Freddie Gonzales's (freddiegonzales) Blog

I have done a several short sales. All of my leads have come from word of mouth from friends or family. What successful forms of marketing besides direct mail, social media sites are people using? I do have been successful on the negotiating part and I am just having trouble getting the phone to ...

The following is the breakdown of short sale listings sold in the San Francisco and North San Mateo Peninsula area in 2009. As you can see, the only city that has no short sale is Hillsborough. Hillsborough is composed of high end properties in the multi-million dollar range. Brisbane, CA - 2, Bu...

I have been thinking of getting ways to maximize my leads generation. I would like to ask the experts in lead generation if they have tried signing up with 3rd party leads provider like Homegain.com or Reply.com. I have seen blog posts in activerain regarding these providers but it seems like I a...

Things are quite changing in my area. I used to get and be able to accept orders from PCV Murcor, RRReview, Mainstreet, M2M but not no more. I guess somebody in my area is using an auto accept software to monopolize orders coming our way. I don't want to use it although sometimes I am getting tem...

Lately BPO orders have been so slow for me. I used to average 30 - 40 BPO's per week but now it is less than 10 a week. Is it the time of the season or is short sale & foreclosures getting to a lull. I want to know more about the other areas of the country if you are experiencing the same.

The FHA Foreclosure Rescue Program, which aims to refinance 400,000 struggling or delinquent homeowners into government-insured fixed-rate mortgages requires that mortgage holders "agree to reduce the LTV ratio to at least 90% and pay a 3% upfront FHA mortgage insurance premium". Effective Octobe...