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Real Estate Agent

What makes a good agent in 2011

July 26, 2011 Real Estate Agent

A recent study by Trulia showed that home buyers look for five key characteristics when they hire a real estate agent. It’s no surprise that buyers want an agent who is honest and credible as their top priority. The study showed that buyers had past experiences with real estate agents that were not up to [...]

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The Self-Employed persons 401(K)

July 21, 2011 Money

Originally found at Forbes Self-employed individuals are eligible to adopt a 401(k) qualified plan just like they would have at any large company or business with employees.   The individual 401(k) plan, also known as a “solo 401(k),” is an attractive retirement savings vehicle to consider. Traditionally, most financial planners have been advising self-employed individuals [...]

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50% of realtors have websites and 10% have blogs

June 16, 2011 Real Estate Agent

The 2011 NAR Member Guide reports that nearly two thirds of all Realtors have had a website for at least five years, half use social media and 10% blog. While these numbers are rising over the years, it is only an illusion that every Realtor and their dog are blogging and using social media- 90% [...]

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Group face time call for your iOS or android

May 4, 2011 Real Estate Agent

This app is great if you want to talk to someone and still have that face to face interaction. Tweet This Post

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7 deadly sins why a realtor should quit the real estate industry

March 24, 2011 Real Estate Agent

1. If you haven’t had a closing yet this year, closings get pulled last minute and nothing seems to be working out and you’re miserable, there’s no shame in moving on. 2. If you dread your phone ringing because you know it’s one of your jerkface clients and you hate talking to people, maybe it’s [...]

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What if I have to change my settlement date because of snow?

December 27, 2010 1st Time Homebuyer

Yesterday we were lucky with only getting a few inches of snow. Philly, New York and Boston got slammed with a blizzard. We can go on business as usual. What if we had 15 inches of snow and you couldn’t go to you settlement today. It was the last day of the contract and if [...]

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What is running through the banks mind during the short sale process.

November 10, 2010 1st Time Homebuyer

Your mortgage lender will be considering a number of factors in deciding whether to approve a short sale. A review of your circumstance, whether you deserve a break due to financial hardship caused by uncontrollable circumstances such as death, divorce, layoffs or illness. They will also take a hard look at whether it would be [...]

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Loans are like wrapping chocolates. Wrapping tips to get them to settlement.

September 8, 2010 1st Time Homebuyer

In the last two months interest rates have dropped. That’s a good thing but if your purchasing a home. Your loan will be in processing a lot longer. Some banks are making purchase loans a priority. That has helped but it’s still taking some banks 45 days to from the time a contract is ratified [...]

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7 Must-Have Real Estate Contract Conditions

August 25, 2010 1st Time Homebuyer

Originally found at SFGate Finance Terms If you are like most people and you won’t be able to buy the home without obtaining a mortgage, your purchase offer should state that your offer is contingent upon obtaining financing at a specified interest rate. If you know you can’t afford the monthly payment on the house [...]

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Not Even Nostradamus Could Predict the Short Sale Time Frame

July 22, 2010 1st Time Homebuyer

originally found at agent genius Short Sale Approval Letter Time Frames Are Tough to Predict I had a call a week or so ago from an agent who had some questions about short sales and short sale negotiations. I get a lot of these calls as a result of my posts, and also because our [...]

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