Real estate blog entries tagged with short sale by Elizabeth Weintraub, Sacramento Short Sale Agent, 916.233.6759, Lyon RE (Lyon Real Estate)

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short sale: An Agent Can Make Your Real Estate Transaction a Joy or a Nightmare - 11/26/09 09:17 AM

Your first instinct is not always reliable. I've learned that over the years. While I often rely on my intuition, I don't always grab the first instinct that pops up. For example, when I put on my reading glasses this morning to peer at my monitor, my vision was blurred. My … (14 comments)

short sale: Some Short Sale Promoters Push Folks to the Edge With Short Sale Spam - 11/23/09 09:41 AM

My husband laughs at Sacramento drivers who, upon leaving the vehicle, turn around and point the key remote at the car to lock it. That's because some people think it works like a TV remote, which emits infrared signals to the TV, but it doesn't. It sends its signal by radio, … (12 comments)

short sale: In This Countrywide Short Sale, It Could Be Much Worse Than It Is - 11/19/09 09:33 AM

I don't have any problem with multi-tasking except when facing certain types of death-related circumstances. While some people can't walk and chew gum at the same time, I routinely multi-task. It's often the only way to get things done during the day.
For example, I might be brushing my teeth while … (5 comments)

short sale: Buying a Home in East Sacramento Means Sharing a Bit of History - 11/16/09 09:04 AM

Part of my success in real estate is due to paying attention to my intuition and purposely scrutinizing the emotional impact of homes, especially as an agent selling homes in such landmark neighborhoods in Sacramento as Land Park and East Sacramento. These tree-canopied areas feature many older, classic homes, and each … (9 comments)

short sale: Since When Is It Wrong to Expect a Buyer's Agent to Pull the Comparable Sales? - 11/10/09 09:31 AM

As I was driving to West Sacramento yesterday to take a listing in Bridgeway Island, a buyer's agent called. Just for the record, I wasn't pulling a Maria Shriver, I was wearing my Jawbone. He asked about a Sacramento short sale home that I have listed and wanted to know how … (17 comments)

short sale: Nothing to Wear and Nothing to Buy Except This East Sacramento Home That is Not Upside Down - 11/09/09 09:00 AM

Few guys understand what a woman means when she opens her closet and declares: I have nothing to wear. Guys look in the closet and they see clothes jammed in so tightly that one might break a hanger yanking something out. Wall-to-wall clothes. They scratch their heads and wonder how can … (16 comments)

short sale: Land Park Has Only 3 Active Short Sale Listings in MLS, Including a Tudor at $325,000 - 11/07/09 08:42 AM

I just listed a new short sale in Land Park yesterday, but before I get to that, let me tell you about a weird thing that happened on Friday. I've never, in all my decades of real estate, experienced this before. A buyer who was supposed to close escrow on a … (6 comments)

short sale: Don't Wait for the Notice of Default Before Calling Your Sacramento Short Sale Agent - 11/05/09 08:51 AM

The usual scenario goes like this: An upside-down homeowner loses his job and the family scrambles to make the mortgage payments. They borrow on credit cards, ask other family members for help, sell possessions. They may ask the lender to do a loan modification and spend months trying to qualify before … (7 comments)

short sale: Why Write a Short Sale Offer if You're Not Willing to Wait for the Bank's Response? - 11/01/09 08:14 AM

I closed 4 escrows last week, so I thought it was a nice gesture to offer to take my husband out to dinner on Halloween. Sort of a celebration. All right, it was also a way that I could cancel Halloween without being obvious about it. But, no, my husband had … (13 comments)

short sale: Sacramento Short Sale Agents: If Your Buyer Walks, You Need to Tell the Listing Agent - 10/29/09 09:11 AM

