Archive | December, 2008

So What Are Real Estate Agents Really Afraid Of?

You know sometimes I find myself really asking that question to myself. I mean seriously is an informed, educated consumer someone to be that afraid of? Are you worried that you may be exposed for not being as “professional” as the NAR leads people to believe?

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Role Of The Hardship Letter In A Short Sale

The Hardship Letter What happened? Seriously what happened? When you took the loan out everything was great. You were making money, your credit was good and by all accounts you appeared financially sound. Now you’re in default and telling your lender you need to sell the property short to avoid the home being repossessed by [...]

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Nearly Half Of All Homes Sold Are Foreclosures

In the latest numbers released by the National Association Of Realtors, nearly half (45%) of all homes sold were either short sales or bank owned properties. Do you think that there is any chance that 45% of licensed Realtors have the requisite training and experience necessary to expertly execute short sales? Scary thought isn’t it. [...]

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Yet Only 1-2% Of Realtors Have A Blog Presence?

Obsolescence, lack of technological prowess, ignorance, sloth, …why is it that in a sector of the economy that direly needs professional competence that so many in the industry not only lack the skills to succeed, but exacerbate their inefficiency by deliberately choosing NOT to evolve? Just what does it say about the real estate agent [...]

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A New President May Not Solve Our Problems

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 4, Election Day, and I am writing this from Wasilla, Alaska, just a few miles from Sarah Palin’s home. I’m here because a good friend of mine, who happens to be a very good friend of Sarah Palin, invited my wife and I and several other couples from around the country [...]

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Real Estate Investing And The Power Of Interpersonal Relationships

We often hear from new investors that they never know what their first step is. Everyone always wants to run out and find that first deal and then make a million dollars without laying a solid interpersonal relationships. Real estate investing, like most businesses, prosper greatly from the development of interpersonal relationships. In order to [...]

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