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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Metro Life Homes - RS-78439 / BRE #01708344

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2010 

So how are my ActiveRain peeps doing this week?..............talk to me.......... Just thought I'd write a totally mindless blog to say....."So What's New?"  (with a slight Yiddish swagger) I'm just kicking back a little right now wondering how everyone out there in the Rain Universe is doing. Ar...
05/23/2010
So I'm only 2 classes away from being able to take the state Broker's Exam....... It turns out that between the elective courses that I took with my business degree and the courses that I've taken for my California real estate license, I only need 2 classes before I can take the broker exam! I ha...
05/23/2010
ActiveRain Success Story: Another closed referral transaction - Deborah Stone / Ralph Gorgoglione Months ago, I was contacted by ActiveRain member Deborah Stone from the San Diego area. She had a client that was relocating to Los Angeles due to a new job. The funny thing is, the client was origin...
05/22/2010
Hard, Cold Facts about ActiveRain referrals: I just got a nice sized check in the mail. I had some clients that are relocating to the Los Angeles area, and needed to sell their home in Oregon. What did I do? I went straight to ActiveRain and started looking for agents in that city. I combed throu...
05/21/2010
Hello?!! Is the Facebook "Like" Button on our Active Rain posts something new or have I just been a Lame-O and not noticed it? VERY COOL!! I just noticed the Facebook Like Button on the bottom area of our Active Rain posts. Has this been here a while?  Have I just been a Lame-O and just not notic...
05/20/2010
Working with Buyers on Short Sales and Foreclosures: KNOW THE FACTS! If a Notice of Default is filed, it's a whole different ballgame if your buyer is an investor. We as agents have buyers all the time that are interested in foreclosures and short sales. If your buyer does not intend on occupying...
05/20/2010
So get this: My BPO bank appraiser shows up today, and it's not really the appraiser...... I have a short sale that is moving along nicely. The BPO (Broker Price Opinion) was scheduled for this morning.  He had called me the day before to set the appointment. I meet the appraiser at the property,...
05/19/2010
Short Sales, Foreclosures, and Assumable Loans: Client asks: "Why can't I just take over the payments on a distressed property?" I had a client with a recent bankruptcy filing ask me about buying a home where they can "just take over the payments" on a property. So this brings up the subject of A...
05/19/2010
The Future of Los Angeles: One Man's Concerns........... OK.  I'm writing this blog a different way.  I'm not even looking at my screen as I write because I just want to say what's on my mind. I was born and raised in Los Angeles.  Therefore, I feel like I know Los Angeles very well. You know, th...
05/18/2010
Short Sales: Past vs. Present - Are we headed towards fast, automated streamlining or are the banks causing us more grief? I can remember the first short sale my partner and I did about 3 and a half years ago.  It was a  Wells Fargo short sale and from beginning to end it took about 60 days.  Bac...
05/17/2010
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