Coaching

Short Sales 101: Back to the Basics

Short Sale Drama I sometimes joke with my friends and family that I was not nearly as popular in high school as I am right...

Do you operate as a professional or as a public servant?

People often go into real estate because they are people persons (does that work, grammatically speaking?)  They like people, they have the gift of...

Mastering the juggling act that is real estate short sales

Organization is important in a short sale transaction. I can’t juggle. Well, maybe I can if throwing two tennis balls up in the air counts...

Short Sale Leads Are all Around You. Can’t You See Them?

Short Sale Leads Are Easy to Locate I came across an old colleague the other day, a top producer in her day, who is now...

Short sales- making your real estate contract indestructible

I recently joked that real estate agents do not have those cuff bracelets that Wonder Woman donned. You know, the ones that were indestructible...

Short sales, a product that changes in the blink of an eye- cheat sheet

The other day one of my Realtor® friends called me and asked me to tell her everything she needed to know about the government’s...

Short sales- when the bank BPO is out of the ballpark

Short sales are not always smooth sailing. In fact, I’ve only closed a few short sale transactions that were run of the mill. Most...

HAFA- really ‘half the time’? Governmental stumbling blocks

A quick review of the HAFA short sale and deed-in-lieu program... Everyone is talking about HAFA. Everyone wants to qualify. But, is it all...