The other day, I was informed by a seller that a local real estate company may be blackballing our listing! My hubby and I just listed my brother-in-law's mother's home in an adult community. There is a real estate company that only works within that community. As a result many of the listings a
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06/25/2008
I finally did it... I reduced the prices of my classes to the lowest of the low ($39.95). After getting little to no action for what I consider to be VERY IMPORTANT STUFF AGENTS NEED TO KNOW, I decided to take the plunge and work in the red for a while. The real estate market has been such a humb
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06/18/2008
Yesterday, I was invited to train a NEW transaction coordinator for an agent. In meeting the agent, I could tell she was a little rattled. She told me, "I'm really stressed and overwhelmed with everything right now. I've got 4 pending sales and 6 more coming in!" Ah, I remember those days when
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06/11/2008
Well, I cannot believe it! After only one extension on the FHA loan approval, the buyers have approval today! Right on time, too! Maybe my perception of FHA needs to change....a lot! I'll keep you posted to the end. Although, it ain't over till it's over, I'm starting to feel better about this tr
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06/11/2008
I promised I would give you updates on my FHA transaction I'm working on. The buyer's loan approval was due yesterday (6/3), however-FHA did an appraisal review and they are having a second appraiser go out today. The loan officer did say that they are putting a "rush" on the second appraiser's r
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06/04/2008
Should first/second/equity lines include rent-back PITI payments? Yesterday, I was working on a terms class I'm teaching in a few weeks and stumbled across some interesting facts on seller's rent-back and buyer's PITI (principal, interest, taxes and insurance) payments. In defining what a buyer'
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06/04/2008