real life: See Sally Fall on the Way to Paradise Lost! An oldie but goodie. - 03/30/09 04:15 PM
In the summer of ‘04, John and Sally fell in love. Both were in their late 20's and had recently gone through difficult divorces. Life being unpredictable, as it is, put them in each other's paths about one year prior. Since they were both going through difficult times, they hit it … (15 comments)
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real life: Desperation Creates Depreciation!!! - 02/03/09 04:08 PM
Once I had a Seller. This poor guy had his house on the market for 7 months with another Realtor and only had 3 showings during that period. Well, fortunately for him, he listed his property with me when his listing expired. As usual I gave him the talk about leaving the … (63 comments)
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real life: How to sell a house and make $84!!! Or NOT. - 01/10/09 05:27 PM
How to make $84 on a real estate transaction.
First, you specialize in selling REOs and foreclosures in Poinciana Florida. Then you get leads from a partner, out of the country, who gets paid 1% of the purchase price. Next, you get one of these leads wanting to submit an offer … (38 comments)
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real life: Does that 50 cents have to be on the HUD? - 09/18/08 04:19 PM
*** First published in August 2006***
I just love final walk throughs! Why is it that Buyers and their Realtors sometimes try to spoil the elated feeling I get, knowing that we finally made it to day of closing?
I get the call this morning, telling me they did the walk … (92 comments)
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real life: The stress of non-disclosure is finally put to rest!!! - 08/16/08 03:29 PM
Hi folks. I posted an article last year titled "Sally's Eyes Will Make a Grown Man Cry", if you haven't read it please take a minute to do so as it was a powerful post. This post is a follow up.
When I listed Sally's house, the biggest issue, was whether … (41 comments)
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real life: A smaller downpayment may protect the home buyer. - 08/03/08 10:49 AM
Hi folks. My friend, Bill Archambault, put up a post earlier today expressing his dismay over "When mortgage and real estate people start talking about people with out large down payments being undeserving a home of their own....." Take a minute and go read Bill's post.
Did you notice this statement? … (84 comments)
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real life: Funny things I heard today that weren't so funny!! - 07/14/08 11:38 PM
Hi folks, I woke up in a such a great mood today. Then my phone started ringing.
Hi Broker Bryant........
"The loan I had "clear to close" for on Friday has now been denied because the DTI(debt to income) ratios are off, we won't be closing today."
"We want to make … (105 comments)
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real life: Do you believe in miracles? - 05/23/08 10:51 AM
.....that's what my seller asked me today. I had set an appointment to meet with my Sellers because they had just been served the "20 days to respond" foreclosure "thingie". We knew it was coming since they hadn't made mortgage payments in a long time.
The reason for my appointment was … (86 comments)
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real life: Life is a Struggle...but.....there's always Hope! - 04/15/08 09:57 AM
Hi folks. This post is not about real estate. BUT.....it's something I have to write. It will also not be politically correct so you have been warned.
TLW's last post mentioned one of our tenants that was shot and killed by the police department this past Thursday. This post will delve into … (93 comments)
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real life: Sneaky is as Sneaky does! - 03/31/08 04:47 PM
OK you're going to like this one. Several years ago I wrote a deal. It was one of those rare occasions where I was on both sides of the transaction. Now remember in Florida we do not have dual agency so in this case I was acting as a Transaction Broker. … (53 comments)
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real life: Be Tenacious and get 'er done!! - 03/30/08 12:18 AM
For the last week or so I have been communicating online with a potential Seller. She's one of those Sellers we all like. Knowledgeable, very friendly and to the point.
She currently lives in a very nice pool home in Poinciana but has to commute to Lakeland everyday to go to school. … (85 comments)
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real life: When your house becomes a prison! "The Lovelys" need help!!! - 03/05/08 04:22 PM
OK today I'm writing to pick your brains a little. I hope it doesn't hurt!!! I wrote a post last year about "The Lovelys" titled "When your house becomes a prison". If you haven't read it please take a minute to do so.
I'm still working with these folks. Since I wrote … (43 comments)
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real life: Sorry...I can't help you. Good luck with that!! - 11/19/07 03:57 PM
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He we are two days before Thanksgiving and I can't seem to get off the phone. I really just want to take some down time and relax this week but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Too many people calling wanting me to list their … (42 comments)
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real life: Sally's eyes will make a grown man cry! - 09/02/07 08:14 AM
Sally came home from school...and, as she normally does, she ran upstairs to let her parents know she was home. When she went into the master bedroom, she found her parents, laying in a pool of blood on the floor, dead. Her father had shot her mother in the head and then … (113 comments)
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real life: Life looks grand in the land of denial! - 05/17/07 04:44 PM
A while back I had written a post titled "Your home is your castle not an ATM Machine" and shortly after that I wrote "When the wall comes tumbling down". Both of these posts were written about the same Sellers. Very nice young couple who unfortunately made a few bad decisions … (76 comments)
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real life: Another one bites the dust!!! - 05/09/07 08:49 AM
Hi folks. I don't normally post two days in a row but I need to get this one out of my head. I don't like ranting so let's see if I can turn this ridiculous situation into a learning experience. OK here goes.
About ten days ago, I placed one of my … (101 comments)
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real life: Faster than the speed of light! - 05/01/07 05:12 PM
OK I'm back. My last post was a little intense so I thought I best lighten up a little today. So here goes. OH, it's not about TLW but I really wanted to use that picture. After 13 years in business and hundreds of successful closings I had a first last … (37 comments)
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real life: Squat for Savvy Sam! - 04/17/07 04:17 PM
Earlier today I got a call from Savvy Sam. Savvy Sam lives down in south Florida but owns a property in Poinciana that he purchased back in July of 2005 and has been trying to sell ever since. He bought this new construction home, sight unseen, with the good intention of … (35 comments)
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real life: See Sally fall on the way to Paradise lost! - 03/31/07 04:56 PM
In the summer of ‘04, John and Sally fell in love. Both were in their late 20's and had recently gone through difficult divorces. Life being unpredictable, as it is, put them in each other's paths about one year prior. Since they were both going through difficult times, they hit it … (56 comments)
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real life: YeeHa! Broker Bryant rides the bomb. Giddyup!!! - 03/03/07 01:14 PM
Yesterday, I wrote a post about a closing scenario and a request for solutions. As promised, here's what happened. By the way, if you haven't read my post from yesterday this one will make no sense. I'll wait.......OK, so here we go. First, my biggest problem was that it was late … (39 comments)
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