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         After countless all cash offers this counter really takes the cake. Mind you the offer was ALL CASH and $20,000 over list price and a 14 day close. Who is the greedy one, the selling agent (trying to get the most for the bank, so he gets more REO listings?) or is it the Bank? Buyer frus...
11/03/2009
    I showed a REO house yesterday to clients, they really liked it went home to think about it. Well this morning I get an e-mail they found the same house listed $40,000 less on both Zillow and the agents web site. So how does that make me look? And how does the list agent look?      I had alr...
10/16/2009
With only 3 1/2% down will they bail when housing prices drop again in two years? Will the people with Conventional loans hang in there? Will the banks and the government own all the homes? Will we become a company state. Where as the house, car, food stores and job you have are all be company ow...
09/20/2009
    I started this “SHORT SALE” in November of 2008. The seller had started BK after trying to get a Loan Modification. It took me two months and countless phone calls and Fax’s to get it out of B of A, BK department   The first offer was submitted January 4, 2009. After 4 months phone calls 2-3 ...
09/12/2009
    1. Decide what area you want to start your home search.  2. Know what your price range is. 3. Rule of Thumb: You can afford housing costing up to 2.5  to 3 times your annual income. SAVE up for a down payment. You need 3.5-5% for FHA and 10% down for conventional, and 20% down avoids extra co...
09/07/2009
I was fortunate to have buyers with all cash, but that is not the norm. Most of my buyers are FHA or conventional. But even with all cash, my one buyer had to make 4 offers before he actually got a winning bid in. This was 10K over list price!!!  He had sold his home when prices sky rocketed and ...
08/12/2009
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I can't get a hold of the listing agent! Do you know who so and so with such and such Realty? This has happened more than once. I like many I pay to have my picture and info listed on the front page of assorted REO, Foreclosure, Real Estate web sites in corallation with zip codes I cover. Evetia...
08/11/2009
I started a SS last January 7th, 2009. The offer was submitted at that time, in April when I was assigned a negotiator the original buyer left, I had in my hand a Back up Offer and was told it would I have to start all over. This is July still no contact other that e-mails, last week I submitted ...
07/14/2009
Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) In response to the drastic increase in foreclosures and the impact of the subprime lending environment on housing, Congress authorized t...
06/29/2009
Interest rates are at an all time low, buyers are coming out in droves and the REO's are at a all time 3 month low. First the Banks flood the market, drive the prices down and now there is a slow trickle of available homes here in Riverside County, Ca. The few that are coming out have multiple of...
04/22/2009
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