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It's been several years now since we have taken and sold listings of homes for sale that are
" Subject to Lenders Approval of a Short Sale" .
The process of getting these to close successfully has been, for the most part, becoming easier.
Perhaps it is from lessons learned
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Yesterday I created my first virtual tour of a Daycare Center; it is located in Portage, Indiana. Click on the banner to check it out!
Here are a couple of photos:
Four Seasons Virtual Tours has been in business since 2006. We provide tours in
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That's what we told our Buyer clients earlier this summer when they put in a bid on a Ranch home for sale that we showed them in Porter County, IN that ended up in a multiple offer situation.
Jeff showed them the comparable solds in the neighborhood and it was
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Portage Indiana will be hosting the first Perch Festand Gran Prix on August 7th through 9th. This three day Perch Fest will be at the Founder's Square Park in downtown Portage. Things to enjoy will include live entertainment nightly, a carnival, go-kart racing, and many vendor booths. Saturday and Sunday events
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With Easy access to both the Indiana Toll road orInterstate I 94, not to mention the South Shore Train...Portage, Indiana has affordable housing options and yet is within commuting distance to Chicago-land.
Some of our favorite places to shop & eat are in Portage :)
Once Jeff made a date out
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I just found the most amazing Japanese restaurant in Portage, IN. Located at the intersection of US Hwy 6 and Willow Creek Road, Fuji Japanese Restaurant has a beautiful and simple decor inside.
The food is delicious and reasonably priced. Lunch specials are available for around $7.00.Choices include sushi, appetizers, tempura,
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Happy 4th of July everyone! Guess what the McColly Real Estate Office of Portage, Indiana is doing on Saturday?We areparticipating in the 4th of July Paradein Portage. A decorated trailer pulled by a truck will be filled with kids and agents will be handing out goodies. Doesn't that sound like fun?
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If you are anywhere close to Portage, IN in Porter County this summer, don't miss the Portage Community Market at Founders' Square Park - Downtown on Central Ave. It is going on now through October 11 from 11 am to 3 pm. Wide selection of fresh produce, breads, flowers, yard art,
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Last year and at the start of this year there were a lot of changes in the mortgage industry. New rules, new regulations and so on. It is taking a lot of people by surprise. I know cause of the calls coming into me this week for people were wanting to
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Changes have come to an Indiana FHA Lender near you. The HUD Mortgagee Letter08-40 gives us changes to Indiana FHArefinances and are effective January 1st. This Mad Mortgage Machine update will include guidelines that are not being changed, but I have listed them anyway as a review for those
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but not too much. Rates are still quite low and still a perfect time to buy in Northwest Indiana! Did I say, "a perfect time to buy!" Yes, yes I did.
let me count the ways...
get $up to $7500 back from the gov't
low rates
home prices are lower then
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"The more things you do, the more you can do." Lucille Ball (1911–1989) Actress and comedienne
I was riding the bike in the gym this morning and as I always do, I was listening to a podcast. That got me to thinking that it is time for a iPod
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Here is a quick video for tomorrows Mad Mortgage Machine Show and podcast.
This week, I talk to Giovanni from New Beginnings Credit Repair in Merrillville, In. I, also, discuss the fairy-tale foreclosure from the Extreme Home Makeover in Atlanta, Ga, the possible affects of the the fed taking over Fannie
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Just heard that song and it sounded like a good title for what I am doing here and now
The fed is making it easy for us to go back into a refi boom. Rates dropped yesterday on the news that the Fed was taking over Fannie and Freddie and I
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This week, we Closed on another Home We Sold in Portage - Northwest Indiana. We wrote the offer to purchase for the Buyers our Repeat Clients in early June.
The REAL WORK of Sellinga Home starts AFTER the Contract is signed.
Getting the Deal to Close can be the REAL challenge
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As of this week a lot of mortgage brokers are out of business or at least should not be operating in the state of Indiana. The brokers were given a year to comply with a 2007 law to name a principle broker, a lot like our Real Estate brethren, and have
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Don't you just love that Baseball saying that
applies to hitting a Home Run in Real Estate !
We were the 3rd REALTORS up at Bat to take a
Portage, Indiana Listing...
during the Busy Spring Training Season this year!
Early in the Ball Game, at
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Spacious tri-level home situated on large corner lot in Timber Creek subdivision conveniently located to major highways, shopping, and more. Main level features living room with bay window and pass through to kitchen. Large eat-in kitchen includes all appliances and has sliding doors leading to sunroom that has own heat
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Tune in tomorrow, Saturday June 28th at 10:30am CST or 1130am EST for the “Mad Mortgage Machine” radio show.
This week, I will be answering a question that I received out of Highland, IN from a first time home buyer and her frustration with banks and other lending institutions.
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