We have just gotten a new mayor elected to Fort Wayne and it has got my wheels spinning. There has been a lot of activity in Fort Wayne politics in the last year and it has really got me going. In my opinion, I see Fort Wayne wasting a LOT of the tax Read More...

My sister is a Realtor and she and her ex husband have a few of their rental properties for sale. On the MLS listing sheet she is shown as the listing agent and her ex is shown as the owner (their last names are the same). She has made proper disclosure Read More...

I was on Yahoo this morning and found this article Here It talks about this website: http://mygooddeed.org/ I thought this was a phenomenal idea and how great it is that there are people out there willing to do good deeds for strangers. Check it out and Read More...

So I have a funny story to tell. I will keep it short and not include all of it. So I had an accepted offer Friday on one of my listings. They agent emails me the acceptance and a receipt for the earnest money. The earnest money is supposed to be held Read More...

Do you find that in todays down market that you slacking off? I don't know about you, but I do my best work when I am busy and have to multi-task. When I am slow, I find myself distracted by other projects. I might take a little longer to return a phone Read More...

The things I find the most help in doing short sales. PERSISTANCE. You have to babysit the L&M people to make sure they are doing their job. Don't ever leave them a msg. You need to hang up and call again. These banks all have a different procedures Read More...

Yes No Maybe? I don't have any consistency to my closing gifts and some days I don't think I should give anything other than a congrats card. But then you have that client that expects something from you. Or you spend money on a gift cert and they never Read More...

Twice this week I have found myself in a position where I was showing homes and the buyers are unaware of the neighborhood. The one is a young couple moving from another city and want to be near their church. Well, their church is in the hood. I didn't Read More...

"If You Like It, I Love It!" was something I heard at a seminar last summer. I believe it was Ralph Roberts who said this. I can be very opinionated when I show homes and I am sure I have stuck my foot in my mouth a time or two. Well after hearing this Read More...

For those of you who read my blog about judging mental cometence, here is the outcome. I went on a listing appointment last week and the man was mentally slow and was on disability from the government. After meeting with him I started to wonder if he Read More...

This is a continuance of my blog "Short Sale with Countrywide. I think I am taking it in the shorts" After everyone’s advice and Cathy's friend Lea offering to help, I took Lea up. I had spent 2 days calling my contact in the L&M department and then Read More...

I just went on a listing appointment where the seller is slow. He is on disability from the government because of his being slow. He seams like he understands everything I tell him, but when I look at his documents from when he bought his home I feel Read More...

I have been sucked in by this blog and have been reading the various post for the past month. There is some good info on here and some bad. But what surprises me the most is the way some people act. I think that some people forget how important good relations Read More...