Lynn's Blog

Today was my husband's birthday so we went to dinner at the restaurant he chose.  Drinks, bread, salads all OK, but when the entree came, one of the dishes was incorrect.  In a flashback to days gone by, our waiter apologized and quickly took the mistake away, promising a new, correct version in ...

Good morning!  I think the federal bail-out of the A.I.G. Corporation will do us Realtors some good in the long run ~ what do y'all think?  At least the Feds are trying to stop some of the bleeding, which gives me hope.

Active Rain is a teaching tool, isn't it?  Isn't the point of the whole site to learn new things and to share some of the things that have happened to all of us.  I didn't even read through the point system ~ still haven't. Although I'm a newbie, I really don't feel that the point of Rain is to g...

I have a real estate customer who wanted to see everything within his price range in an exclusive Jacksonville Florida neighborhood.  I'd never shown property there before, so I did my homework, studied the map, learned the demographics, the history and the market trends within the subdivision.  ...

Can the seller really stop the offer from being submitted to the current lien holder?  We just submitted an offer of $130K on a $149,900 listing in the NEFMLS as a short sale.  The Listing Agent didn't present the offer for a couple days (he was busy ~ he thought the offer was way too low ~ his s...

Agents, do you request a copy of your buyers' GFE's?  Do the lenders quickly provide them?  If not, let that be a red flag for you and your buyer. Recently, a young couple I was working with used an online lending company for their mortgage loan.  The friendly lender called me right away to intro...