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Prettiest Short Sale in All of Sanford... Screened Pool/Spa, Conservation Lot Andy Tolbert | 407-842-7700 1574 Song Sparrow Ct, Sanford, FL Beautiful Like New 4 Bedroom Home backs up to conservation area. Has 2 full baths and 2 half baths, one by the pool area. 4BR/2.5BA Single Family House offer...

FORBES list of most declining value cities... Good News or Bad News? Recently Forbes Magazine/Forbes.com released their lists of which cities had been hardest hit by home price declines, measured from peak to now (See the full report by CLICKING HERE) They have it broken into Regions like Midwest...

What can an FBI Profiler Teach You About Real Estate? While Tim & I were in France we had a lot of time to relax and do NOTHING at all. This wasn't a glamorous sight-seeing trip, it was Thanksgiving with the side of the family that just happens to live very far away! Anyway, just like everyone's ...

The 3 Foot Giant... How Tall Are You? I just got back from a full morning of appointments and was all ready to write to you about the USDA/Rural Housing loan programs and how buyers can get ZERO down financing with NO M.I. But first I checked my email... offer on listing (print), closing confirma...

Lessons I've Learned... You might have read the poem by Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten... You know, share everything, play fair, clean up your own mess, etc. Well lately I've been pondering where I learned some of my childhood lessons that have made me the per...

A few weeks ago I wrote about the NEW streamlined process on short sales at Bank of America (If you missed it, CLICK HERE)  I also got lots of comments from people that just don't believe it! Well, today it was confirmed.  We had a buyer fall out on one of my approved shorts and when I contacted ...

Please Control Your Class! I've been leading trainings for almost 10 years now, and the longer I do, the more "Bad Andy" rears her head (in case you didn't know, Bad Andy is my Mii Avatar when I play Wii) When I first started training, I hoped that everyone liked me, I hoped everyone learned some...

I just got off the phone doing my "status calls" on my short sales... and there might be hope! First of all, "Michael" looked up my first loan number (the one we've been working on since December) and he said "can you hold on for a minute?"  then about 10 minutes later he came back and said "I ha...

It's the 4th quarter and you're down by 14... what do you do? Have you ever watched a football game and one team is losing for the entire game and then in the 4th quarter they come back and win? Isn't it exciting to watch?  Well guess what... it's OUR 4th quarter. The 4th quarter of 2009! If you'...

Need the help of my AR buddies to find a quick buyer for this one... Today we found out that our buyer's loan was turned down... HELP! This is a beautiful 2 story townhouse in the amazing Northwest Village of Avalon Park.  2 big bedrooms plus a loft AND an office!  Awesome dark cherry cabinets wi...