This doesn't happen very often, thank goodness, but yesterday a short sale buyer flaked out. I had called a Sacramento agent to let him know that Chase Bank was about to approve a short sale for his buyer. The agent blurted, "Oh, that buyer bought a home last month." Bear in … (9 comments)

short sale: What if You Were in the Shower and a Stranger Entered Your Home Through the Lockbox? - 10/19/09 09:06 AM

Usually, the types of phone calls I receive from Sacramento buyer's agents are ripe with questions that are answered in MLS. But I understand that some agents don't print out MLS reports or skim over them so quickly that they miss important data. In an attempt to help them, I generally … (17 comments)

short sale: How About an East Sacramento Listing That is NOT a Short Sale, REO or Flipper? - 10/18/09 09:23 AM

The file folder for my new listing in East Sacramento is decorated with artwork. I had left it on the coffee table while I walked through this darling 2-bedroom bungalow to do my agent visual inspection. One of the tenant's children used this opportunity to draw on my folder. The tenant … (10 comments)

short sale: Lockbox Day in Sacramento and The Perfect Eyebrow - 10/11/09 09:24 AM

For a fun-filled and relaxing experience, there is nothing in this universe as enjoyable like having half of your face ripped off. Voluntarily. I realize that some members of the opposite sex may not understand this and shake their heads in disbelief that anybody of sane mind would willingly undergo this … (17 comments)

short sale: Here is a List of California Loan Modification Lawyers Under Investigation by State Bar - 09/30/09 08:45 AM

In a bold move for the California State Bar Association, it has released the names of 16 California lawyers suspected of misconduct regarding loan modifications. The Bar Association is conducting an internal investigation in this matter and has released the names in favor of public protection.
Not every loan modification lawyer … (6 comments)

short sale: It Can Take Many Counter Offers to Sell a Home in the Sacramento Real Estate Market - 09/28/09 09:09 AM

It ain't over until the fat lady sings. Some negotiations take time, especially for a Sacramento real estate agent. It doesn't need to be a short sale, either, to end up with 4 or 5 or more counter offers on a transaction. In fact, many short sale offers are accepted in … (9 comments)

short sale: The Perfect Storm for Sacramento Short Sale Sellers - 09/18/09 09:03 AM

Wells Fargo approved another short sale yesterday for an Elk Grove seller. The negotiator was a chatty guy out of South Carolina who used to live in Sacramento -- on one of the "fish streets" in Rosemont. Very nice guy. I'd like to go on the record as saying that not … (12 comments)

short sale: My Land Park Yard Gets a Makeover -- New Sod and Walkway -- Day 1 - 08/26/09 08:37 AM

My work days lately have been brutal and long. It's that first-time home buyer tax credit that is partly responsible for fueling the unrelenting activity in Sacramento's real estate market, so I often find myself doing 3 things at once, on top of balancing new projects.
An agent called yesterday about … (9 comments)

short sale: Looking for a Short Sale in the Elk Grove School District Under $200,000? - 08/10/09 09:18 AM

This Sacramento short sale home is located in the Vineyard Ranch subdivision close to Calvine and 99. It's a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, built in 2001, just under 1,500 square feet. The neighborhood shows pride of ownership. All the surrounding yards are nicely landscaped and manicured.
If you're looking for a spacious home … (0 comments)

short sale: This Land Park Short Sale Home Was Approved By the Short Sale Bank in 26 Days - 07/24/09 08:28 AM

Every day in this business holds new surprises in store for a Sacramento short sale agent. I'm old enough to understand that I can never underestimate what may happen. But nevertheless, I was still astonished when that short sale approval letter popped out of my FAX machine on Monday, 26 … (9 comments)

short sale: Many Banks Favor a Short Sale Over a Loan Modification But Won't Tell You Upfront - 07/22/09 08:40 AM

Almost 9 out of 10 short sale sellers in Sacramento call me because their bank rejected an application for a loan modification. These sellers can't understand why, after months of negotiation, their bank refused to give them a loan modification but would agree to let them do a short sale. My … (9 comments)

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