caldwell: Today I did my first and last agents open house
- 02/29/08 02:49 PM
I have a unique property at 1408 Dearborn St. in Caldwell, Idaho that had been on and off the market for a while. It needed rehab bad. Well my partner and I bought it, rehabbed it, and listed it. When we have a normal open house we get lots of traffic coming through. The only problem is that we aren't getting agents taking their customers through it. My partner kept asking me if I should do an agents open house. Well I did one today. I sent out the appropriate flyers (via a delivery service) promising lunch. Well I bought … (27 comments)
caldwell: OPEN Today, Sunday 1-5 1408 Dearborn St. Caldwell, ID 83605
- 02/24/08 12:17 AM
Reply to: d5holmes@msn.com Date: 2008-02-23, 8:14AM MST Reply to: d5holmes@msn.com Date: 2008-02-19, 7:22PM MST Open Sunday 1-5 PM Come see the Beautiful job we did with the rehab work!!!! Ready for a new owner. 1408 Dearborn St., Caldwell, ID. The house has being touched up and shines!!! It is priced way under market!!!!!!! Come see our beautiful handywork!!!! If you have seen this home before you need to see it now... Beautiful Historic Home in Caldwell Idaho. Built between 1888- 1900 with wrap around porch 5 bed, 2 bath, air conditioning, gas forced air, hardwood floors, high ceilings, crown molding, vinyl … (0 comments)
caldwell: This is the only job where you can work 60 hours a week and pay to work....
- 02/12/08 12:56 AM
Lets see my lady from Somalia might not be ready to buy a home but I am going to learn about the home ownership program for section 8 tomorrow. I am going to talk to the the section 8 homeowner specialist tomorrow and find out information about the program.
I still don't know if Neel St is going to close but I am still marketing it. The original loan officer was fired for mishandling the loan among other things. The bank manager took it over. We should hear today.
I need to help the older gentleman more. I found him a … (2 comments)
caldwell: OH NO I'm becoming obsessed with carpet.....
- 02/10/08 01:04 AM
I started looking for carpet for my rehab house last Thursday. I picked out the carpet I liked best. Then I realized I needed 120 sq yards of it..... I am getting into that ridiculous situation where I keep going to carpet stores and not making a decision. I must make a decision soon because we want to open up the house by next Sunday..... I like a brown Frize( sp) that looks quite nice... They want $10/yard plus $8 for pad and installation. That is a huge amount of money for me. I don't really want to put junk … (6 comments)
Client number 1 not my actual client. Nice old man who is 81 years old with COPD. Needs an inhaler every time he needs to use the stairs or packs a box. He just remarried his ex-wife last December. He is an inventor who has lost $180K last year.
Problem: He has two loans out on his walkup condo. The first is easy, it is for 76K. The second is for $108 K. … (6 comments)
caldwell: Today was supposed to be easy LOL
- 02/07/08 01:22 PM
Well when I woke up today I had no children to take to school, 1 hour worth of paperwork and one meeting with a client. Sounded easy, I didn't have to drive to Caldwell. I started my paper work and had it done in 1/2 hour (YEAH DEBBIE!!!!). The paperwork was working with a short sale and negotiating a loan with a bank for a client. This client has a $2K prepayment penalty and she would like to sell or rent her home and move into something larger. She is at a high interest rate and was considering refinancing. I … (4 comments)
caldwell: Interesting Weekend, Happy house showings,rehab, loans, snow and a Obama rally
- 02/04/08 11:04 AM
For a slow market I seem to be busy all of a sudden. I showed house 3 days in the last 4..... I showed my tenant houses and townhouses. He is the best tenant I ever had. I offered him the house he lived in. When I called him he told me he thought he wanted to buy that one. Maybe it will work..... He is talking to the loan officer. Saturday, I showed houses to a young women with 2 roommates, her parents convinced her to wait 6 months, she even qualifies for the loan....... The customer that was screwed … (0 comments)
caldwell: Time to Rehab short sale.........
- 02/01/08 12:17 AM
Well we closed on 1408 Dearborn in Caldwell. Idaho. Paint the inside of the house, Do some trim touch ups. Does anyone know why porches our usually gray? This
house has the coolest wrap around porch. I was toying with the idea of painting it a color to match the accent color of the trim. Any ideas? We also need to carpet upstairs and a little downstairs. Is there anything short of refinishing the beautiful wood floors we can do to make it shine? We also want to repaint the beautiful old claw tubs.
I want a gasp of … (6 comments)
caldwell: I bought my first short sale!!!!!! It funds today!!!!!!!
- 01/29/08 11:49 PM
Hi except for the snow the day went smooth and the house on 1408 Dearborn St, Caldwell, Idaho has closed. It took 2.5 months since I put the first offer in and 100's of hours of work. I found the bank somewhat frustrating to deal with but if you keep calling things can be arranged. I had help from 2 mentors one was Your Success Solutions and the other was Carl Williams (in Boise). I also received a lot of assistance from my loan officer Dona Jeka and my Title officer Diana Stork Without these mentors I would have stopped … (3 comments)
caldwell: Wow Crazy Monday and 2 closings - of course I have to bring $ to closing table lol
- 01/29/08 12:06 AM
Yesterday (Monday) was a particularly aggravating day that turned out all right in the end. The first problem not real estate related was the fact that roads were icy and it took forever to do my morning errands. I didn't arrive at my office until 10:30 am. Yuck!!! Then I started to catch up with stuff. I scheduled a closing for one of my listings. The loan officer assured me that the paperwork couldn't get to Boise until Wed. morning. He also took 8 days to give me a commitment letter (putting us out of contract) . This is one loan … (0 comments)
caldwell: Wow the short sale should go through....
- 01/28/08 04:39 AM
Wow I am on my way to Caldwell to get the paperwork to take the sister of title (brother gave her a promissory note for $10K). The funny thing is it took longest to get the sister off title. She delayed 2 months even though that should have been easiest. Everyone else did exactly what they said they would do and did it when they said they would. The brother never did give me the sisters telephone number. I still wonder why the sister had the promissory note. We should close on the deal by January 30. I just hope … (4 comments)
This is a blog about all things real estate (and a few extras). I blog about my buyers, sellers, listings, short sales, the real estate market. I am internet savvy and am trying to learn more skills. I like blogging because I get to share information with other real estate professionals and my clients. I can find you a great home in the Treasure Valley. I was the Democratic Nominee for CD2, Idaho for the US Congress. I have two website: http://www.debbieholmes.net.
I have a unique property at 1408 Dearborn St. in Caldwell, Idaho that had been on and off the market for a while. It needed rehab bad. Well my partner and I bought it, rehabbed it, and listed it. When we have a normal open house we get lots of traffic coming through. The only problem is that we aren't getting agents taking their customers through it. My partner kept asking me if I should do an agents open house. Well I did one today. I sent out the appropriate flyers (via a delivery service) promising lunch. Well I bought … (27 comments)
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