SHORT SALES Most people cringe when they hear talk about Short Sales. This is generally because they don’t understand the process, and everything that a short sale entails. Simply put, a ‘short sale’ involves a sale of real estate in which the ‘sale’ values fall ‘short’ of the remaining balan
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07/01/2011
Free iPad with the purchase of any home (over $75,000) !! I am a broker in the state of Florida and I keep thinking of ways to get non-loyal Buyers to feel some sense of loyalty. My first offer was more along the line of humor, and I stole (with pride) the idea from another agent. The offer was
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06/09/2011
My Life is a Never-Ending Game of Phone-Tag As a Realtor I feel frustrated that everyone has to call me at the exact same time. Believe me, I'm pretty much available 24/7/365. But sometimes hours pass with no phone calls at all, and then as soon as I make a call, someone else tries calling in. It
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05/30/2011
After working 10 times harder on this deal than a standard deal, the short sale lender approves the deal but cuts the commission to way below the industry standard. My gut instinct is to pull the plug on the deal and do anything I can to make the deal fall apart just to punish the short sale len
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01/26/2011
Ok, we've heard all of the sad stories of people losing their jobs and houses. But who has a good story about people who have made a comeback after a short sale or foreclosure? Really, what everyone needs to be thinking about in a time of famine is how to get back to making things work again. Alt
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10/06/2010