Allison James Estates & Homes

<p> I just returned from the NAR National Convention in San Diego, California. This convention had a feel of celebration. I believe that&#39;s because every one of the 19,000 attendees is a survivor of the past three years of the worst economic and Real Estate crisis this country has seen in 80 years. </p> <p> For me the experience was one of confirmation of what I believe to be the future of the Real Estate Industry. Two years ago I conceived of a brand new business model. The business model is a National Internet Based Real Estate Brokerage, where the Realtors® work out of their home offices, and as a result the Broker has no Brick and Mortar expense. In return the Realtor® keeps 100% of his or her commission and just pays the Broker a small association fee each month, thereby creating a profit for the Broker, rather than an expense. </p> <p> Two years ago, when we first rolled out our business model in Washington D.C. at the Mid Year NAR Convention, the word &quot;Virtual&quot; was absolute poison. Brokers and Realtors® would come to our booth and literally run when they heard the word VIRTUAL. What a change just two years has made! </p> <p> This year at the NAR National Convention in San Diego, the word VIRTUAL was the most exciting idea being discussed. We literally had hundreds of Brokers come by our booth to learn how we created a VIRTUAL environment for the Realtors® and Brokers so successfully. I suspect in the coming year we will see hundreds of Brokerages recreating themselves under a VIRTUAL banner. </p> <p> Even the Realtors® this year jumped all over the VIRTUAL business model. We had literally thousands of Realtors® come by the booth because they have realized that they can now command 100% of their commissions, and that is now the accepted standard. </p> <p> Furthermore, what we heard from every Realtor® is the reason they don&#39;t go to an office, and the reason they don&#39;t care about an office environment is boiled down to one word: DISTRACTION!!!! </p> <p> The top producers think that when they go into an office environment, they become distracted from being productive. We heard this comment universally from almost every Realtor®. Realtors® insight into their most fruitful working conditions has been an unanticipated end result of this business model. </p> <p> So, after this year&#39;s convention I feel that my original business model was not only accepted by both the Brokers and Realtors®, but that I was no longer this strange Broker that lived out there in some mysterious VIRTUAL never-land. </p> <p> The VIRTUAL CULTURE is not only the future of the industry, but a huge favor to all the Brokers who are struggling to keep their doors open, now that even brand new Realtors® expect to keep 100% of their commissions. </p> <p> I&#39;m not this crazy man after all. This new business model has legs, and it will continue to expand and grow. It will, in the process, make the Brokers of our industry financially healthy once again. It will also allow the Realtors® to truly be independent contractors who are allowed to keep all of what they have earned. </p> <p> The VIRTUAL CULTURE is a WIN WIN WIN for the Broker, the Realtor® and the Consumer. </p> <p> <a href="http://joinallisonjames.com">Click here is see our new Recruiting initiative</a> </p> <p> </p> <p> James A. Crumbaugh III is CEO of Allison James Estates and Homes and may be reached at <a href="mailto:jcrumbaugh@allisonjames.net">jcrumbaugh@allisonjames.net</a> </p>

<p> In the last 60 days we doubled our business!!!!!!!!! </p>

<p> Contrary to what you might read in the local papers, short sale flipping is not inherently illegal, according to a pretty reliable source, Freddie Mac. What makes any transaction illegal or fraudulent is the attempt to deceive or the withholding of material facts that would cause an informed person to change their actions if they knew and that absence of information causes them harm if they don&#39;t know. </p> <p> How can a short sale &quot;flip&quot; be conducted ethically, legally and even routinely? Disclosure. If you are part of a transaction that is transparent and fully disclosed there should not be a problem with conducting back-to-back or consecutive closings. Both closings must be separately funded, but a good title company can help you keep everything organized. </p> <p> There are times when the foreclosing lender will try to make the title company insure that there will be no rapid, subsequent closings. I don&#39;t know any title attorney or closing company that can issue a title policy with that requirement in place. It requires them to insure title into the future, when their mandate is to insure the past. </p> <p> Investors buy property in up and down markets. They buy low and sell higher. When a property is in foreclosure it severly limits the pool of available buyers. Short Sales are not for newbs. They take time and can be extremely frustrating. The end buyer in a short sale flip is generally not around at the begining of the negotiation process. They don&#39;t have the staying power of the persistent, competent, fully funded investor. </p> <p> If you have short sales and are looking for cash buyers that negotiate their own deals, let me know! </p>

<p> Allison James Estates and Homes just had the best month ever!!!!! </p>

<p> Allison James Estates and Homes now offers a retirement plan for the Realtor. </p>