Broker Bryant's Real Estate Ramblings

Tutas Towne Realty and Bryant Tutas  just had another successful Wellington Florida Short Sale closing with Nationstar Mortgage.   The property: Primary Residence. 3 bedroom 2.5 bath single family home located in Wellington Florida. This home has 2,112 sq ft of living area and was built in 1984....

  Tutas Towne Realty and Bryant Tutas  just had another successful West Palm Beach Florida Short Sale closing with Chase Bank.   The property: Investment Property. 2 bedroom 2 bath Mezzano condo located West Palm Beach Florida. This condo has 1,141 sq ft of living area and was built in 2004. It w...

Hi folks. I read a blog post from Tricia Hoffman titled "Risking Your Client's Happiness Over $200." Basically it's about an agent contacting the listing agent to ask for a higher co-broke. One of the commenters, Joetta #44 wrote: "I wonder how all these listing agents who said the agent had a p...

Good morning folks. If you handle Short Sales as a negotiator then you are aware of all the recent difficulties with Short Sale Property Values coming from Fannie Mae. Here are some articles and discussions about what’s going on. Fannie Mae Short Sale Property Evaluation Issues Fannie Mae Short ...

Good morning folks. We'd love to have all of you join us next week as we discuss: We would like to invite you to join this upcoming Short Sale Mastermind Agent webinar on Wednesday, Jan 23rd at 1:45 PM Eastern. Learn from several top producing short sale agents around the country, each who have c...

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    Good morning Superstars. Here's a sampling of this week's Superstar discussions.   Junior Lienholder Arms Length My wife and I are trying to purchase a home that is very near and dear to us which is currently in a short sale/foreclosure status. I am… Started by Rich Jenkins in Short Sale Dis...

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Let's have a little chat about commissions and how they affect the value of the property. Discussions about "discount" commissions and "standard" commissions has got me thinking about a theory I have. Let's call it Broker Bryant's theory of relativity. I'm of the school that says, commissions ar...