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Short Sales! The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation will expire by the end of 2012. For those of you that have been considering doing a Short Sale of your property you may want to take action now. Unless an extension is granted people will no longer be able to take advanta...

 After reading and posting to Andrea Bedard's  blog http://activerain.com/blogsview/2641589/december-s-season-of-celebrations-sharing-pick-your-own-christmas-tree her article prompted me to say something about Christmas here in Florida.  Originally from up-state New York, the snow capitol of the ...

I am often asked, "Do you have a Foreclosure List?" My response is that no I don't! The foreclosures are constantly changing and turning over. So a current list is almost impossible. The minute you give someone a list of the foreclosures...that list has changed because of sales. What I do is prov...

Storing everything in the "Cloud" is fast becoming popular. I am just now considering using it. Google and Microsoft offer services. You can store your document and other frequently used items that are important to your business. Moreover, you can make those items available to your employees, fel...

Bill Seeks 1-Year Cap on Foreclosure Deficiencies Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, December 08, 2011   http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2011/12/08/bill-seeks-1-year-cap-foreclosure-deficiencies   For those of your who have not seen this article from Realtor magazine... it is good news f...

I just found out about Instagram. It's been around for a while. It is an app used for free photo sharing. It lets you share your photos with places like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and others. Apparently it is growing rapidly. From what I have read on the web it has over ten million users havin...

I tell my clients when we do a counter offer to think of it as a new offer. The reason why is that by doing the counter offer you have rejected the initial or original offer. I remind them that the seller does not have to accept it. I have heard of stories where someone submitted a counter offer,...

I couldn't resist posting this video of the sailors of HMS Ocean coming home for Christmas.

Don't forget this years boat parade here in Punta Gorda Florida. Saturday night before Christmas eve on December 17, 2011. See all the boats patrol by that are all decorated for Christmas. Truly a spectacle to see. More information can be found here: http://www.puntagordaboatparade.com/ There wil...

Many people apply to a mortgage company for a pre-qualification letter, so that they can make an offer on a house. It's quick, painless and get's you off and running. However, you should know that there is a big, big difference between a pre-qualification letter and a preapproval letter. I prefer...