It has been quite a while since I wrote about Buyer’s Agency… or having a Buyer/Broker Agreement (BBA) with the agent that helps you find a home.  So, it’s time…
What is a Buyer/Broker Agreement?
Simply put, it is a contract between a buyer and their agent to clarify for whom the agent works for.  Don’t let [...]

This is Part II (kind of) of Don’t make me call you…

ok, I admit it is just because the titles work well together… Don’t make me call you… but I can.  Anyway, here is the actual content.

If you list your home for sale, and it expires without selling or is withdrawn, you have consented to [...]

If you are in the Atlanta area… or even if you aren’t… you’ve probably heard the commercials.  His tagline is “It’s the biggest no-brainer in the history of Earth.”  Usually he starts with some obvious pronouncements… and then he launches into something else.

But a recurring theme is “… no closing costs.  We don’t roll them [...]

Tom Royce over at The Real Estate Bloggers posted about this today. And it angers me. The thing to remember is that I grew up in a military area. Many of my friends from the sixth to twelfth grade were military. The kids were picked up and moved from place to [...]

Walk-away borrowers have been a problem in a few markets (luckily, not so much in Atlanta).  The government and lending industry are both looking at ways to keep borrowers from just walking away.

So, here is the situation…
Someone buys a home with a 0% down loan.  The market turns a bit south, and now the property [...]

There are a couple of stories in the last few days that have hit the same sour note.  And, if you are selling your home (with or without representation), you need to be aware of this situation.

Loan fraud is still rearing its ugly head.  Speaking at the Mortgage Brokers Association fraud conference:
Merle D. Sharick, vice [...]

… of the NAR.  Here is a link to the post.  Dick Gaylord, the President of the NAR, raises some very good points, but I had to rebut the post as a whole.

The first thing I need to say is that I am proud to be a REALTOR®.  I love the work that I do.  [...]

And my wife would be happy to provide a list…  But, this is about real estate.  Specifically, short sales.

A short sale in real estate is selling a property below the mortgage payoff, and getting the bank to take the loss.  They are done, but they are pretty rare… and I ran across a great post [...]

*** This is re-posted from my blog on Active Rain***

I heard voices…

And they were smart voices.

Wandering around in the Rain, there have been scores of bloggers pointing out that the federal government trying to “fix” the foreclosure crisis.  Now, Inman News is saying the same thing.   (the link will only be good until it [...]

Two items from the REALTOR® Magazine Online Daily Brief:
A masked gunman held up an Athens, Ga., bank on Thursday, saying that he was only getting his money back after the lender had foreclosed on his home.

The man entered Regions Bank wearing a black ski mask and pointed a handgun at a teller and said, “You [...]