Joseph J. Chang's (realtynj) Blog

That's right. By far, the overwhelming majority of Homeowners in this country are NOT losing their homes. They either own their properties free and clear or are making their payments on time. It's hard for us to see this because we are in the business. If you are like me you live and breathe Rea...

A few days ago, I wrote a blog about Shorts Sales & Article 11.  It stated, if you don't know how to do short sales, Article 11 of the Code of Ethics requires you to (a) admit your inexperience to your client and bring in someone with experience to assist you or (b) don't do it.  It was a blog I ...

Nothing surprises me anymore, nothing. The shock & awe of catching people in the shower, on the toilet or drinking beers in the backyard while showing their home on a Monday afternoon used to "WOW" me, but not anymore. I showed about 30 million homes last week. Here's some real life things I witn...

The company Smarter Agent, has filed a complaint against Trulia, Zillow, Move, HotPads, IDX, ZipRealty and others claiming patent infringement. The lawsuit claims that these companies are infringing on 3 of the patents they hold for mobile home search technology. The best I can understand is that...

  Is it just me or is this happening to others too? On three of our recent deals, something rather unique has happened that derailed the closing at the last minute. On all three occasions, sudden conditions miraculously appeared during the final hours before closing. When we asked why these issue...

On March 26, 2010, the Treasury set out to provide us with more information about the HAFA Program-Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives. (To see the revised government document, click here.) As you may recall, HAFA provides incentives with a short sale or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure (DIL) u...

Search Engine Optomization (SEO) of our online content for the purpose of enhancing our presence and positioning is such an important topic that we often over do it to the point of Search Engine Over Optimization (SEOO). SEOO begins to occur when the process of perfecting our image to search engi...

With the first to market agent network emerging to satisfy the demands of HAFA, component mortgage servicers may now with confidence refer distressed homeowners to pre-foreclosure specialist as part of a massive call to action to bring solutions to the short sale market. Component servicers will ...

Here in New York we have attorneys heavily involved in real estate transactions. Their function technically is to handle contracts, act as escrowees in the holding of good faith deposits, and examine title. They are another advocate for our clients. By and large, most attorneys play it straight a...

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