Just taslked to some buyers that were telling me HOW the market is and what property can be bought for and what it will sell for later.  Not sure where they get thier figures and numbers. makes me scratch my head. I wish they could be bought for what these people think, i'd bought all i could already..Never ceases to amaze me

  How many of you have had a client send a offer on one of your listings to a attorney who is NOT familiar with your state promulgated forms? Never fails they screw the whole thing up with thier idea of how they want the contract written?  Its so annoying to get a contract back with scratchouts and all kinds of things in special provisions that IF they would have looked at the attached addendums were ALREADY addessed !!  What away for them to charge thier client hourly out the yazoo and screw up thier real estate transaction !!   

I have a friend that does BPOS and alot of them about 120 a month and has for almost 10 years.. She did one on a listed house the other day and the listing agent proceeded to try to tell her all the rules and how cool he is and how smart he is.... blah blah blah. This other agent had to guts to say my seller will not think twice about taking legal action if the value isnt right !  WHATEVER !!  She prceeded to tell mr know it all how the cow eats corn and left him standing there with his mouth wide open. Some nerve of agents trying to get in the way of others doing thier job.  He jumped on a female thats forgotten more about property values than he will ever know.. Was quite funny to say the least

     I had the displeasure of showing a house the other day and it appeared a real gem from the curb. Then when we walked closer to the house we noticed a all famliar smell,, Guess what?  Cats !!  The people with me didnt say much about it, when we opened the door it was a shocking blast of foul air !  The house was messy and the cat residue was horrible. Carpet was bad  and just the stench made my socks roll down.  I couldnt go through all the house myself,  How can a agent take this listing without telling the owner ito have it cleaned up fumigated or whatever first?  The area is nice and desirable, needless to say this puppy or feline wont make the most desriable list..  Thats just Realtor abuse.  haha

 I was just reading the other day that they have changed the requirements for going from a salesman license to brokers license in Texas.  You use to have to have your salesman license two years before you qualified to take the brokers test, They raised it where you have to have a salesman license four years before your elgible for brokers license. Any thoughts?  Sure couldnt hurt the business at all.

 I have posted something similiar to this subject before, But why on earth cant agents take DECENT pictures of houses for MLS?  Its worse that some dont put pictures at all,which is unacceptable to me. Makes showing the property a shot in the dark,  I have had clients not wanting to look at certain properties because of no picture in MLS. Anyway, I am talking about pictures with thier side mirror or part of the door blocking some of the house. Also interior pics with cabinet doors open or dirty dishes on the counters or unmade beds? Better yet on had the owner walking in the picture in the kitchen !  Whats up with these agents? Lazy?  I saw one in MLS the other day, the only picture was a picture of the AC unit outside.. Needless to say the buyers laughed hysterically and said if thats what they think of the house it must be a pig no need to see it at all. They are horrible for business but sure are good for comical releif during the day.

I do a lot of BPO's and have for almost 20 years .  The thing lately is that when you submit the BPO and then the asset company or who sent the BPO, kicks it back saying they have better comps they have found on Zillow or where ever and want me to replace my comps.. Havent they figured out that IF there were better comps i would have already used them? they are 800 miles away and telling me my market?  they need to ask me not tell me.  Plus trying to use a ratio from sold to market value isnt a smart idea either. In some areas that will not work period.    A house is only worth what the market brings not what someone wants it to be worth. Rural BPOS are a lot of my business too and the asset companies need to understand the rules for a surburban BPO and a rural BPO's are night and day and cant use same rules or anything. They are not in neighborhoods or subdivisions, you might have a 3500 sq foot brick house on 10 acres and the closest property is a singlewide on one acre with a pig in the front yard. So going 15 miles away for comps is the only choice . So i sure wish they would uinderstand all BPOs are not the same. ( never will be )

Has anyone ever been cursed with that parasite virus Internet Security 2010? This is the worse one i have ever had on a computer. It even ask for a credit card number to download the program to fix it.. If you ever see the words Internet Security 2010, run...  Im very thankful it wasnt my main computer..  Guess i need a new trotline weight anway...

  How many of you that do BPO's on rural property have trouble making the asset companies understand your information? Useing the same BPO form for rural properties as surbuban properties makes it so hard to reflect the true information about a property thats located in the middle of nowhere.  Some comps are 10 miles away and thats all there is to use. Then the asset company says  whats the name of the subdivision and how many homes in the neighborhood are for sale?  I work with some asset companies that understand this and say put in there what you have, then some are stuck on thinking rural property comps and info is the same as properties in town.

 Anyone dealing in REO's having trouble with asset companies that do not take care of thier end very well?  Some put lockboxes on thier properties, lockbox is never ut on the property? Or they will not have it rekeyed in time then thye whine because its not in MLS. I know they are swamped right now, but still making our end more difficult really makes thier end more difficult.   I know asset companies have different responsibilities they do, some rekey, some dont, and same with trashouts. But it still frusterating to be left with a property that isnt ready to market..