Dec. 6, 2007 - I Hate My New Category
As distasteful as I find it, I had to create a new category for foreclosures. It seems like that is the one topic on everybody's real estate mind these days. It is the thing that has inventory up and buyers down. Even folks that are nowhere near being in foreclosure seem to want to talk about it.
If you happen to be staring it in it's ugly face my heart goes out to you, especially if it is due to a circumstance beyond your control. If it is your own doing I am still saddened, but not as much. Somehow my heart doesn't bleed as much for the folks who were fully advised about buying above their means and yet proceeded with the purchase any way.
It is the duty of REALTORS® like myself, who are claiming to be full service, to get educated and up to speed on how they can assist these unfortunate souls. There are people out there who are looking to us for help and we need to be there for them. We certainly need to know more than whoever it was that ill advised them in the first place.
If you are in trouble you should seek the counsel of a trusted professional REALTOR®. Most forms of government, Federal, State and Local, are now offering financial assistance of some kind. There are even some nonprofit organizations out there that are trying to help. As I verify and evaluate some of these offerings I will be posting links. In the mean time if you need help feel free to contact me. It doesn't matter where you are. I have a network of trusted colleagues throughout the country and I would be more than happy to put you in touch with the appropriate REALTOR®.
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Dec. 6, 2007 - RE: I Hate My New Category |
| Posted by Bonnie Erickson |
| Gene, We've all had to deal with the foreclosure fiasco by now even when we didn't want to. Short sales were unheard of when I was first in the business. Now short sales are a topic of conversation around the coffee tables of America! Too many variables came together all at once and too many people have been living on the edge financially in order to acquire the American dream. It's a tough topic, a tougher job to market, tough on the neighborhood, tough on the owners . . . just plain tough all around. |
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Dec. 6, 2007 - RE: I Hate My New Category |
| Posted by Maureen McCabe |
They're everywhere! Foreclosures and short sales.
Gene and Bonnie... join Twitter.com everyone is there. Or are you there and I just don't know it? |
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