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2008 

What's In and What's Out For 2008January 23, 2008 I have to say that every once in a while I find myself picking up one of those magazines you see on the rack just as you are about to checkout in the grocery lines. Whether it be the one about another Elvis sighting, or the one about which celebri...
01/23/2008
In what is undoubtedly the first of many to come, real estate agents are now going to begin getting sued for their involvement in real estate transactions. Nothing else, will hasten the demise of the real estate agent than lawsuits being levied against them. The once impenetrable feeling of hidin...
01/22/2008
A Short Sale Nightmare - Why We Don't Buy CondosJanuary 21, 2008People often ask us in our Short Sale Seminars why we do not look at condos. Today we read about a story that explains it better than we ever could have. Here is an article from the Detroit Free Press that explains it all.Overdue ass...
01/21/2008
  We have just returned from Atlanta, Georgia where we hosted and produced another sold out Short Sale Seminar. I want to thank all of those who attended. It was a fun and enthusiastic crowd, and I'm happy we could all spend some time getting to know each other and engage in spirited discussions ...
01/20/2008
 What Sun Tzu teaches is so vitally important that this article will be the first of a three part series regarding the impact Sun Tzu could have on the real estate industry IF agents and investors follow his precepts.As we are venturing to Atlanta today and embarking on our Short Sale seminar cir...
01/18/2008
We all know the stats don't we? You know the numbers as to how many people are beginning their search for real estate on the Internet. I'm not going to restate them because if you don't know the stats, then this entire post is beyond your comprehension. If you're going to sell and buy real estate...
01/16/2008
 Well, I know  some of you are doing short sales. We have received many inquiries into just how do we obtain such big discounts on our deals.It's all in the package. Here is the Mock Short Sale Package that we submit to lenders. As you will see, the template alone is 100 pages. When you add relev...
01/15/2008
 In 1996, Michael Ovitz was "fired" by Disney. The entertainment golden boy was brought on to be the new crown prince of the world's biggest entertainment company. Ovitz, a big time power broker and owner of arguably Hollywood's most impressive Rolodex, lasted just 16 months before he was uncerem...
01/15/2008
I just got my doors blown off! Bettina the Broker from our show, emailed me an article today that she wanted me to take a look at. Little did she know, or maybe she did, just what kind of response it would elicit from me. I read the article and then found the video below and felt absolutely compe...
01/13/2008
  Hud Statement, Hud-1 Statement, Net Sheet Generator. Are you looking to execute a short sale? Do you have a short sale listing? Well if you are in either situation, you know that somewhere in the chain of events, depending upon who is executing the short sale, you will need to present a Prelimi...
01/12/2008