-american-dream_n_973573.html Huffington Post has a great article about the future buying trends of 18-34 year olds. They have learned from this housing mess that we are in and are not thinking about buying huge homes but under 3200 sq. ft. T...
09/21/2011
Below is a copy of some verbiage from an arms length transaction from GMAC. All lenders have them in one form or another in order to curb short sale fraud. If an agent, representative from a company that can help you save your home, stay in your home, rent and then sell back to you the home-most ...
09/20/2011
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