Pete Neuville's (peteneuville) Blog

So yesterday I was checking in my my six week old offer to a BoA short sale property for a buyer.  It's my first real "dip my toe in the water" of the buying end of one of these.  I have gotten alllllll kinds of advice, the best of which is to have tons of patience, and have a buyer who can hang ...

So this morning is a Monday, always a bit of drudgery, especially with a bunch of basketball going on and having 4 boys to watch and discuss the brackets with . . . and we receive the following information: A new spec house we are intending to build in a subdivision we have built gets an appraisa...

I have a confession to make here on AR.  As a handful of people I work with know, and plenty of HR people I know, I have been astutely paying attention to the possibility of a job with a paycheck after 17 years at this real estate gig. This is a timely post for me, as I am at a crossroads with my...

Here's a lovely scenario getting a bit too popular. Finished a CMA for a young couple, just had their 3rd baby, in a nice home in a good area of suburban Milwaukee.  I found out that the mortgage is about 20% higher than the home is worth.  Hey, we are getting much better at working short sales, ...

So I showed a home over the weekend that has been approved for a short sale by the beloved BoA.  I don't have any idea where they found the lister, but I haven't heard from him yet at this point.  It was all I could do to push the assistant to get an ok to show the property on Super Bowl Sunday. ...

So it is the dead of winter up here in Wisconsin. A bit more excitement than usual with our beloved Packers preparing to take the big stage in the Super Bowl on Feb 6!  Otherwise, a lot of snow lately, and our first sub-zero weather in over 2 years. I was realizing this morning one of the things ...