Have You Tried A HAFA Yet? This program was rolled out with much fan fair by the government and the lenders as the next best thing since sliced bread yet I have not spoken to one agent that has gotten one of these through the process yet. In doing the math on their time line at least a few shoul
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05/17/2010
Sweet REMax-Bank of America Short Sale Deal? This week I got a call from one of my REMax pals down south telling me about the conference call between her office and Bank of America on the new HAFA Short Sale Program. She said that it was a training call on how to use Equator among other topics.
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04/08/2010
HAFA Foreclosure Alternative...Maybe? Maybe Not Originally Posted on my Silver Lining Workshops Blog on AR. I recently attended NAR and REBAC's SFR Designation Course to learn more about Short Sales and Foreclosures which was what they advertised in their flier for the course through a local Asso
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04/05/2010
OBAMA PLAN PAYS OWNERS TO SELL SHORT Wow when is this guy gonna stop taking credit for everything ala Al Gore inventing the Internet. Many posts have popped up in the last few days over the new Government Streamline Short Sale HAFA plan. He did not invent it, he is not going to oversee it, and
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03/09/2010
I sure do. First we had HOPE, then HAMP, and now HAFA. While I feel for those that lost their job or worse lost their spouse. I for one have managed to survive both more than once in my life. When I lost my job I went out and got two and sometimes three jobs to pay my bills, including my mortga
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02/21/2010
TALE OF TWO FORECLOSURES: This past week I had two assignments from one of my REO lenders in the same neighborhood. Both homes had gone through the complete foreclosure process. When I contacted each of the prior mortgagors they both said that they had attempted a loan modification. Attention F
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01/31/2010
REALTORS SLAMMING REALTORS: I hate to say it but this is becoming a common occurrence on Active Rain and elsewhere in the industry. Many REALTORS seem to think that their way is the only way. When one of you says you work by appointment only then hundreds chime in and say that is wrong and tha
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01/24/2010
3 BEDROOM 2 BATH REO Lender Owned Foreclosure For Sale In Tehachapi Diamond in the rough on 1/2 Acre Lot. JUST LISTED LENDER OWNED FORECLOSURE IS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR CASH BUYER TO FLIP OR SPECIAL 203k REHAB FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR OWNER OCCUPANT WITH LOW DOWN AND REHAB BUILT
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01/23/2010
On the "wow that's scary front"...today I received two emails about a real estate agent and a loan modification worker that were severly beaten by the clients they were trying to help, and another about a credit repair counselor that was shot and in his car in his office parking lot. Both incide
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12/23/2009
Here we go again. The administration is grasping at straws. Here is their new time line. First you miss 3 house payments and get your notice of default, then you apply for a government mandated loan modification that takes 3-6 months to be denied, now when that fails you get to apply for anothe
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12/17/2009
