Britney Elizondo's (belizondo) Blog

Short Sales - Increase the Odds of Closing with Experienced Professionals A short sale is when a homeowner is trying to sell the home "short" of foreclosure, and the term "short sale" is extremely misleading and, really, is anything but that! They take time and can be very frustrating. And, only...

I had a showing yesterday that I thought I would share.  I'm sure this has happened to all of you, because I know it happens to me, well, not all the time, but definitely more often than I'd like.  I had an appointment at 2:00 and I was trying to squeeze another appointment in at noon.  I only h...

With no major developments in Japan or the Middle East and little economic data on the schedule, mortgage markets had one of their quietest weeks of the year. The only significant market moving news was an unexpected announcement from the Treasury on Monday, which pushed mortgage rates a little h...

What is success to you and how do you acheive said success? In my opinion, success can really be anything. If you put your mind towards something and acheive the end result you had hoped for, that would be a success. Or, as the dictionary defines it, "the favorable or prosperous termination of at...

I will be the first to tell you that I absolutely, not by any means know everything.  I have been in this industry for nearly 9 years and I still come across something new and learn something new almost every single day.   Well.. I have this new client and I'm not quite sure what to make of it j...

But I dance in the rain!! ;) I know this industry can be a roller coaster in which when it's good, it's GREAT!!! and when it's bad, it can be really bad.  But I think it's important to keep in mind why we're in Real Estate - why we get up every morning, work our rear-ends off for 12, 14, sometime...