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2010
A fellow Michigander. Give him a hearty welcome. Please help me welcome Derrick Schabbel to our ActiveRain Community. Derrick is the 121st person who has accepted my invitation to come Play in the Rain with us. Derrick is with Lee Allen Homes in Grand Haven, Michigan, a mere 2,231 miles from me i...
02/28/2010
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8.8 Earthquake hits the country of Chile. Massive destruction and death after a massive quake hits this South American country. I’ve looked at several videos and pictures and it is devastating. I could not imagine being there or in Haiti after these natural disasters. There are also tsunami...
02/27/2010
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Linda thank you for this post. In these times of economic downturn and more trials than triumphs in the housing industry...it is easy to loose sight of the shinning sun at the end of our long and sometimes turbulent journey on our well traveled road through life... But I write this as a reminder...
02/27/2010
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Very good points in this post. "As-Is" means different things to different people. Offering a property "As-Is" is a trend in the real estate market and one that is misunderstood. I am seeing this term on listings from equity sellers, short sale listings and REOs; the word use is the same, but the...
02/27/2010
It's about time. Lets hope the REO agents follow this.Great news for buyers of Fannie Mae foreclosure properties. February 23, 2010 Fannie Mae is using a new addendum to their contracts for REO properties. The new addendum has been changed to read that "The closing shall be held at a place so ...
02/26/2010
Short sale APPROVAL in less than a week!! GMAC at that. Start to finish in less than a week. I was amazed. I thought it better to keep the attitude up and wait for the long haul but the approval came in so fast I was astonished. And GMAC at that. You never know what these banks are cooking u...
02/25/2010
Debt Consolidation Companies. Whom to TRUST !! I have a client who is in need to consolidate and reduce the debt load that they carry. They signed up through a website only to be inundated by several companies asking to do the job for them. So I turn to my Active Rain professionals and ask for...
02/25/2010
Death in the Park. Trainer dies at Sea World in Florida. There again accidents happen and yes this was one of them. I have been to this park on several occasions as I have family members who’ve lived in the Orlando area for the past 15-20 years. It’s a nice place to take the kids during vacat...
02/24/2010
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Remember someone is ALWAYS watching you.Not all short sales are bank fraud. According to this story, there is a vast majority of Agents out there doing the same thing. http://ow.ly/16EvWb I have scratched my head when I have been presented this business strategy. Is there any body out there who c...
02/24/2010
This is a truly sad story that underscores just how emotionally traumatized homeowners can get as they face losing their homes to foreclosure. After what was called a decade long battle, a local bank was foreclosing on the guy's home and business. Unjustly, says the homeowner, but we don't know ...
02/23/2010
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Robert L. Brown
Grand Rapids Real Estate Bellabay Realty, West Mic