fort walton beach: Assistant Woes - 01/29/08 09:16 AM
My wonderful assistant, Meagen, will be leaving in July to have a baby. Congratulations and happiness to Meagen! Dread on hiring for me! The new assistant hunt will begin soon. I intend to hire someone to start June 1, so they can have a full month of training with Meagen. Here are the qualities I am looking for-- and I won't put them in the ad. I find that resumes end up with the exact qualities you list in the Help Wanteds, don't you?
"Excellent attendance, clear phone voice, great customer service, quick learner, computer skills, multi-tasker, resourceful, fast worker, smart, can handle … (6 comments)
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fort walton beach: Attitude - 01/28/08 06:10 PM
Last week was one of the most exhausting I have had in my real estate career. Getting a reprieve for a seller about to be foreclosed on was also one of the triumphs. It won't be complete until I save the sale, but I feel it is downhill from here. The mountain of short sales files waiting for approval reached a crescendo, but this week I expect to get the "o.k." on two. At least. I have finally chilled out. I took a walk this morning, the first morning walk in a few weeks. I was very nice to two negotiators. I did not put on … (2 comments)
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fort walton beach: The 11th Hour - 01/25/08 09:52 AM
Friday: I took over a short sale listing by referral two months ago. I found out about three weeks ago that a sale date had been set for MONDAY JANUARY 28. I have been dropping the price like a fall from a skyscraper, and finally got an offer LAST NIGHT. The price had to be lowered from 799,900 to 539,900 over the course of the last several weeks in order to get one offer. This is a waterfront home on the sound in Mary Esther. Remodeled, over 3000 square feet, in-ground pool, granite, wood floors, fireplace in the master bedroom. The offer … (12 comments)
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fort walton beach: Another "Short" Day - 01/22/08 08:30 AM
My goal today is to get an approval, any approval. I have 7 short sale sides pending, the oldest was submitted on November 13. I have two buyers threatening to walk. One is on a Countrywide- that closing has been extended 30 days and the selling agent said the buyers are going to start looking for another home if they don't close by Friday. The Countrywide negotiator told me on December 19 that he would have FINAL approval the next week. Well, guess what? I called him the next week, and he was on vacation! Now he has not returned two … (5 comments)
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fort walton beach: REO - Sad Acts - 01/19/08 11:27 AM
I never fail to get disturbed by what I see done to some REO properties. Yesterday, I "snuck" into one of my assignments while trying to determine occupancy. The foreclosure is in the redemption phase. I had driven to the house a few days ago for Wells Fargo, and noted the sad outside condition. A few windows were boarded up, there was missing siding-- I mean "nothing" on one side of the house (who would remove siding?), junk everywhere. I peeked through a window and noticed the back door was open. In the pouring rain. So I got daring and walked around back to … (22 comments)
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