I got not a 1 comment on the Third Party Financing Addendum blog...interesting! Either people don't know the real purpose behind this particular addendum, or they feel the same waythat I do. Let's see what happens over the weekend.So what is tip #3 in order to help ensure a clear close - Survey's
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03/14/2008
This is kind of a two fold blog post.#1 - The post is a tip to watch for so that your closings happen on time#2 - It is kind of an opportunity for me to vent a little about liars...I mean, lenders. Ok, not all lenders are bad - but, seriously, most are.We all know what a Third Party Financing Add
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03/12/2008
I want to start a series on things that can hang up a closing. There are SO many steps involved in a transaction. It's really quite unbelievable. And the scary thing is that most agents skip (intentionally or unintentionally) many of the steps necessary. These missed steps could very well come ba
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03/06/2008
Here is the typical data entry on any normal listing:MLS (Multiple Listing Service) CSS (Centralized Showing Services) KWLW (Keller Williams Listing Service) KW Showcase (KW personal magazine) Realtor.Com (showcase package, if applicable) Personal website (if applicable) Secondary Site (Craig's L
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02/28/2008
This may be old news to some of you, but it certainly wasn't to our client. It was a total SHOCK!Last Thursday once of the agents that I work for had a closing. I showed up at the Title Company for a totally different reason than this particular agents closing, but I happen to be there nonethele
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02/25/2008
Are you ready for the next installment? This gets good.So yesterday, if you remember, I posted a letter that I wrote to a local management company about the Texas Property Code's language about days that the company had to deliver docs to the agent or owner. Well, I received an e-mail back late y
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02/21/2008
You guys are really going to like this. This is AWESOME!Look at this page of the Property Code: (Yes, you will have to click on it to read it)Go to section 207.003. Here is what it says:(a) Not later than the 10th day after the date of written request for subdivision information is received from
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02/20/2008
Although I could continue on lamenting about the numerous headaches, heartaches, and paycheck aches that Lenders cause all of us, I thought I'd derail for a moment and discuss management companies again. Do you remember when I talked about them? I talked about my pseudo company - Cro Pomm! Yuck!
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02/19/2008
I have an unbelievably great example of a Lender snafoo (snafu - depending on your preference of spelling). Here's how it went -I received the contract 3 1/2 weeks ago. I called and introduced myself to the Lender on that same day. My question to the Lender, which is the same question I always as
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01/22/2008
Ok, so the last time I blogged I vented a little about my frustrations with Lenders - especially as of late. Since then I have done a little homework, asked a few questions, and dealt with some more headaches. Here it goes -1. Conditions -Who has dealt with a situation where it is a day before cl
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01/17/2008