Careful What You Wish For
There might be a little more tarnish that you anticipated on the Knight in Shining Armor that is the Ohio Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act.
Read More...Archive for 'Short Sales'
Banks Unleash Imagination to Avoid More Foreclosures
Banks are getting creative when it comes to finding ways to help property owners get out from under the burden of payments they can’t afford – without taking ownership of the property.
Read More...We Can Spare a Little Change
For all the generally positive economic projections we’ve been hearing for 2012, optimism is still elusive for many homeowners struggling to make their monthly mortgage payments, as well as the real estate industry in general.
Read More...Rocketing Out from Rock Bottom
Have you ever gone on a road trip with kids? If you have, you may cringe at the question, “Are we there yet?” Over the last couple of years, we’ve been on pretty wild real estate market road trip that has had buyers, sellers and realtors asking themselves the same question. “Are we there yet?” [...]
Read More...Hidden In the Shadows
In the dark, everything looks scary. That monster in the corner, though, is only a jacket over a chair when you turn the light on.
Read More...The Short Sale Solution
Foreclosures are still climbing in Ohio, and even with all of the four-letter government solutions (HAMP, HAFA, HARP) it’s simply not enough. Enter The Short Sale Solution.
Read More...Adventures in the Netherworld of Short Sales
In books and movies, few plot developments are more satisfying than the revelation of a secret (and often sinister) world running parallel to our own. This stuff can be incredibly entertaining. When it happens in real life, though? More scary than fun.
Read More...Building a Better Rat
Here in Columbus, one of the biggest new scams we’ve been seeing is that now the white spies — excuse me, negotiators — are finding ways to get paid on the buyer’s side of the transaction.
Read More...Short Sales…Banks…Yada Yada Yada
In analyzing the slow progress being made lately in the area of short sale transactions, it’s perhaps best to look at it from the perspective of our most wise, level-headed, and reasoned of social institutions. I’m talking, of course, about “Seinfeld.”
Read More...Who Knew Flops Would Be Such a Hit?
It’s so predictable. Whenever there’s something of benefit to a large amount of people, there’s always somebody — that guy — who takes advantage of things and potentially ruins it for the rest of us. Think of the drunken knuckleheads at sporting events who make stadiums think twice about selling beer at games, or the [...]
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