Dean Carver's (scarver) Blog

A couple of points to help everyone working with short sales out there. Did you know that FHA back loans are Federal loans and therefore, trump any State laws regarding recourse vs. non-recourse? In Arizona for example, this means that, FHA is exempt from our anti-deficiency statutes and has comp...

No, that's not a typo. We had a B of A success story yesterday. We'll take the positive whenever we can get it! We got an approval letter on one of our B of A short sales a few weeks ago. HOWEVER, the negotiator failed to get the upcoming foreclosure date pushed out. He said it was getting pushed...

We just returned from a vacation in Beaver Creek, Colorado, one of our favorite getaways for the last 20 years and close to Phoenix by plane. We have lots of friends there as well. We've rented from several owners there in the past. All experienced, all fantastic. It was probably time for us to g...

LOVE this market! It's a must for all Ahwatukee residents, but it's so close for Ahwatukee Custom and Ahwatukee Equestrian residents! Easy drive from Tempe and Chandler as well! AHWATUKEE FARMERS MARKET Date: Sundays, Year Round MarketHours: 8:00am - 11 am (July - mid Oct)  9am-1pm (Mid Oct-April...

Stripping foreclosed homes in Phoenix has been a booming business over the last few years. You didn't have to look any further than Craig's List to see that people were taking more than their personal property out of their foreclosed home(s). In this case, a real estate agent has been convicted. ...

Sonia Carver is one of the invited guest speakers at a FREE Foreclosure Prevention Seminar especially for homeowners in Gilbert, Chandler and Queen Creek!   Many homeowners are frustrated and overwhelmed by the misinformation and opinions about alternatives to foreclosure.  This frustration leads...

We've seen a growing trend over the last few weeks where some of the big banks (B of A and Chase in our case) have been doing in person inspections of short sale properties. If they deem the property to be unoccupied, their REO departments move in to re-key the property, winterize, re-key and dra...