Broker Bryant's Real Estate Ramblings

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Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. All original, all the time. Broker Bryant's ramblings on Real Estate in Central, Fl 

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2012 

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This Week's Discussions Short Sale Approvals with Seller isn't Delinquent Howdy Folks -   Just curious if anyone is seeing short sale approvals when the seller isn't delinquent.  We just did one, but the seller wa… Started by Christopher Pendleton 16 1 minute ago Reply by Bryant Tutas Short sale...
01/29/2012

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Hi folks. Recently I was asked by a short sale agent when should they request a “Waiver of Deficiency” for their Seller. My response was to ask at time of submission and then in all lender correspondence thereafter. An easy way to ask is to use a Short Sale Submission Letter. Below is the format ...
01/28/2012

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Tutas Towne Realty and Bryant Tutas just had another successful Kissimmee Florida Short Sale closing with GMAC Mortgage. The property: Primary Residence. 4 bedroom 2 bath single family home located in Forest Edge in Kissimmee  Florida. This home has 2,190 sq ft of living area. It was purchased n...
01/25/2012

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This Week's Discussions How to stop short sale lenders from automatically cutting our commission Nearly 9 out of 10 of my short sales, the lender cuts the commission from 6% to 5%. I am sick of this. They know they have us by the short… Started by Julie Wilkinson 17 13 seconds ago Reply by Bryan...
01/22/2012

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Tutas Towne Realty and Bryant Tutas just had another successful Winter Haven Florida Short Sale closing with Wells Fargo. The property: Investment property. 3 bedroom 2 bath home located in Winter Haven Florida. This home has 2,222 sq ft of living area and is direct lake front with baot house an...
01/21/2012

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Hi folks. Do You Want To Close More Short Sales? Of course you do. Here are some tips that may help. Educate the Sellers at time of listing. Make sure they fully understand the process and what is expected of them. Be sure they understand cash contributions, promissory notes, tax ramifications a...
01/21/2012

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Hey...I didn’t write it. I’m just sharing it as I received it.Buyer testimonial received 1-18-2012 As a first time home buyer I did the one thing everyone tells you not to do – I fell head over heels in love – with a house.  This house had me written all over it – everything I wanted in a house, ...
01/18/2012

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  This week's discussions Just an observation from what actual short sale sellers and buyers are asking on Short Sale Superstars I LOVE that we get actual consumers coming to this site to ask questions. We get a lot of buyers and sellers alike who are trying to navigat… Started by Jeff Payne 8 1...
01/14/2012

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How do we get the banks and asset managers to notice us? This was a question asked on the CDPE forum site from this morning. It was part of a forum post wanting to know if the Short Sale lenders prefer the CDPE designation over the NAR SFR designation. Here’s a clue: The lender doesn’t give a sq...
01/14/2012

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Hi folks. Larry and Sheila have a featured post this morning titled... Do You Use Value Range Pricing When Listing A Home? Range Pricing is very near and dear to my hears as I was one of the very early adapters of this technique. When TLW and I opened Tutas Towne Realty almost 15 years ago Range...
01/12/2012
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