BACK UP OFFERS- YES, ONE REALTOR CAN HAVE TWO BUYERS WANTING THE SAME PROPERTY. Realtors showing St.Cloud Florida homes know they are attracting numerous investors looking to cash in on distress sales. As a result the sweet spot in this market, are homes priced below $100,000. Buyer competition
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09/28/2010
A HOME IS MORE THAN JUST A CASE NUMBER. YET, THE MAJORITY OF REO HOMES PRESENT LITTLE MORE THAN A MUG SHOT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. If a picture speaks a thousand words have you noticed how many foreclosures look more like mug shots than listings? All that is missing is the prison number labeled ac
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09/24/2010
WILL IT TAKE AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO SHORTEN THE TIME FRAMES LENDERS MUST ABIDE BY? Apparently. it will. The submission of HR 6133 "Prompt Decisio9n for Qualification of Short Sale Act of 2010" by US Representative Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and Tom Rooney (R-Fla) would require lenders to respond to S
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09/23/2010
In case you missed this upcoming Important Change to FHA financing. October 4th will have a significant impact on some home buyers. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program I have written previously about excludes PMI which could reduce payments in qualified areas, in my market of St. Cloud/Kissi
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09/22/2010
This year only, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 , 2011, there is a 55 percenttop death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes, a business, a retirement account, could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones. Think of t
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09/21/2010
OSCEOLA COUNTY FLORIDA REAL ESTATE JUST GOT EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE! DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DOWN PAYMENT MONEY? NO PROBLEM- THERE IS A GOVERNMENT PROGRAMFOR THAT! IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE primary residence in Kissimmee/St.Cloud Florida with little to no money down. Osceola County is tearing d
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09/16/2010
NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION- Osceola County buyers who qualify for a home loan, can receive upto $30,000 of the purchase price or 20% of the price a foreclosed home are benefiting from the Federal Program, designed to stave off the rising tide of foreclosures signed into law back in 2008 under G
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09/15/2010
Why so police interview as many witnesses as they can locate at an accident? Because each has their own unique perspective as to what they saw and how they interpret it. Much like Listing agents who preview a home, an appraiser viewing the home, a Home Inspector doing the home inspection, the
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09/08/2010
JUST SOLD- WHEN YOU HAVE JUST HAD THE LOWEST SALE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD THE NEIGHBORS BE IMPRESSED ? As an active Broker, and Realtor® in Bay Lake Ranch, St. Cloud Florida, we have always impressed upon agents the importance of using a mail push to promote a recent sale. However, I believ
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09/05/2010
MYTHS ASSOCIATED WITH SIGN SHOPPING AND WHY REPRESENTATION IS SO IMPORTANT MYTH NUMBER ONE: I WILL GET A BETTER DEAL. NO, THE SELLER'S AGENT REPRESENTS WHOM? THE SELLER. MYTH NUMBER 2: I WILL SAVE MONEY ON THE COMMISSION. NO, THE SE
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09/01/2010
