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We've had some people that have criticized our content over the last few episodes. Sometimes we get a bit resentful towards the bank at times. We understand that the short sale is a "priviledge" that the bank offers homeowners. However, it saves the bank money over foreclosure. We are advocating ...

ING has a hard time understanding loss mitigation. In a conversation the other day, Fred and the negotiator at ING disagreed on the BPO value of a home. Basically, ING wants to use comps from six to nine months ago that put the value of this particular home at $85,000. However, there have been si...

First and foremost, let's get the announcements out of the way. Friday, April 1st we are offering our Short Sales Uncensored in Las Vegas, NV. Ask any agent who attended the first presentation of Short Sales Uncensored and they will tell you just how valuable it is. We also have Crush It Short S...

It's freaky Friday today and we've got a freaky story about Nationstar Mortgage. Here's the deal. We had a viewer who reached out to us and asked if we had heard what Nationstar is doing. Nationstar is requiring buyers in a short sale to qualify for financing with them before they will process th...

Persistence is a tactic. Most of you might consider persistence to be a mindset. However, in the short sale business, believe me! It's a tactic. Let me give you a quick overview. We had a file with Flagstar, sixty days into the contract. Our file had been denied 5-10 times. It would get to the ma...

We're joined today by Ronnie Doss. It's mindset Monday and Ronnie doesn't know a lot about short sales, but he travels all over the country and talks with people about business. He's got a message for anyone that wants to improve their life or their business. He's also preparing to unleash a vide...

There seems to be a hot button topic out there called MARS. I know that we talked about this last week, but we wanted to share some more specifics about MARS. We are not licensed attorneys, CPA's, Board of Realtor's etc. There is a lot of fear about upfront fees. Most agents don't and shouldn't c...

I am very excited to be at and be a part ofthe first Rain Storm.  I hope you will join us in Anaheim on Saturday Februrary 19th.   I think networking with other AR members in person will be great also.  Kind of like a little Rain Camp reunion =)We’d like to introduce.. RainStorm!RainStorm is a so...

Welcome to Short Sale Power Hour. Today is mindset Monday. Today we want to talk about a concept that is relevant to your business. Less is more. Today marks the first week where we will be doing Short Sale Power Hour three times per week. We'll be posting new videos on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri...

Yesterday we touched on cash contributions and promissory notes. There seems to be an increase in requests for these things over the past few weeks and months. Fannie and Freddie seem to be the leaders in this trend. In Arizona, there are no deficiency rights. If the home goes to foreclosure, the...