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2008 

  I understand a Nebraska "team" type office got busted last month for blatantly lying to consumers about their agency level services. As I heard the story a "team" in a large office claimed that the wife of the listing agent was a buyer's agent. And get this.... the wife was at the listing prese...
06/25/2008
I spoke to a Exclusive Buyer Agent friend this week from another state and she told me about an inspection she just had for a buyer. When the inspector tested the microwave the blower for the airconditioning stopped working. The microwave apparently tripped the breaker. Upon further investigatioi...
06/25/2008
Our office is negotiating with an out-of-state lender right now on an area home that has a pool and has been foreclosed on. This is a nice home in a ~$400,000 to $500,000 neighborhood and the home has "coffee colored pool water" just like the home in the article. Here is a link: Detroit Free Pre...
06/23/2008
  This Monday night we are having another free class. But this time it isn't just for home buyers. "How To Repair Your Credit & Boost Your Score By 100+ Points!" Is a class about dispelling some of the myths of credit and showing you exactly what is possible and why in terms of improving your cre...
06/20/2008
  In Ann Arbor real estate most of the commercial landlords I've delt with are fairly on-the-ball. They want to provide space for businesses and businesses want to rent space. Everything works out. Obviously our office, The Home Buyer's Agent of Ann Arbor, specializes in helping home buyers, but ...
06/17/2008
  Loan Fraud   The link above is to an article in the Columbus Dispatch today about a guilty plea from a loan officer who worked for a national mortgage lender based in Ann Arbor. She, along with nine others, might be responsible for about 25 million in bad loans. The funny thing is that at the b...
06/17/2008
  I went to a agency class at the Board of REALTORs today. It was intended as a review for licensees and provided two hours of the legal portion of this year's continuing education. I was disapointed in most of the other agents and brokers in the class because they clearly needed a refresher cour...
06/11/2008
  I can not comprehend the current asking prices of a couple of luxury homes in our market. Here is the background, tell me if it makes any sense to you: 1. Luxury neighborhood in a nice area about 10 minutes West of Ann Arbor. 2. Asking prices for existing homes in the neighborhood are from abou...
06/04/2008
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