Christin Griffin's Blog

  Whether you are a short sell seller or real estate professional. I wanted to share a couple resources with you. Different lien holders, the company you pay your mortgage payment to, have different processes when listing your home for short sale. Some have entire short sale packages and others ...

What I love about my Real Estate business is that the BIZ is always changing. Being that I work with Short Sales a lot in our market in the Las Vegas area there are wrenches that get thrown into the mix.  One of those is the HOA liens on properties.  The lien holders usually are willing to pay of...

  The Smith Center for the Performing Arts offers free, guided walking tours that take visitors through the center, highlighting its architectural accomplishments, artwork and historic overview.  I wrote a blog last week about the new SMITH CENTER & the free tours they were offering twice weekly...

Sussessful business owners routinely use customer testimonials to enhance your sales presentations and strengthen your marketing material. When it comes to effective marketing and business development, a glowing endorsement from a client is the gold. Using testimonials build credibility and deve...

The Department of Defense (DOD) is proud to offer the Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) to eligible service members and federal civilian, including non-appropriated fund, employees. The program is authorized by law, and administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to assist eligible ...

The most challenging things in life are the most rewarding!  Yesterday I received a short sale approval on the second loan on one of my listings.  This particular listing is participating with the HAP program.  It is a military program designed for families to avoid a short sale that have been re...

Growing up in the Las Vegas Valley I have seen many many changes over the years.  When I went to high school here there were about 10 high schools.  Now there are nearly 50!  I was the first graduating class of Green Valley High School in 1993, GO GATORS! WOOT WOOT!!  Oh, and a proud cheerleader!...

  As a young girl I was painfully shy. When I say Painfully, I mean I would hide under tables & cry all day until I was picked up by my mom. Until I joined dance class when I was 8 years old.  Dance & music gave me a creative outlet that I felt confident & excelled at.  I continued to go on to d...

THE SMITH CENTER World-class performing arts center built to develop and present the best and brightest in a broad range of first-rate programming and unite the residents of our community. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts offers free, guided walking tours that take visitors through the c...

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt CancellationPrior to passage of this law, for any debt that was forgiven in a Short Sale or Foreclosure the homeownerwould receive a 1099 and would have to report this forgiven (or cancelled) debt as income. This still holdstrue for those individ...