Short Sale Appraisers..how I wish, hope, do a "Short Sale Appraiser Dance" every time you are local. When I get that call from the Appraiser who is making an appointment to come do their Lender ordered BPO, I am.. 1. Very Excited! Yeah! This means we are getting closer..go, go, go! 2. Very C
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08/30/2011
July here in the Coachella Valley, which is the entire Palm Springs area all the way East through the Salton Sea is hot, dry and exactly what you would expect in the summer in the desert! It was actually a little cooler this July, but August so far has been humid AND hot. August usually is, and
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08/28/2011
Short Sales can sure complicate things. The local Market, Buyers, Sellers, and certainly Sales Statistics. The things about a Short Sale is that they affect each development in each City or area differently. Then throw in the price point and they REALLY get complicated! In my local area, Pal
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08/27/2011
Yes, today is the final morning of my vacation. What an amazing time I have had. Worked daily of course, but also took lots of time to swim, hang with the locals, re-visit old friends and just breathe here on the gorgeous island of Kauai. While here, I wrote and read several blogs on how guil
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08/24/2011
When I returned my Calls this a.m., starting at office time of 8:30 a.m. after my computering, (I don't want to call other Agents too early in the a.m. unless they tell me I can), an Agent jumped me with "I cannot believe you didn't return my call last night..now I don't have your home scheduled
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08/23/2011
Sounds Nutty, but it's true. I bought, trained and sold polo ponies for over 20 years and still do in a very small way. When I got into Real Estate full time 11 years ago, I didn't have time to continue with the ponies. I have specialized in SHort Sales for over 4 years now and have found that
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08/22/2011
I have listed, worked and closed many short sales over the past years. Investment Condos, retirement properties that the Sellers lost their dreams on, primary residences where the borrowers were forced out due to job loss, health bills, death, horrible things. Some properties that borrowers pul
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08/20/2011
I'm really off Sales Reports..I mean if you want to get depressed, read those babies regularly. In ANY publication and Buyer, Seller, Marketer, or Realtor, you'll start needing to lay down and put a cold cloth to your head. The WORST price to follow is the Median Sales Price. Who cares? I see
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08/18/2011
Are Short Sales STILL the best buys??? The short answer...yes! At least here in Palm Springs, California area. The reason is that as a Short Sale List Agent, I do price my Shorts approximately 10% below Fair Market Value. Now, that's much closer to Fair Market than they were several years ago
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08/16/2011
What a strange question to be asking of the Short Sale Buyer in this particular Short Sale scenario. Here's what went down and how this question came up.. My Listing: Seller had listed the property as an Equity Sale a year previously and received an offer of $680,000. The home is located in In
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08/15/2011
