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Today I attended two separate seminars. The second one was about Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Loans. Wells Fargo is a great company and I work with them a lot. They work with clients that have credit scores as low as 600, which is something many lenders will not do. In addition to that, they have se...
06/24/2010
BP says it will reimburse for money lost due to the oil spill but I am wondering how realtors in the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida areas will be able to prove that they had sales contracts canceled due to the oil spill. To make matters worse, how about those people that had made pla...
06/23/2010
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Yes, there is indeed a place that REALLY gives you a FREE credit score (not just a credit report and no score) and does NOT ask for any credit card information or enroll you into something that you have to cancel down the road or you will get a bill! Go to www.creditkarma.com to get a FREE credit...
06/23/2010
If you are working as the listing agent on a residential property owned by someone who is NOT a US citizen, remember that 10% of the selling price has to be taken from the client at the closing table to satisfy that 10% IRS requirement. The seller can file a tax return in January to get a refund ...
06/23/2010
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Here is another example of a short sale nightmare that is currently an on-going situation. I have a buyer who has put in an offer on a short sale and it looks as if the bank may take our offer (according to the feedback I am getting from the listing agent who is talking to the mitigation person)....
06/22/2010
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According to the latest reports out, Florida existing home sales increased again in May by 18%!! That is, naturally, wonderful news to report! May was also the third month in a row that the median single family home sale price rose! This brings me back to my mantra of 'Don't wait until the ship h...
06/22/2010
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Summer is here and even realtors need down time at the beach or park! If you are looking for something really great to read (one of those 'I can't put it down once I get started' books) then I recommend Journey of Souls by Michael Newton, PhD from Llewellyn Worldwide Publishers. He has also writt...
06/21/2010
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Well NOW I know why I get water in the car when it rains..................I got a VW recall today on the moonroof! Seems there is a general problem with debris getting into the drain for the moonroof and this clogs everything. So VW is recalling cars to have this problem taken care of. I love my ...
06/21/2010
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Yesterday was Father's Day so after a late breakfast (that Ron made) we loaded up the SUV and decided to make an afternoon of fishing. Ron loves to fish near the Skyway Bridge, so that is where we headed. This past winter it was so cold that there was a massive fish kill and they have been SLOW i...
06/21/2010
This is a trip down memory lane. Shortly after the turn of the last century I left teaching and, prior to getting into real estate, I spent a couple of years owning a Barnie's Coffee Bistro on Enterprise in Clearwater. I also lost my shirt during that attempt at owning a franchise and would never...
06/17/2010