short sales: Dear Short Sale Consumer - 04/04/13 10:06 PM
Dear Short Sale Consumer:
Here is a real life story. I've been in real estate 10 years and I've serviced dozens upon dozens of consumers who were upside-down. I didn't target that niche. I didn't set out to become an expert at helping the unfortunate consumers whose home values didn't keep up with equity digs. It just happened.
Stick with this story, like any good one, the good stuff is at the bottom.

One day I received a call from a consumer who was referred to me. The person who referred the consumer to me just knew "they need to … (6 comments)

short sales: Short Sale Predictability - 12/22/10 02:43 AM
This week a facebook friend, another local realtor® in town and someone who specializes in short sales, posted on facebook:
 
Kelly Horton Been a long day. I have now faxed the SAME authorization to the SAME bank FOUR TIMES! Each time to a DIFFERENT FAX! Do they just make the numbers up? I really think they do. Just sayin'.
Kristen Burnett Ueckert Silly girl. That's because banks are about as predictable as 555 numbers in Hollywood. Break a leg.
So, to my consumer friends who are selling or buying a short sale and to my realtor® friends who don't … (7 comments)

short sales: Short Sale Situations Today - 07/13/10 08:23 PM
Right now I'm in the middle of so many short sales I have more banks on speed dial than I have changes of clothes. Do you know how many minutes I waited on the last call before I actually spoke to someone with a pulse? 14 minutes. Now before every solicitor in town calls me salivating over the opportunity to "work my short sales for me for free" I want you to know I like it. No, I don't like waiting on the phone 14 minutes before I get another, "I'm sorry, we still don't show your third party authorization letter … (3 comments)