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Do NOT be foreclosed on! Avoid foreclosure. Short Sales DO close.

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Earlier today I read a post byJoshua Pettus titled “I Quit!”, “I Need a Real Job!”, “I’m Broke!”, and Other Things I’ve Said Recently  A very well written post pretty much pouring his heart out. Give it a read.

Anyway, after reading his post I dug back through my archives and dug out this article I wrote in August 2007.  My advise was good back then and I stand by it today. Maybe it’ll help somebody.

First, it’s important to remember that Real Estate is a business NOT a job. When you are a business owner your job is to find a way to make things happen. Chasing money is what we do. If you don’t have any then your job is to find some. Hopefully it will come from closings. If not? Well here are some ways to generate cash flow.

• Find a partner. This can be another REALTOR® that wants to team up so you can pool your resources. Or maybe a family member who is willing to back you for a small return on their investment. You can’t operate a business without capital. Go find some.

• Use an equity line or credit cards. Have faith that you are good at what you do and will be able to pay these loans back once you get rolling.

• * Do some property management.

• * Do BPOs.

• * If you write a deal use a commission advance company to pull some cash.

• *Get a part time job or jobs that leave your days open to practice real estate. I used to wait tables AND drive a taxi. At the same time.

Do whatever you need to do to get capital for your business. With out it. You will fail.

Secondly, get to work. If you are sitting at home or in the office moaning about how bad business is, you will fail. Get off your butt and get to work. Here are some things you can do that don’t cost anything but time.

• Attend every function you can at your Board of REALTORS® to network and gain knowledge.

• Join an investment club. What better place to meet investors.

• Get a FREE website or start a FREE network. I use Ning.com and have several of them including www.ShortSaleSuperStars.com and www.CFLInvestmentHomes.com  and www.TTRealtyNet.com. I get business from all of them.

• Utilize ActiveRain and Localism to their full potential.

• Solicit for listings. Folks, I have on numerous occasions, given you my expired letter and suggested you use it, everyday, for every expired and withdrawn listing. How many of you have? Or is it still on your list of things to do? While you’re procrastinating, I took several listings last week, that were all from my letter. And turned down several others. And I’ll do the same thing this week, the next week and on and on and on.

• Hop in your car and go visit some yard sales this weekend. People have yard sales because they are getting ready to place their home on the market. Say “hi” and give them a card. And if you see any FSBOs working in the yard while you are out, stop and strike up a conversation.

• Visit a few Human Resources departments in your area. See if they will let you hold a Buyer’s seminar. Do the same at the library and the community center.

• Go view the listings in your market area. Leave your card.

Folks, my point is GET BUSY!! Activity creates opportunity. Get into your community and start striking up conversations, passing out cards, passing out flyers and anything else you can think of. Go stand in front of the grocery store and say “hi” to everyone that walks by. Go to the self service gas station and pump gas for others with a big smile on your face and a card in your hand. I’ve personally done ALL of these things.

So there you have it. A few simple and free things you can do to generate business and cash flow. They aren’t difficult. It’s just requires attitude and motivation. Success is a decision. Failure is a lack of forward movement. It’s your choice. So what’s your decision? Are you going to turn your “to do” list into a “job completed” list?

Do you need a new Broker?

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Maybe. In the last two weeks I have loaded five short sales into the Equator system. All have had BPOs (Broker Price Opinions) ordered and one has already been countered and accepted by the seller. We should have a written approval by the end of the week.

Now for those of you that have worked a Bank of America Short Sale in the past you know that having a BPO ordered in less than two weeks rarely happened. So having five BPOs ordered in less than two weeks is a miracle!!!

The beautiful thing is that I have not made one phone call. The entire Equator process is automated. For me that is a huge advantage as it frees me up to actually list and sell real estate.

Christine Schneider wrote an article titled “When All is Said and Done”.  If you haven’t already take a few minutes and pop over and read it. It’s basically about time management and how we can become overwhelmed if we don’t take some down time for ourselves.

I couldn’t agree more with what Christine is saying. I have always been excellent at managing my time and setting boundaries. Here are my thoughts on the topic and an outline of what works for me.

First I want to give you some facts:

Once you get your head around these things you can then set a schedule that works for you and your life. For me:

As long as potential customer/clients know these things before they decide to hire me we never have any issues. If they can’t or won’t work within MY boundaries then I refer them out because I know our relationship will not work out. They will cost me time…..

…..time that would be better spent on folks that appreciate my boundaries. A better fit means a better working relationship. Which of course translates into getting the job done in less time. It’s simple.

Do NOT be foreclosed on! Avoid foreclosure. Short Sales DO close.

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Hi folks. I’m getting ready to head out for day 3 of Florida Mortgage Broker School. I’ve always thought getting a Real Estate license was easy. Well after 16 hours of my 24 hour class I have concluded that getting a Mortgage Broker’s license is WAY easier. Maybe it’s because I have been in the Real Estate business for so long but this class is utter foolishness. Yesterday I learned how to calculate a 10% down payment on a $100,000 loan. Luckily they passed out calculators for this one!!

I will come back and write more about this experience when time allows. Right now I’m too focused. I think today we learn how to calculate a 15% down payment. I’m stoked!!!!

I’ve got news for ya. You already did. When you purchased the property. You signed two documents. The mortgage. That created the lien and gave the lender the right to foreclose on your property (their collateral). And, you signed a promissory note. That was/is your personal promise to pay back the money you borrowed.

The Short Sale releases the lien (mortgage). It may or may not release you from the note. If the Lender is offering to swap out your $200,000 note, that you already signed, for a $10,000 at ZERO interest over 10 years then……why not sign and be done with it?

Think about it before you answer. Consult with an attorney. Then make the decision that works for you. Just don’t say “I ain’t signing no frickin’ note!!!” without thinking it through. Make sense?