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Becoming HAFA certified and how to get pre-approved short sales

A HAFA Refresher I was recently contacted by an agent who had just received her HAFA certification and wanted to know how to obtain those...

Is it time to bury the past and rise up? Is it time to advise “buy”?

It's 2011.  Not 2010 or 2009.  Viva 2011 What's your real estate market like this week?  Is it better than it was a year or...

Short sale approval letters, high fives, and hang tens

Steps to Take when Receiving Short Sale Approval If you have ever received an approval letter for a short sale, then you have probably applauded...

Keep Communicating and that Short Sale Actually May Close

At the beginning of the year, I wrote about the top 11 ways to get a short sale approved in 2011. I then spent...

Overcoming procrastination in your professional life

Procrastination is a major hurdle for many people, especially those with attention deficit disorder which happens to be many bloggers who have "shiny object...

Realtors can take ivy league courses online for free

Are "how to enter a listing into the MLS" classes at your board or "how to sign up for Twitter" lectures at real estate...

What Realtors can learn from the movie The Blind Side

Sandra Bullock won endless awards for the 2009 movie, The Blind Side, and this weekend, I finally watched it. I had been putting it...

March madness – have you evaluated your short sale team?

I recently conducted a short sale workshop at a local Realtor® board. There were 120 registrants; the room capacity was 100, and only fifty...