Odds are if I have a problem with a Bank of America short sale, it's due to AMS. Overall, Bank of America has been a lot more focused on solving its short sale issues than a few other banks I won't name. Most of my Sacramento short sales go pretty smoothly when they involve Bank of America. Except for an AMS HAFA short sale. I suppose it probably comes down to choosing the devil you know, for Bank of America, over the devil you do not. The least of the evils out there. And thank goodness Bank of America isn't blaming this problem on Family First.
This Families First campaign is getting out of hand. Since when do we need to be reminded we each have family? Why aren't you in school, Johnny? Because I put my family first, man, he says, toking on a joint. I'm not saying don't care about your family, was there ever a time in which we didn't care about our families? But stop using family as a crutch. Guys: man up. Women: put on your pants one leg at a time like the rest of us.
The simple truth is family doesn't always come first. Sometimes, it's your health that comes first. Sometimes, it's your next door neighbor who is hurting. Sometimes it's your sanity or your job or the guy who just got knocked into the street by a runaway ice cream truck. Stop feeling guilty if you set and adhere to priorities that don't always involve your family.
Not every family makes the grade anyway.
Who originated this guilt trip? Nobody gives a rats about the guilt trip unless they need it for an excuse. If everybody did the job they were supposed to do, nobody would have to fall back on family first as the reason that they can't do their job. Suppose President Obama decided to head down to the local bowling alley with his family instead of attending a scheduled Summit Conference with world leaders?
Sometimes the dog needs to go to the vet, and that whiny kid in the corner can just keep on whining. Eventually he'll get tired and shut up. I wish I could say that about AMS but I just can't. I don't say this as a Sacramento short sale agent who closes only a few deals a year. I looked at my production yesterday, wondering how I've been doing. I am not ashamed to report that I have closed more than $23 million, which is more than 110 homes over the past 12 months. It's not super-star agent production but it's darned decent. I have my nose to the grindstone, and AMS just doesn't make the grade with me.
Bank of America, why don't you just take your short sales back in-house and say family comes first?
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