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  A Bank of America Short Sale Success Story…   Okay so most of us have been through the traditional nightmare short sale scenario, but not this time. I had heard and seen all the horror stories surrounding Bank of America, but refused to be counted in that number.   I decided at the very beginni...

Today I read an article in Realtor Magazine; called "Putting the Prestige Back in the Profession" I was taken back with the thought that as Real Estate Brokers our perception by the general public is below, that of stockbrokers, bankers and even Members of Congress...I was shocked!!!!! What does ...

I just finally heard about Ping.FM it's pretty cool, you post to ping and it pings around to most of your social networks, sadly this doesn't include ActiveRain. If you know how to include this wonderful networking site please inform me, I don't want to miss out on including ActiveRain into the m...

Long Sale better describes the whole (Short Sale) experience. I have decided to only refer to (short sales) as properties requiring 3rd party approval, when speaking with clients. Why you ask? Because so many of my clients are confused by the term, they tell me this is the longest sale I have eve...

Okay I feel like a gambler, I want more points.... Activerain CasinoI do already have a link on my personal website to activerain, but I never did get any points for the link am I missing something here? While I'm at it how do you get a "featured post"? I thought it was how many blogs you posted,...

Have you ever experienced something like this???? Late last summer I was called out to a home by the desperate owner hoping I could help them either sell their home which was close to foreclosure, or at least steer them in the appropriate direction. I proceeded to drive up the canyon to meet with...

Today all four of us piled into the little VW Beetle, my husband, myself, our 12 year old daughter and my mother-in-law for a long and eventful trip. Road trip was the plan for the day, we left Salem headed up 1-5 north bound took hwy 217 to the sunset highway and took the scenic route up to Ast...

Last year I spent the money to put advertisements on my little VW Beetle... Here in Salem, Oregon it is super common to see wraps and vinyl decals on cars and trucks. I had the sign company make a vinyl decal for my back window company logo and all, my name, phone number and website all the perti...

Well WOW! We had some active weather today, at least active for Oregon... We had severe lightning and thunder a tornado warning issued for parts of Marion County and several funnel clouds that didn't touch down and a water spout at the coast and many downed trees. A very exciting weather day for ...

I work for a virtual office, maybe it's the wave of the future, it's probably not for everyone but it works for me. There was a time when I looked rather harshly at not only the virtual office but also the brokers that worked for them; yes I admit it I had some screwed up and funky idea regarding...