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Jul

10
2008

Working on Part2 "How to get a FULL commission Blog" How do YOU justify value? (Part1 at www.coachbobfitzgerald.wordpress.com)

Looking for great ideas... What are you doing and saying to justify value in the eyes of the seller.

Jun

23
2008

what do i do about a "pincher" bugs nest?

i am looking at a home to purchase, in the back yard i opened a gate that had a long post in the ground and quite literally dozens of the pincher bug streamed out fron this hole in the ground. if i buy it what can be or should be do about it?

Jun

10
2008

If two people own a home, mtg is $340,000, onc person wants out, wants the other person to buy out, what would they be entitled?

Mother & daughter situation, right to survivorship. mother wants out, thinks she is entitled to half of the house $170,000, however the mortgage of $340,000 is to the max on the house, and the value of house is less than the mortgage giving no equity. Is she entitled to $170,000.
How does one buy someone out, is it the equity or the mortgage???

May

29
2008

Does Bank of America ever get a seller to sign their short sale agreement?

BofA recently approved a short sale for my clients. The first mortgage is a purchase money loan. An offer from a well qualified buyer netting the bank $221,123 was submitted in January, 2008. BofA’s BPO valued the home at $220,000 two months later. No surprise since the home is in Stockton, CA , the “foreclosure capital of the US”. The value has since dropped substantially.  more...

Apr

14
2008

Agents: Does video really help sell homes?

Give us the straight scoop here. Do you have examples of when video helped you sell a client's house?

Apr

3
2008