Here is a loaded term for a car guy. Maintenance. We do it for our rides, and just about nothing can stand in the way. I’ve known guys that bordered on religious about changing their own oil. I’ve seen them pull into a rest area along the interstate, slide under the car and change their oil. A quick refill and clean-up, and they were on their way again. We would never think of leaving something undone.
Category Archives: client protection
F is for Foreclosure
- Saturday, 01 September 2007 12:09
- Written by Lane Bailey
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This entry will have two distinct parts.
Part I
If you are a seller, or thinking about selling because you are in financial trouble, STOP. Examine what you are doing and why. Examine
C is for Contingency
- Wednesday, 29 August 2007 14:46
- Written by Lane Bailey
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A contingency is simply a condition that must be satisfied in order for the contract to execute.
In real estate, there are several common contingencies, as well as a gazillion uncommon ones. In this post, we are only going to go over a few common contingencies. As I said previously, a contingency is a
B is for Buyer’s Agent
- Tuesday, 28 August 2007 09:09
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Simply put, a buyer’s agent is the agent that works for the buyer in a real estate transaction.
More importantly (for now anyway) let’s talk about what a buyer’s agent is not:
- The nice agent a buyer works with from the new home community.
- The helpful agent that has listed the property (unless there is a dual agency agreement).
In both of the above instances, the agent may be a great person, but
Eminent Domain Abuse
- Saturday, 11 August 2007 09:30
- Written by Lane Bailey
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This should be one of the keystone and defining issues for the NAR. I know that the NAR and some of the state associations are working (too) quietly to curb governmental abuses of the Power of Eminent Domain.
If you are unfamiliar with Eminent Domain, it is the power that governments of various levels have to condemn private property for public usage. Don’t be thrown off by the word condemn, it has needn’t have anything to do with condition of the property. Some examples