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2008 

This is good stuff and worth a reblog!   In the last Chapter 4, we learned what happens when you get an offer to purchase your home as a Short Sale: Short Sales for Sellers (Chapter 4) What happens when you get an offer to purchase.  Now, the offer has come in and all required documentation has b...
12/29/2008
I saw this today and thought about all the men and women that are returning home to find themselves in a country that is thankful, yet forgetful. I then saw this website advertised and thought it was an awesome idea, particularly for this time of year. It is communityofveterans.org  and is for ve...
12/23/2008
How a statue of St. Joseph can help sell your home   Meet St. Joseph, the patron saint of real estate. For hundreds of years, people have invoked his power to help sell their homes. Normally known to look after families, fathers, expectant mothers, immigrants, travelers, craftsmen, engineers and ...
12/16/2008
Well this will be a welcomed addition!! Hopefully now that access will be outsourced, we won't have to worry about downtime, but I'm sure accuracy and timeliness of information will still be a concern.   The new sites are available through www.bcgov.net and are titled "Property Max" and "Collect ...
12/16/2008
Well this will be a welcomed addition!! Hopefully now that access will be outsourced, we won't have to worry about downtime, but I'm sure accuracy and timeliness of information will still be a concern. "COUNTY TO PROVIDE NEW ACCESS TO RECORDS" The new sites are available through www.bcgov.net and...
12/15/2008
I have done a few short sales on the listing side but I'm new to the selling side of the game. Do any lenders have loans set up for short sales? I guess the big item would be rate locks since the response times are so drifty and closing can really be extended. I just sold a listing and the buyers...
12/11/2008
Lessons learned on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO! First of all, don't do it! Now that was the easy part. Second of all, DON'T DO IT! Always do the due diligence prior to submitting a contract and don't use RD for the loan. I knew better then trying to get a foreclosed, as is, property to close wi...
12/11/2008
Now this would be huge, Dawn Kopecki brings us valuable information for refiers!Fannie, Freddie May Waive Appraisals for Refinancings  By Dawn Kopecki Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-finance companies seized by the U.S. government, are considering waiving a require...
12/10/2008
Sitting here writing my 2009 business plan, I did the numbers for 2008 and came up with a pretty interesting FACT......approximately 70% of our solds were MILITARY personal!!!! As a retired Navy guy, I know what it's like to deploy and save money, having a nice stash when I came back from a 6 mon...
12/04/2008
If you rent out a property and are behind on payments, please don't do this to an unsuspecting family.I received a call yesterday regarding one of my available rental listings in town. As I screened the caller and asked the typical questions, I determined that they are currently in a rental prope...
12/03/2008
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