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Before I became a realtor, I also wondered how much work is involved in helping a client buy or sell property. Little did I know! Here’s a question to all: How much is your time worth? Can you afford not to get paid for service you provide? Please, folks...we don't just provide transportation. I can only speak for myself, but this is a ...

To all buyers out there.... Please listen to your realtors who make a living pricing, selling, researching values of real estate property. We do have your interests at heart. We're not in it just to sell you something. We want you to be happy because we are counting on you to tell your friends, your associates to look us up when it comes time ...

I'm incensed! Twice today, I was nearly rebuffed by two agents whom I called when I tried to submit my offers. The first one was an REO. She said she already received an offer last night, and another one this morning --- as if two was enough. She tried to discourage me from submitting an offer since she thought the ones she had were ...

I submitted an offer on a short sale listing last week. I thought it was a strong offer --- full price, 10% down payment, 1% initial deposit, AS IS, standard contingency periods. When I followed up with the listing agent to find out what the seller would like to do --- accept, counter offer or reject --- it appears she bypassed the seller. She ...

As of today, in our local MLS. there are 12,041 active listings of which 2636 are REO (bank-owned) or 22%, and 2852 are short sales or 24%. Siince January 1, 2008, 1151 REOs closed, compared to 102 short sales. Because of the painfully slow process of getting an acceptance, rejection or counteroffer to a short sale offer, I am more inclined to ...

No matter how many times you try to explain what a short sale is and what is involved, it is always a good idea to set expectations at the very beginning. Then follow up with a written explanation -- be it an outline, an email, a question and answer ---- anything that the Buyer can refer to because invariably, there will be some ...