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FAQ
How Do You Know if Your Realtor Is Any Good?
From a linkedin question:
What kinds of questions might a first time home buyer ask prospective Realtors in order to gauge level of expertise and figure out who would best represent his / her interests? Assuming that no references are available, what criteria would you use?
Another response stated:
…The most important factor in finding a realtor [...]
Fannie Mae Policies On Short Sale Through Foreclosure
I often get asked about the difference between the impact of a short sale and a foreclosures.
Here is a summary of Fannie Mae loan policies that went into affect on August 1, 2008. This represents the time period that must elapse before borrowers can demonstrate they have reestablished an acceptable credit history after the occurrence of the bankruptcy [...]
How do I find homes on the market that have assumable mortgages?
This question came from a buyer and I thought I should share it publicly.
How do I find homes on the market that have assumable mortgages?
You can actually have your agent do a search for them through the MLS. However, most agents are so inept at even understanding if something is assumable and how the process [...]
Do Builder Incentive Affect Value?
It’s a common question and an even more common problem in today’s real estate market. Competing with the builder to sell your home. Knowing the builder’s position and promotions will give you a lot of information on how you should approach the sell of your home.
First things first, let’s do the short answer:
Do Builder [...]
Why Short Sale? Short Sale VS Foreclosure
It’s come full circle, I’m loving short sales from a seller representative standpoint due to the fact that it helps get them out of a situation that could devastating to them financially. For a long time I’ve not enjoyed showing short sales to my buyers, simply due to the hassle. Having closed several this [...]
Should I Buy A Home From This Builder?
When a buyer is looking for a new construction home, the question always comes up, "Is This A Good Builder?" It’s a loaded question to say the least. Although, the Real Estate Commission will be upset about this, most agents DO have opinions about the builders. The bottomline however, is that an agent’s answers [...]
What is a Foreclosure?
As many of you know the real estate market is flooded with foreclosures. However, there seems to be some misconceptions about what a foreclosures is. Some mistakenly think that all foreclosures are HUD homes.
HUD homes are not the only foreclosed homes out there. Foreclosed homes are often mis-categorized. There’s Pre-Foreclosure, Auction and Post-Foreclosure homes [...]
Georgia Real Estate Facts By The Numbers
In this month’s Georgia Association of Realtors magazine there was a nice reprint of RetlyTrac’s statistical information. I thought it was well worth sharing!
8 is the Rank of Georgia out of 50 states for foreclosures.10 is the average number of years that it will take for a home’s value to double in Georgia.
34 is [...]
What’s A Short Sale?
I’ve gotten several questions from new buyers and other from my previous blog post about short sales that I’d thought I’d right a little something about Short Sales.
A short sale is what happens when the bank takes less then what they are owed. For example, a buyer buys a home for $150,000 in 2007. Unfortunately, [...]