Attn Distressed Homeowners & Listing Agents-BEWARE OF THE NEGOTIATOR/INVESTOR! If you are a Real Estate Agent who specializes in helping homeowners through the Arizona pre foreclosure process by helping them short sell their home, you've undoubtedly received phone calls from investors. Usually,
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07/31/2010
Strategic Default Vs. Strategic Short Sale And "Verifiable Hardships" The new "buzz phrase" in our industry is "Strategic Default". University of Arizona professor Brent White wrote an article recently, dealing with the issue of "Strategic Defaults", and how it pertains to homeowners in an Ariz
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07/30/2010
ActiveRain Blog on Phoenix Short Sale Fraud= Interview With Channel 12 News In April, I wrote a blog on ActiveRain titled, "Attn: Distressed Homeowners & Listing Agents: BEWARE OF THE NEGOTIATOR/INVESTOR". In a nutshell, the blog talked about the recent rise in what I feel are fraudulent scheme
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07/30/2010
Investor's Business Daily Article: Homebuying Via 'Short Sale' Takes Time Kathleen Doler with Investor's Business Daily called me two weeks ago, wanting my insight into the current short sale market. I was happy to share what I was seeing, as was fellow AR Member Bryant Tutas (who I hold in hig
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07/22/2010
Investor's Business Daily Article: Homebuying Via 'Short Sale' Takes Time Kathleen Doler with Investor's Business Daily called me two weeks ago, wanting my insight into the current short sale market. I was happy to share what I was seeing, as was fellow AR Member Bryant Tutas (who I hold in hig
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07/22/2010
Mexicans & Hindus? Are You Kidding Me? When taking on a listing, you never know what you'll run across. Just last week, I was reminded of the closed-minded thinking of our society in 1945. My client, a 4th-Generation Mexican-American, showed me a document that literally blew my mind (which does
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07/15/2010
Congratulations AHMSI Short Sale Department-You Just Bought Your Investor Another House! The only thing I hate more than reading "rants" by agents is actually writing them myself. That being said, I'm about to write what many will consider to be a "rant". I'd rather justify it in my own mind as
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07/13/2010
Phoenix 4th of July Fireworks! Here's A Great List Of Things To Do On The 4th! Looking for something to do on the 4th of July in Phoenix? I stumbled across a list of events that are scheduled for the 4th. Click here to see the list. For those of you willing to travel (and get out of the heat),
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07/02/2010