This is a gentle reminder (with the holidays upon us) to my clients and people who just read my blog.  I cannot make appointments without Pre-Approval with a DIRECT IN TOWN lender (financed offers, no out of town brokers please) OR Proof of Funds (all cash offers.) Right now (as I have said in the past,) buyer interest is extremely high, combine it with holidays and out of town buyers, there is no one on my team that will show (even during the "slower" seasons) without those pieces of information. You need them to submit on short sales, you need them to submit on REOs.  If you don't have it, then you are not prepared to write an offer (SORRY!) The crickets are not chirping here for the next month and a half.  We have several major holidays which brings buyers into our Las Vegas market a... 12/24/2009