reos: some short lenders ARE getting it! - 11/03/09 06:30 PM
Okay can you believe it? Some lenders are FINALLY getting it! It is so muc more cost effective and such a better business decision to allow people to short sale (if its legit of course) versus going all the way through the foreclosure process! I had a lender tell my homeowner
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reos: Now is the time! - 10/26/09 04:42 PM
Inventory is (in my areas of service) are still low. Buyers are still out there, and in a little while people in my industry become "ghosts" just like Halloween! For you the seller that means opportunity! There is opportunity if you are a seller with equity (hopefully) or if you are in
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reos: 2010 What What?????? - 10/05/09 09:25 PM
2010 is going to be interesting. There are plenty of properties already foreclosed upon not coming to the market for various reasons, but they have to come. There are plenty of people attempting Loan modifications that should be able to get it done, but are not, and some that really never
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reos: My loan mod was approved.....WHY IS MY PAYMENT HIGHER? - 09/07/09 01:08 AM
There are some clients crying the blues and are in astonishment. They have waited 3, 4 ,5 , 6 months or more, they just got great news they loan modificaiton is now approved, but their monthly payment has just risen! What kind of crap is the bank trying to pull? Well
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reos: The Real Estate Market is Dead! Did you hear? - 08/22/09 11:47 PM
Weren't those the headlines? Wasn't that the word of the day? You still hear that all the time. We haven't bottomed yet! Wait to buy. Don't catch a falling knife (I think I used that one...hahahaha) We are witnessing a collapse of Real Estate as we know it! Let me ask you
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reos: Whats next? - 08/12/09 06:50 PM
Clients and friends are calling me all the time asking me, Whats next? Are we at the bottom? Will interest rates go up? Are there more foreclosurses coming? Should I buy now? Should I sell now? Truthfully the answers are generally I do not know! There are no soothsayers in this business,
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reos: so you think the real estate market is dead? - 04/11/09 12:21 AM
Okay my client sees a property listed at $257,900. We already lost on a property so we are not playing games. My client is putting 20% down, 700+fico score conventional financing. We offer $300,000. The property comes on the market late thursday and by monday morning there are 22 offers! My
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reos: who are you listening to? - 03/29/09 09:36 PM
Who you going to listen to? The people PAID to tell you things are bad or the soldiers out in the field doing the work? Real estate dead huh? All week I've been showing writing offers on REO bank owned properties and all week they have been in multiple offers, all
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reos: Tax credits, below low interest rates, what are you waiting for? Buy Buy Buy - 03/26/09 11:43 PM
Are you taking advantage of the the new credit for first time buyers? How about the low interest rates? I MEAN THE LOW INTEREST RATES? Under 5% in most cases! FHA 3.5% down for 39 year fixed loans! $8,000 tax credit and guess what? Unilike last years $7500 credit YOU DO
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reos: Free Buyer and seller reports - 03/23/09 09:59 AM
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reos: You are blessed! DONT FORGET IT! - 03/22/09 11:28 PM
What a wonderful life! I always say it truly is a great life and if you are breathing it really is! No matter what is going in your life there are people worse than you. In your real estate business no matter what is happening in your life, if you focus
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reos: Make your own decisions! Dare to be great! - 03/20/09 08:58 PM
Dont let other people steal your dreams! The media bless there hearts are out to sell papers and negative news sells. LOOK AT ALL THIS GREAT ECONOMIC DATA JUST OUT!
Economists nearly universally agree that a housing market recovery is the key to improvement for the US economy. Certainly a major component to
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reos: Dont walk away! You have options! - 03/20/09 10:40 AM
Are you struggling to make house payments? Are you behind in house payments and looking for answers?
We are in difficult economic times that is no doubt. With the GLOBAL financial crisis taking up much news, we are in a LOCAL financial crisis! Job losses, rising interest rates, gas
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reos: Dont walk away! You have options! - 03/09/09 12:41 PM
Are you struggling to make house payments? Are you behind in house payments and looking for answers?
We are in difficult economic times that is no doubt. With the GLOBAL financial crisis taking up much news, we are in a LOCAL financial crisis! Job losses, rising interest rates, gas
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reos: Loan modification, short sales, and REO's - 12/03/08 11:13 PM
What a time we are in! For you "old" real estate dogs like me what do you think? In my 21 years I have seen lots of situations but I will admit this time is a little different. It is different, but it will end the same. End the same meaning
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reos: Real estate is dead.......isnt it?...No that would be the stock market...just kidding! - 10/29/08 10:11 AM
Well that is what I hear all the time how about you? Let me ask you a question, is there anybody you know that would prefer to live in the streets than in a home or apartment? Let me ask you another question, for everybody that rents a place to live,
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reos: Should we buy, should we sell, The sky is falling, the sky is falling - 10/01/08 12:39 AM
I believe it is the right time, but I should wait to buy because the market is still going down? Real estate is never going up again, it makes more sense to rent. My house is not worth what I paid for it, I am going to stay here as long
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reos: Dont be scared - 09/28/08 11:33 AM
Dont be scared what do I mean? If you listen to the news the world is falling apart. There are no loans, the financial institutions as we know are are over? What is going to happen to this, what is going to happen to that?
I can can tell you a
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reos: no fannie no freddie I want to buy but can I get a loan? - 09/18/08 03:37 PM
Yes you can yes you can, yes you can......but IT IS MORE DIFFICULT and there are less products. I firmly believe in the areas I service we are in the last of the great buying opportunities that will be seen in my real estate life time! The problem is getting the
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reos: FINANCING CHANGING, BUT MARKETS MOVE ON - 09/12/08 02:12 AM
So no more Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae huh? FHA downpayment assistance programs gone bye bye! Down payments needed on coventional loans. The media says DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM! Let me ask you a question, do you still need a place to stay? Hey I have one for you. The people
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