Should Be a Sign on My Office Door | Snap Out of It!

 Colleen, don't ever stop being you i my opinion. You seem to put you clients in perspective! Thank you for being you!

Love and light,

Laura

Sellers are fortunate to find agents who are persistent and competent when it comes to short sale representation. Congrats to you.

Colleen...

I think that the government SHOULD care when it's an FHA short sale. But they don't

Colleen - It is so frustrating to deal with the banks some day.  I'd stand right there with you yelling some days though it's just not my style usually.

Colleen:  I am so fortunate that I have not had a Short Sale bump me in the nose in the last three years.  Luckily the Fort Worth area appears to have a lot less of them than most other areas seem to.

But, I like your "Snap Out Of It" phrase.  It also brings to mind the expression of "Oh Snap!" that was in use a few years ago... but quickly faded.

By the way... I have not seen another cute video of you in a very long time.  I still remember the one of you with the bookcase behind you.  I think it had a globe in it, too.  Oh well.  That one made me smile, and I still DO remember it.

Yer not gonna do another one, you say?  Oh Snap!

Some days I think I need a sign that says "Daily Quota of Crazy Exceeded- Enter at your own Risk"

Hi Colleen,

Short sales are challenging and require patience and persistence.  Keep it moving.  Best of GREAT success to you!

I was in a CE course on Wednesday and one YOUNG agent had 13 short sale contracts working - YEOW!  and he had NO GREY HAIRS!

Shorts sales.. I hate them and I can't wait untile they all disappear and go away. No yelling involved. =)

There is no shortage of the aggravation, and the time involved, in processing short sales. As Realtors we have to keep a good sense of humor about the whole process.

Rich

Short Sale are a different kind of animal.  I tried the new FannieMae website for an over valuated short sale property and the new price came in higher than the old one by 12.5%. 

Good luck with yours.

Colleen, your persistence and good attitude is what makes the short sale process work for your clients.

You had to mention B of A...and get my Real Estate juices flowing...Inept, unfocused and clueless, they continue to bring out the "yell" every time

Ir reminds me of my little girl and my wife. . .mom and daughter movie times. .she loves Moonlight . .and when she wanted to watch it. .she refer it as the "snap out of it" movie. .

Personally, I'm appreciative to short sales. .they have been our bread and butter in the lean years as we transition to a more normal market. .

I hear you...it really seems like the policies and procedures are in place to facillitate losing more money for the banks.

There's nothing SHORT about Short Sales! It does take patience (lots of it) and just remembering there's a light at the end of the tunnel.  Our goal is to get to light, close the door on that file and on to the next. Each case is different and so are the banks.  Keep up the great work that you're doing Colleen. 

How do you get all that senseless bureaucratic BS off your shoes at night. Don't get me wrong; there are several great overworked, underpaid bank employees who wade through a desk full of folders each day also. The banks never funded the departments because they don't bring in bottom line profits...

After all these years one would think the lenders would have the short sale process streamlined. I know there has been progress, but not enough. Love the sign.

Good post. I would love someone to do a film on the whole short sale industry. I think we could bring back the cast from "Office Space". I can imagine them answering calls from Realtors and distraught homeowners and asking them to hold. Then the worker-bees would be spinning a wheel with different lame excuses on it. Wherever it landed, they'd come back on the phone and read off the lame excuse and then accidentally disconnect the caller.

Your sign gave me a nice little chuckle - thanks for the laugh :)