I know - the - LONG, If EVER Sale, also known as a short sale, does actually close. I decided to take on short sales pretty much exclusively, about a year ago, and it has been a long, hard, learning process - but it is paying off. I just checked the numbers on our MLS and Hawaii County has had 10 short sales close in the last 90 days. 6 of them were from our office, and I am happy to say that 5 of them were mine. Better yet almost all of them paid 6% commissions, My $800,000 sale was the exception - it only paid 5% .

Bottom line is - if you are looking to sell your home, whether it is in Foreclosure, or just a short sale - why not list it with someone that has a proven record, someone that delivers. I got to tell you also - its not all about the sale - of my 24 listings, 3 of my homeowners are now in the - MAKE HOME AFFORDABLE PROGRAM - put out by Obama, its funny because I always screen my clients to see if they have some sort of a chance at this program - and if they do - I always advise them to pursue that avenue first, I also encourage them to pursue it during the listing process - in fact 2 of them had offers in on there homes whe we were able to get them in the program - there is nothing like the moment, when someone saves their HOME - Priceless - and then they look devastated because they don't know what to do about me? I have offers, I have spent all this time, how are they going to pay me? I just turn around and give them a hug, they don't owe me anything, somehow I will get back - what I have put in - it always comes around full circle - maybe it will be helping their parents sell a home and get a condo - who knows - but it will come back.

One word of advice - NEVER PAY SOMEONE TO MODIFY YOUR LOAN - ITS EASY - AND YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF - JUST CALL YOUR BANK - THEY HAVE GOVERNMENT MONEY THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU WITH.

 Ok - so I rambled a little off track - but here it is - the 10 short sales that closed in the last 90 days

MLS DATA
	MLS #	Tp	St	DOM	Taxkey	Tnr	Price	Location	Land area	Details	Listed by
	215115	RS	S	219	3-1-6-53-71	FS	$199,000	16-1206 Moho Rd	3.00 ac	1,056 3/2	Lance D Owens - R(S)  / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated
	SOLD 4/29/2009 for $195,000 (FMHA) DOM 219 by Byron D Matthews - R(S) / The Hawaii Land Realty Corp
	219115	T	S	49	3-7-5-21-7-67	FS	$219,000	Alii Villas #223		635 #223 1/1	Lance D Owens - R(S)  / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated
	SOLD 6/5/2009 for $195,000 (CASH) DOM 49 by Janet Wells Brown - R(S) CRS, ABR, e-PRO/ Clark Realty Corp. - Kona
	218719	RC	S	59	3-7-6-25-35-2	FS	$299,000	76-366 Kanaka St #35B	5,115 sqft	1,029 3/2	Lance D Owens - R(S)  / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated
	SOLD 4/2/2009 for $290,000 (CNV) DOM 59 by James R Cotter - R(S) / Knutson & Associates
	221552	T	S	16	3-7-6-25-55-1	FS	$299,000	Kamani Trees #55A		861 #55A 2/2	Rebecca M Morton - B  / Windermere/C & H Properties - Kona
	SOLD 5/29/2009 for $295,000 (FHA) DOM 16 by Ramona M Cannon - BIC / Century 21 Paradise International
	216228	RS	S	227	3-6-8-32-70	FS	$350,000	68-1711 Kamahao Pl	12,184 sqft	1,753 3/2	Henry C. Williams - R  / Windermere/C & H Properties-Waimea
	SOLD 6/3/2009 for $351,000 (CASH) DOM 227 by Al Knauf - R(S) / Clark Realty Corporation - The Shops at Mauna Lani
	217820	RS	S	70	3-7-7-25-8	FS	$359,000	77-6542 Hoolaupai St	7,500 sqft	1,092 3/2	Lance D Owens - R(S)  / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated
	SOLD 4/20/2009 for $339,000 (CNV) DOM 70 by Brenda K. Kuessner - R(S) / Clark Realty Corporation - Keauhou
	211516	RS	S	265	3-7-5-40-81	FS	$575,000	75-110 Nakukui Pl	33,541 sqft	1,883 3/2.5	Marissa Ashley - PB , / Action Team Realty, Inc.   Austin Ashley - RA , / Action Team Realty, Inc.
	SOLD 5/29/2009 for $525,000 (CNV) DOM 265 by Lovette R Llantos - RA / MacArthur and Company Sotheby's International Realty, Kona
	220903	RS	S	14	3-7-5-34-59	FS	$645,000	Hualalai Colony Lot #:88	19,655 sqft	2,120 3/2	Jeri Parker - RA  ABR, CRS / Century 21 All Islands - Plaza
	SOLD 3/31/2009 for $620,000 (CNV) DOM 14 by Christine Babian - R(S) / Golden Triangle Real Estate
	215678	T	S	109	3-6-8-22-4-107	FS	$875,000	Villages At Mauna Lani #512		2,174 #512 3/3.5	Lance D Owens - R(S)  / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated
	SOLD 4/22/2009 for $800,000 (FHA) DOM 109 by James F. Allison - RA / Coldwell Banker Maryl Realty - At the Shops at Mauna Lani
	222527	RS	S	39	3-7-5-12-84	FS	$999,999	75-654 Nani Ohai Pl	1.00 ac	3,581 4/4.5	James L. Louis - DR , / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated   John M Sevick - RA , / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated
	SOLD 5/29/2009 for $800,000 (CASH) DOM 39 by John M Sevick - RA / Aloha Kona Realty Incorporated