Robin Basichis's (bobbassz1) Blog

  If there are problems with the home your are trying to sell the best thing is to just disclose them. If you lie about something that is significantly wrong with the property you open yourself up to being sued.  On the other hand if there are little things you are trying to hide like a creaking ...

They are developing Legacies for everyone now - just take a look at some of the new reality shows on Fox and other stations.  Hoarders - you can go down in history as being one of the greatest Dirty Pigs that ever graced the earth.  The Biggest Losers - you go through life looking like the Goodye...

Somtimes playing hard to get is a real cool deal.  Maybe this realtor is somebody really special and will only offer his or her services to those who are truely worthy.  Maybe by putting up all these roadblocks for  communication and contact this Realtor figures that only the hearty and the brav...

      The banks are still hesitant to make loans to homeowners.  They just don't want the risk.  They took the risk and look where it got them. Lenders are now looking for new metrics, actuary tables and analytics to protect them from getting stuck with bad loans.    What you needed to buy a hous...

 THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN OFFERED TO SHOWCASE AT THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDERS SHOW   The International Builders Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center will not feature The New American Home, a sample home that showcases state-of-the-art home-building concepts, materials and construction techniques tha...

  The decline in housing values and home equity affects people differently than other investments.  The average person who invests in stock or bonds and other securities look at those things from a different vantage than an investment in a home.  Most people feel their biggest investment is thei...

IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I SIGNED A LISTING  Will Realtors eventually find themselves faced with the same fate as travel agents and stockbrokers?  Is there truely a real need for a live person to press the fresh to make a property sale or can it eventually be done online like so many other purchas...

    Guidelines for Loan Modifications and Short Sales are becoming stricter and more burdensome.  It seems that banks and service providers would rather get rid of the annoying homeowner than try and work a deal.  If a homeowner has no money and can no longer afford to pay the freight or 31% of t...

    QWRs, “Qualified Written Requests” under RESPA are a tool we use to bring mortgage servicers to the table to make deals quickly and honestly on Loan Modifications and Short Sales.  When assembled properly the QWR creates a big headache for the lender and great leverage for the borrower.    HO...