Scrubbing for Short Sales. FranklyMLS.com Adds an Asterisk. - 06/15/08 12:16 PM
In a long list of "1sts", FranklyMLS.com is now the 1st Virginia/DC/MD MLS search engine that scrubs for Short Sales! (maybe the 1st in the nation). Also see my quote today in the Wash Post, and my other articles defining Short Sales.
On the FranklyMLS.com spreadsheet results page, try a search for Alexandria, if you see an asterisk next to the price, that means it is "probably a short sale" (if you see a yellow highlighted home, that is a reviewed home by a buyer agent, with extra photos.)
 
How do we know if it is a Short … (11 comments)

Another State, Another Realtor. Frustrations Helping a Friend Buy - 06/13/08 04:38 PM
My bestfriend is buying a place in another state and he wants my help.
All went perfectly when I found him a listing agent in Chicago. He was Eugene Fu,  subsequently featured in NAR's Top 30 Under 30 (alongside ActiveRain's Jonathan Washburn). I made sure he staged it, took 30 wide angle photos, etc and it sold in a week for over the already aggresive asking price.
But now on the buying side, he picked the Realtor.
I even drive there to see my friend's "best of" homes with him. The Realtor (a state I'm not licensed) even seemed like … (7 comments)

The Broke Broker? Grandma is worried. - 06/04/08 12:34 AM
My grandmother thinks I'm broke!
The other day she calls me and says in a thick accent, 
"Are you still able to feed yourself? Why are you still in Real Estate."
I asked why, and she proceeds, "I keep reading in the paper that the market is tanking."
I assure her that even though gas prices are higher I have just enough to still buy food.
Three years ago if you said you were a Realtor, it was like E.F. Hutton. Strangers would be caught listening in and people were impressed. (sidenote: I got stuck bookless once and picked up a 1993 … (16 comments)

Great GPS now $100. Still searching for Traffic GPS. Anybody? - 06/03/08 10:32 AM
Finally the GPSes have dropped to under $100 so they can make my $100 Tech Tips group (join).
The Tom Tom One Refurbished is now $100 after rebate on Amazon! How cool is that?
This is the exact one that I use. It is great. I don't get the need for the more expensive ones that have MP3 or Photo viewing. Just give me GPS out of the box.
Also the higher end models will read you the street name. Some think this is important, I don't.
But I still am in search for the elusive GPS with Traffic rerouting. Now … (12 comments)

 
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