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Short Sales have been a widely used solution to the foreclosure problem.  It seems as if every homeowner who is in foreclosure or pre-foreclosure is being bombarded with ads saying “Save your Home” or “Save your credit.”  Often times these are people who try to make a dollar by promising things ...

Today was a first for me, I attempted to help teach a bunch of middle aged Realtors how to blog and why they should.  It was an interesting morning to say the least.  Looking at Activerain's profiles for my area, I knew it wouldn't surprise me that less than 1% of the Realtors in my area don't ha...

In today's world of Organic Foods and Green Buildings, it seems that everyone is trying to be more healthy.   In reality, the greatest threat to ourselves sits out in the Garage or right underneath the Sink in which we prepare our meals!  It is pesticides.Just read the labels, all pesticides have...

Statistical Breakdown of Kent Count Foreclosure from August 20th, 2007 to September 20th, 2007Current:Current Listing As of 9/20/07:  576Listing PriceAverage: $  96,333.00Low:       $  14,900.00High:      $759,000.00 Days On MarketAverage:  62Low:          1High:     398Square Footage ANSIAverage...

Tricks of the Trade               In the last two posts about short sales (http://activerain.com/blogsview/190644/Short-Sales-Part-1 and http://activerain.com/blogsview/195592/Short-Sales-Part-2), I laid out what a short sale is, why you would use it, and the process it entails. In each post, I ...

I have been busy on AR tonight, commenting and blogging, and all that fun stuff.  As I sat here, 2 interesting things happened.  I got an inquiry on a blog I posted some time ago.  As I was reading the inquiry, I heard a faucet turn on.  I thought nothing of it until I remembered no one else was ...

As you hear every day on the News, Foreclosures are an ever increasing portion or the Grand Rapids Real Estate market.  Foreclosures in general are a good real estate investment, but in a market flooded with homes and foreclosures, they can become a great real estate investment.  When dealing wit...

Short Sales (Part 2 of 3) How to Sell A Short Sale After working on a several short sales, and talking with experts who have done Hundreds of them, I realized there was a simple method to working thru theses difficult and time consuming deals. I have tried my best to lay them out below. LIST IT!...

What is a Short Sale? A short sale is when a house is sold and the lien holder agrees to take less than what was owed at time of sale. This is always done when a home is in Foreclosure or Pre-foreclosure. There are a few requirements for a home to be sold on a short sale. First of all the payment...

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