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Are All Real Estate Agents Created Equal?

March 16, 2011

As in any career path, each individual with the same job does the job a bit differently.  This is the way to differentiate yourself and your services.  Of course, in Real Estate this is everything.  Or so most realtors thought- the average Realtor “markets their brand” and then  hopes it will be recognized and they [...]

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Sometimes your short sale listing falls in the “Black Hole” of Bank of America

November 12, 2010

Back in early September, I received a low offer on a short sale listing that is with Bank of America. I uploaded all the documents to Equator.com and filled everything out correctly in the portal. Fast forward to last week, after many email attempts to the short sale department at Bank of America, I got [...]

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What Happens to Tenants after Foreclosure in Arizona

September 24, 2010

No matter what your stance is on the current real estate market, I think most people can agree that going through a foreclosure is a tough situation.  As we have discussed before, Arizona is one of the hardest hit states in the entire United States, followed closely by Michigan, Florida, Nevada and some parts of [...]

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Short Sales- Why are Realtors Making Short Sales so Elaborate?

July 14, 2010

Yesterday I answered my phone as I always do, it was a referral client.  A local HUD counselor had referred me a homeowner, who had worked on a loan modification and ultimately been rejected.  I would say 50% of my clients that come to me have been denied for a loan modification. This new client [...]

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Buying a Home in the Phoenix Area? Here’s a Bit of History

June 5, 2010

The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, is a metropolitan area that includes the City of Phoenix, most of the rest of Maricopa County, a large section of Pinal County, and small parts of southern Yavapai County. The Phoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the US Census Bureau, includes [...]

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