Hi Everyone, Here’s the follow up from the Short Sale class last Thursday. Here’s the link to the Making Home Affordable government website for a homeowner to see whether or not they qualify for the Obama Administration’s foreclosure mitigation options. Here’s Ken Harney’s article on credit scores. And here’s Ardell’s blog post as a follow […]
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Predatory Short Sale Negotiators
I received a call the other day from a consumer who was in the process of purchasing a short sale home. The homeowner has defaulted on her mortgage and the trustee sale auction has been postponed a few times now that this buyer’s firm offer has finally reached the lender’s loss mitigation decision-maker. Once the […]
Short Sale Class Coming to Tumwater on June 10, 2009
Hi Olympia area agents! Jim Bennett from RE/MAX Parkside Affiliates attended my Short Sale class a few months ago in Kent and promptly offered to host classes in his training room for Olympia area real estate agents and Realtors. The Short Sale class is the first in a series of four classes that agents can take to […]
Thanks for learning along with us, Aubrey Cohen!
I always take the time to talk with the mainstream media when they call. Why? Well I get so much of my news from mainstream media, which to me means radio and online newspapers that I feel obligated to help journalists when they’re researching a story. These folks don’t do what we do all day […]
To the Students from the April 29, 2009 Short Sale Class at Keller Williams Bothell
Hi Everyone, There were a couple of follow up questions from class: There was a question about new information on second mortgage write-downs coming out of the President Obama administration as part of the Making Home Affordable program. Here is an article that covers this issue. I promised to send a link to the FICO website that […]
Short Sale Legal Counsel in Seattle
In the Short Sale classes I teach for real estate continuing ed, I am constantly reminding the Realtors to always refer their homeowners who are in financial distress to an attorney for legal counsel. Attorneys can do things that real estate agents can’t, like give legal advice. Real estate attorneys know the state laws that […]