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January 27, 2008 Last week there was a lot of chatter on real estate industry blogs about the Ummel case in Carlsbad, California in which a client has taken her real estate agent to task over alleged misrepresentation and incompetency. As can be expected, many major news media organizations have ...
01/27/2008
Sometimes it does not matter if the fight is won. The wounds and the bleeding can cause considerable damage long after the fight has concluded. When a battle is waged and the pugilist is already weary and bruised, it can hasten his demise. In Carlsbad, California, Marty Ummel, a 114 pound, 61 ye...
01/26/2008
  In 1928 the very first television show was broadcast. The Queen's Messenger, was a modest, 40-minute dramatic production broadcast from Schenectady, New York, and the sound was simulcast on radio station WGY.It was not until 13 years later that viewers were interrupted for the first time. The w...
01/25/2008
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