homeownership: Why Should Buyers Bother To Buy A Short Sale? - 09/04/11 12:59 PM
Should buyers bother to buy a short sale? Yes.
Here’s why;
House values are not going up with consistency, yet.
It Costs Money To Resell a House.
If You Buy Today, How Will You Pay Resale Closing Costs Later?
Buyers know that buying a house is not automatically a successful investment anymore. If the market stays level for years, buyers need to buy now at a discount just be safe later, so they won’t have to bring money out of pocket when they sell.
Short sales in general sell for a somewhat of a discount off market value. However, no one … (6 comments)

homeownership: Measuring Success - How Many People Did You Help This Year? - 12/24/10 11:51 AM
There are many ways to measure success. Most of them are technical and financial. But looking back on 2010, Realtors should ask how many people are living a better life because you were in their lives this year?
How many families improved their homeownership position because you guided them properly? How many families got out of a bad housing and a bad debt situation because you helped them? How much happiness did you bring to others? How much overwhelming stress did you eliminate from people's lives because of your compassion and skills? Aren't these the real questions? Everything else is a … (7 comments)

homeownership: Struggle But Also a Dream - 07/17/10 02:20 PM
Sellers who need a short sale are struggling but they still have a tenacious dream. They want to rebuild, they want to get back into homeownership, they want to stabilize themselves and their family.
I work with many distressed homeowners. Most of them have depleted all their resources trying to keep their home and trying to fulfill their obligations.
Before the housing crash, most homeowners who encountered a personal financial crisis could just sell their home to get the mortgage paid off and put behind them. Today's declining values has forced homeowners to master a vocabulary of words they never wanted … (0 comments)