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2010
Buyer's Agents: Please do everyone a favor including your buyers and prep your buyer's on the short sale process. On many occasion, a buyer on a short sale will end up pulling out of the deal for several reasons: 1. The approval is taking too long 2. They are shocked when the bank will not agree ...
07/20/2010
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Welcome to Ralph's Weekly Feature: Two Truths and a Lie: Guess Which One Is The Lie? Each week, I'm going to feature one Active Rain Member, with their photo, and what they are going to do is tell you 2 Truths about them and 1 Lie. The object of the game is to guess which of the 3 bits of trivia...
07/19/2010
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Have you tried Flock? Great new browser that automates Facebook, Twitter, YouTube AND ActiveRain! I'm on a quest for finding Blog Apps and I came across Flock. Flock is a web browser that incorporates and automates your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube accounts while at the same time serves as multiple...
07/19/2010
So How's The Weather?? TRIPLE DIGIT Temperatures in Los Angeles!! It is CRAZY here in Los Angeles! We have some areas hitting 116 degrees! My partner Richard was helping a friend with a garage sale yesterday and ended up with heat stroke. I've been watering my landscaping about 3-4 times a day t...
07/18/2010
Do you consider other agents in your area "competition" or "peers"? I see very often where agents consider other agents in their area to be "competition". I just don't see how that can be a good thing. Even in a down market, there's still plenty of business to be had by all. And now that we've l...
07/18/2010
Ralph Gorgoglione | John Aaroe Group, Inc. | (310) 497-9407 4219 Nogales Dr., Tarzana, CA Nice 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home in the hills of Tarzana, adjacent to Braemar Country Club. 2-Story home with Beautiful pool/spa/deck and landscaping, 4BR/3BA Single Family House offered at $749,000 Yea...
07/16/2010
LOS ANGELES BOMBSHELL!! New City Ordinance Requires Banks that hold vacant properties to maintain or PAY $$!!! This just in from LAPD Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger, regarding property maintenance and upkeep on foreclosures. The objective is to get properties protected from squatters and "Rent-Sk...
07/16/2010
Do you prep your buyers for the physical inspection? The physical inspection is where we as licensed agents sometimes hit a bump in the road. It is the main discovery process for the buyer, and probably the most apprehensive time for them, especially for those buyers who are a little more distru...
07/16/2010
B.O.M.'s: What percentage of your deals fall out of escrow? We've all had them - BOM's - Buyer-eancelled escrows that end up Back On Market For any real estate agent that has been around for at least 6 months, you've probably had one of these happen to you. If you represented a buyer, shown them ...
07/15/2010
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Jewel Goes Undercover At L.A. Karaoke Bar This was so cool. I saw this on Funny Or Die. I love Jewel, I think she's an outstanding artist, and true to the craft of songwriting and storytelling. She went in disguise with a prosthetic nose, wig and body padding to look like a totally different pe...
07/14/2010
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