It seems lately that every time I turn around, I am bumping into a Green Tree short sale in Sacramento. Some of my short sales have a Green Tree loan in first position but most of them are in second and hard money. I had a conversation with a Bank of America negotiator a few days ago about Green
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02/18/2014
It was a busy weekend for a 3-day weekend in Sacramento for real estate agents. Many of my listings got showings, and a couple of sellers accepted offers. But because of the holiday, the changes in MLS for status might not automatically appear like magic today. I hate to have agents send me offer
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02/17/2014
In a strictly perfect world, a Sacramento real estate agent would either be agent #1 who sells the home or agent #2 who sells the home. Nobody wants to be agent #1 who did not sell that home, but that scenario often happens because the seller had either overpriced the home or the home was in poor
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02/16/2014
Sensitivity to how a seller will respond to negative buyer feedback is an important part of managing a real estate listing for a Sacramento real estate agent. But that doesn't mean an agent should be afraid to tell her seller the truth. If there is something wrong with the home, the agent absolut
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02/15/2014
There are so many small irritations in a day's work in Sacramento real estate that you can't let them all get to you or you'd go nuts. A short sale negotiator this morning demanded a full-blown appraisal dispute from me because there were no active listings contained in the CMA. There were no act
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02/14/2014
I received an atta-girl letter yesterday from a reader of my articles about homebuying on About.com. Just out of the clear blue. It sounded like something I would force a person to write if I tied them up and put a gun to their head -- it was pretty flowery and flattering. It just surprised me th
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02/13/2014
It's an odd feeling when you're relaxing in the comfort of your own family room, dangling a piece of string cheese over your lips while watching the Grammy Salute show to The Beatles and suddenly you're realizing that the song you've sung all of these years, well, you've been singing the wrong wo
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02/11/2014
I found a really interesting chart in Trendgraphix this morning that I posted on my personal website. It pretty much verified everything I've been yapping about to complete strangers on the street. You can't pass by me on the sidewalk without me thinking about grabbing you by the shoulders to tal
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02/11/2014
Last week I met with a seller to talk about selling her home in a few months. She had met with several other agents before calling me. One of the interesting things she brought up was whether she should stay or go when home selling. Apparently, the other agents told her to move out. I don't know
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02/10/2014
I don't have a public relations firm to promote my accomplishments so I have to do it myself, and that's one of the problems when you're a Sacramento real estate agent -- you're on your own. There was an agent who wrote a blog a few weeks ago about keeping your lips zipped about how well you are
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02/09/2014
