opinion: Broker Bryant’s Year End Ramblings On Short Sales - 12/29/11 09:39 AM
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Hi folks. Here we are at the end of 2011. I spent some time this morning reflecting on short sales and these are some of my thoughts, observations and predictions.
In 2012 Banks are going to have … (3 comments)
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opinion: Open Your Mind And Expand Your Market Area. - 12/16/11 05:10 PM
Kristi DeFazio wrote a featured article questioning whether an agent taking a listing 70 miles away is doing a disservice to the Seller. Most of the commenters agree they are. I don’t.
My opinion is that it has nothing to do with the distance and everything to do with the agent. … (20 comments)
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opinion: Don't Dwell On The Loss. Consider The Gain Instead! - 09/02/11 08:39 AM
Hi folks. Today I am NOT going to write about Short Sales!
Instead I'm going to write about the homeowners that own their property free and clear. Did you know that roughly a third of the homeowners in the country have no mortgage? That's about 24 million homes.
Just about … (68 comments)
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opinion: No More Market Reports For Me! - 08/16/11 08:25 AM
Hi folks. There once was a time a few years ago where I posted quite a few market reports. I constantly studied my market to see if prices were still going down and by how much. But you know what? I no longer care.
Does it really matter anymore? Property … (16 comments)
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opinion: Why Is The Seller Ignoring My Buyer's Offer? - 07/22/11 10:36 AM
Hi folks. I bet you've asked this question before. "Why is the Seller ignoring my Buyer's offer?" You just spent a week showing properties to your Buyer. You wrote what you thought was a good offer, submitted it and then........nothing!
So you do what any good agent would do.....you run … (18 comments)
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opinion: Is Your Smart Phone Making You Look Stupid? - 07/19/11 08:12 AM
I LOVE my iPhone. My entire business can be run from it. If I can't do a task completely from my iPhone I use LogMeIn to access my computer and go from there. So I truly can work from anywhere I want.
My experience is that most agents now use … (20 comments)
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opinion: We Know We Signed A Contract But Aunt Betty Says....... - 06/24/11 08:29 AM
We've all heard this before. The contract is negotiated, signed, the inspections are completed and things are moving forward just fine. The closing and our paycheck are right around the corner. Then out of the blue your customer/client calls you and says "We were talkng to Aunt Betty last night … (31 comments)
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opinion: Florida Short Sale Sellers Beware Of Wolves In Sheep's Clothing. - 06/17/11 07:10 AM
Hi Folks. My son Nathan wrote an article that spawned this one. Go check it out:
Banks Giving Short Sale Leads?
This is the flip side. A couple of months ago Keller Williams had a Short Sale Mastery class in Orlando that I attended. The class was sponsored by Citi Mortgage. … (14 comments)
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opinion: Did You Know Asset Companies Are Hiring Agents for Short Sales? - 05/22/11 09:53 AM
Go figure. They don't own the property but still they are hiring listing Brokers. I know this because I was hired last week to list a Kissimmee Florida Short Sale. Now technically the owner is the one hiring me but the reality is the entire transaction is being managed by … (18 comments)
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opinion: NAR's Success With Keeping Banks Out Of Real Estate.......Really? - 05/07/11 08:31 AM
Hi folks. In 2001, the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Treasury Department proposed rules allowing national bank conglomerates to engage in real estate brokerage and management. The rule would have reclassified these activities as financial in nature.
The National Association of Realtors was dead set against this and used … (73 comments)
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opinion: I just took a listing 400 miles from my office. - 04/30/11 08:46 AM
OK maybe not quite 400 miles but way out of my area nonetheless. This article was inspired by Jeanne Gavish who wrote.....
Make Sure you Know the Area When you List
Pop over and give her article a read.
Anyway.....
I have been a Real Estate Broker in Poinciana Florida … (74 comments)
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opinion: What if it Were Illegal for Agents to Negotiate Short Sales? - 03/18/11 04:31 PM
Hi folks. I just read a comment on FaceBook from my friend, Susan Milner, that got me thinking. Susan is a broker who handles Short Sales, as I do, and she was contacted by the Florida Office of Financial Regulations. I guess they were asking her questions about her Short Sale … (22 comments)
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opinion: Home is where the heart is. Lenders CAN'T take that away from you! - 03/02/11 03:43 PM
Hi folks. There have been several articles over the last couple of weeks talking about how lenders are harming people by unnecessarily foreclosing on properties when some of these homeowners are willing to make a reduced payment. Here are two of the articles that are worth a read:
The Other End … (16 comments)
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opinion: American Made. Foreign Owned! - 02/07/11 11:44 AM
Hi folks. This article is my opinion based on what I see happening in my market area. Home ownership is declining in America. Past property owners have and are going through foreclosures and short sales and are no longer in a position to buy. Real Estate values are still declining … (38 comments)
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opinion: Compensation Is Only An Issue If You Don't Know How to Collect It - 01/07/11 04:51 PM
Hi folks. I read a couple of posts today about Buyer's agents not being happy with the co-brokes being offered. One was featured and then disappeared. The other is a rebuttal from Glenn Roberts titled "Who Will Pay the Buyer's Agent"
I was going to write my own article … (8 comments)
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opinion: The Real Estate Agent's Job. The RD Version. - 12/17/10 08:16 AM
Hi folks. This one will be real short and sweet. After all it is the Readers Digest version. However, I believe if you follow this very brief outline it will help you tremendously in your Real Estate business. Are you ready? OK here goes......
Find out WHO is … (14 comments)
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opinion: How to Find A REALTOR(R) Willing To Work Cheap.......Or Not! - 11/08/10 11:40 AM
Hi folks. I received the following email earlier today. I'm sure with prices so low and agents being so busy that this is a very common occurrence. I was getting ready to write him a long winded email and then remembered....I have a blog article that will help him!!!
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opinion: Short Sales and SOBs!! - 11/06/10 04:10 PM
Hi folks. There seems to be a new trend taking place in the Short Sale world. I'm hearing the following way too often.
"I helped my _________(fill in the blank...son, daughter, mother, friend etc) purchase a home since they had no credit. I just found out they haven't made a … (75 comments)
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opinion: "As Is" ALWAYS Means Maybe. - 11/02/10 04:43 PM
Hi folks. Today I want to talk a little bit about "As Is" contracts. Nona Swann wrote a post over the weekend titled "As Is" contracts mean maybe? I completely agree with the title but disagree with the content and most of the comments. The article is about a Buyer … (45 comments)
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opinion: Why Aren't You A Broker? - 10/28/10 08:59 AM
I wonder about this quite often. It just seems to me that if Real Estate is your chosen career then wouldn't it make sense to have complete control over your business?
After a very short time in Real Estate I knew I needed to have complete control of how I worked … (163 comments)
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