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bristow short sale agent: My 31 Days of December Challenge--Day #27 - 12/27/10 01:46 PM
The winds are gusting beyond 40 mph in Northern Virginia. My trash can and recycle bin were on a high speed journey to God knows where, so I sent my hubby out to stop them in their tracks before he needed a plane ticket to catch them.
I'm safe and sound inside my home office watching all types of things blowing down the street. So after making my Monday Short Sale follow-up calls to Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Aurora Loan Servicing and so on, I'm going to head out to make sure my listing signs are still in tact. I'll … (12 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Listing and Selling Short Sales are Easier When You Have Systems in Place - 11/30/09 11:17 AM
Listing and selling short sales are easier when you have systems in place. As an experienced Gainesville, VA short sale listing agent, I can tell you that there are certain practices that are a matter of routine that make getting that short sale approval much easier.
Even something as simple as household chores are easier, and faster, when you have systems in place. Take the Cleland family morning routine: a routine that serves two adults, five indoor cats and one outdoor cat. There are several things happening at once, but in a relatively small space. Indoor cat dishes are cleaned and replenished, … (6 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Wells Fargo Short Sale Call Center: Don't You Realize All of Us Out Here Own Clocks? - 11/30/09 10:34 AM
Wells Fargo's home equity short sale call center must not realize that I, and others that may be calling them, own clocks. Why? I called at 11:15am, Eastern Time, and received the following message:
We're sorry. Wells Fargo's call center is closed. Please call back during our regular business hours: Monday thorugh Friday, 8am-6pm Central Time.
Admittedly, I'm not the genius that Albert Einstein was, but I think I know how to tell time across time zones. Central time is one hour behind Eastern time. So I was calling at 10:15am Central time. That's over TWO HOURS past the start of … (9 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Short Sale Settlements are Best Split - 11/23/09 09:09 AM
Short Sale Settlements are Best Split.
As a Gainesville, VA short sale agent, I am happy to report that I have been to many short sale settlements in 2009. (Yes, these short sales do indeed get approved and go to settlement.) As I usually represent the short sale sellers, I know that the emotions are bittersweet.
Most short sale sellers do not want to sell their house. They love their house. However, the home has become unaffordable and the sellers will generally find themselves financially insolvent. If they could stay in that house, they would. Short sale is the best possible solution … (12 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #1 - 10/05/09 12:08 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #1.
#1 - YOU'LL HAVE AN EXPERIENCED SHORT SALE AGENT WORKING WITH THE BANKS FOR APPROVAL.
Don't let the fact that this is a short sale scare you off from writing an offer on this Bristow brick colonial. At $399,000, we've priced this home at market value.
As a short sale specialist, I've closed short sale after short sale this year.
If you are going to right an offer on a short sale, at least … (2 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #2 - 10/05/09 12:07 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #2.
#2 - PRE-SETTLEMENT OCCUPANCY AVAILABLE!
This Bristow short sale (listed for $399,000) offers something for the patient short sale buyer that many short sales don't: pre-settlement occupancy. While you wait the required time for short sale approval, the home owners will be happy to let you move in once pre-settlement occupancy terms are negotiated. There is no danger of this home going to foreclosure either. The home owner is not delinquent on mortgage payments.
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #3 - 10/05/09 12:07 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #3.
#3 - OPEN MAIN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
When you buy this Bristow short sale, listed for $399,000, you'll love the open floor plan. The formal living and dining rooms are open to one another, and to the right of the two story foyer. To the left of the two story foyer is a study behind glass French doors.
The informal areas of the home are in the … (2 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #4 - 10/05/09 12:06 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #4.
#4 - FOUR BEDROOMS ON THE SECOND LEVEL, ONE BEING A LUXURY MASTER SUITE.
When you buy this Bristow, VA short sale (priced at $399,000), you'll have a lovely brick front colonial with four bedrooms on the second level. They are all generously sized, three of which share one full bathroom. Then there is the Master Suite.
The Master Suite has it all. A large bedroom with a walk-in closet, all … (2 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #6 - 10/05/09 12:04 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #6.
#6 - THE OUTDOOR SPACE
This Bristow short sale (priced at $399,000) lovely four bedroom colonial with over 4400 finished square feet of living space on three levels, has much to offer outside. The home is situated on a cul-de-sac lot, but that is covered in Reason #8. Let's start here with the fact that the backyard is fully fenced with two gates, one on each side of the home.
The backyard is … (0 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #7 - 10/05/09 12:04 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #7.
#7 - BUYING IN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGBHORHOOD
When you buy this Bristow short sale, priced at $399,000, with three fully finished levels, four bedrooms and three and half bathrooms, you'll be buying in the established neighborhood of Kingsbrooke. In fact, this home was built in 1998. Sure. It's not the newest home in the Bristow-Gainesville area, but you'll have mature trees that actually give you shade. You'll have neighbors when you move in.
When … (2 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #8 - 10/05/09 12:03 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #8.
#8 - LIVE ON A CUL-DE-SAC, NOT A BUSY THROUGH STREET!
This Bristow short sale has much to offer being priced at $399,000, having three finished levels, four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a brick front. Of course, Reason #8 brings us to location, location, location.
This lovely Bristow short sale is located on a double ended cul-de-sac street in the neighborhood of Kingsbrooke. What does this mean? There is no traffic but residents and their visitors. Anyone not fitting … (2 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Bristow Short Sale: #9 - 10/05/09 12:03 AM
There are ten great reaons to buy this Bristow Short Sale, priced at $399,000. Previous reasons will have links at the bottom of the post. This post is reason #9.
#9 - ENJOY AN EASY COMMUTE!
Prince William County has some problem areas from which to commute. Bristow, where this lovely four bedroom colonial is located, is not one of them. Live close to Routes 28, 29 and 66. Or if you prefer public transportation into the Arlington and Washington, DC area, your new home is located within five miles of the VRE (Virginia Railway Express).
Route 66 East widens to four … (0 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Bristow, VA Short Sale: Approved and SOLD!!! - 07/25/09 09:35 AM
Bristow, VA short sales do get approved by banks and go to settlement! As a Bristow short sale agent, I work hard to ensure that they do.
This Bristow, VA short sale was located in the community of Sheffield Manor. It got a full list price offer at $222,000, with the buyer requesting 4% ($8,880) in closing cost assistance. We submitted the offer to the two banks holding the loans and started the process. That was on March 18, 2009.
A little more than four months later, on July 24, 2009 this Bristow, VA short sale made it to settlement. The … (6 comments)
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bristow short sale agent: Bristow, VA: Short Sale Buying Opportunity at $399,000!!! - 07/15/09 12:03 PM
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Chris Ann Cleland, Associate Broker, Northern VA
Bristow,
VA
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