Sanna K. Thomas's (sannakthomaspa) Blog

We all receive emails that are well meaning. Some are inspirational, some funny and some are unsettling. This link was the latter. It was unsettling because there was an enormous amount of truth. The truth that sometimes you would like to avoid hearing. It shakes you out of your little world of s...

"But I still want you to advertise my home in the magazines, you know The Books."  Sound familiar?? Scenario;you are at the listing presentation and you show the NAR statistics onInternet activity, your personal Internet activity, how their home will be viewed by millions of potential buyers and ...

It has come to my attention that Realtors in the Gulf are filing for loss of income due to the oil spill. Their jobs are certainly compromised as this massive oil disaster lands on the beaches. Those sparkling white sands may become just a memory in the years ahead. Not to mention the number of h...

Advising Short Sale and Deed-in-Lieu Clients 2010. If you are working with a client who has had a short sale or a deed-in-lieu in their past…or you are listing a home and your sellers may have the same issues…Fannie announced new waiting periods, as of July 1, 2010, before being eligible for anot...

For those of you anxiously waiting to receive your 1st time buyers tax credit you may want to read the embedded article about how the process is going. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/delays-denials-hit-home-buyer-tax-credit-filers-2010-05-21?siteid=nwhpf It appears that there is a backlog and t...

Realtors and their cell phones are a dangerous mix. That simple.  Oprah Winfrey has jumped in the middle of this problem by creating NO Phone Zone. Everyone one of you reading this post has or is currently using their phone while driving. I feel strongly that we as an industry of professionals ne...

I recently had a buyer walk away from a short sale contract due to one of the requirements of Equator. He refused to relinquish the first 5 numbers of his social security number and his birth date. The buyer felt it was a breech of his privacy and he had of course provided a letter of approval fr...

One of my sellers sent me an article from the Spokesman Review newspaper dated March 28th2010, written by Paul Guppy who is the VP of research for the Washington Policy Center, a research organization with offices in Spokane, Seattle and Olympia and the tri cities, www.washington policy .org The ...

Holy cow!!! That's what the buzz on the street, in the papers and on online is saying about this little piece of heaven located in Central Florida. You may know it as "The Horse Capitol of the World", but it has now become the Blue Lite special of Florida.  I am considering pulling out any clothe...

Shopping the Town is my latest catch phrase. In sunny Florida, although colder than usual, our state has once again become the destination of choice.  We have streams of prospective home owners cruising the state, Shopping the Town, hoping to finding that perfect place at that perfect price.  No...