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Are you interested in Cape Coral short sales? Want to hear the truth about them?
Do you and/or your agent understand them?
One thing that I think is VERY important is to note the source of the information you find.
How many short sales has this agent been involved with? How many have actually CLOSED?
Getting bad advice is possible so you need to understand where this information is coming from.
Would you take advice about building wealth from someone currently in poverty? No, of course not. Then why would you take advice on short sales from someone who has never closed on one?
As of today, 626 residential short sales have closed in Lee County since January 1, 2008. The average days on market was 145. That is from list date to sale date.
I pulled out a ranking report ~ by agent ~ by sold counts as listing agent ~ sorted by # of closed listings.
I rank #5. Susan Milner of Florida Future Realty: #5 in residential short sales closed out of our entire MLS for this time period of Jan 1, 2008-Aug 28, 2008. 2 of the agents listed above me are brokers and take credit for every sale in their entire office. I am also the broker at Florida Future Realty but I do not take credit for my agents' listings. The rankings were all my listings. A couple of them were referred by agents in my office but I was the listing agent.
So, being ranked #5 out of a total of over 5,000 agents in our local board of REALTORS I consider myself a good source of information on short sales.
Do I claim to know everything about short sales? No, of course not. But I would be a better source of information than someone who has never handled a short sale through to the end.
Everyone's situation is unique to them and a seller should seek the counsel of an experienced attorney and/or tax accountant to make sure that a short sale is their best option.
Often times these agents and/or you, their customer, do not have all of the information or knowledge to make an informed decision about short sales. Before you make a decision do your homework.
If you have a question about selling your house as a short sale or a question regarding purchasing a short sale, please give our office a call. We are here to assist you with your real estate needs. Having the added experience with these short sales gives us an advantage in assisting our customers with their short sale buying or selling needs.
We also handle bank owned properties. Often times these homes are priced so well that buyers are experiencing multiple offer situations and the properties typically sell for higher than list price in these cases.
We price our short sales correct with the market. This provides a much higher likelihood of the short sale being approved and it provides for an easier process for all involved.
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We look forward to hearing from you!
Yours in Success,
Susan Milner
Florida Future Realty, Inc.
239-542-8521
Copyright 2008
Yours in Success,
Susan Milner
Florida Future Realty, Inc
http://www.YouTube.com/FloridaFuture
(239) 542-8521
Susan@SusanMilner.com
We also handle Cape Coral Short Sales......
copyright 2008-2012 Susan Milner of Florida Future Realty Inc
Susan, You are the short sale expert for your area. Working with a broker that knows how they work will certainly make it a much easier and successful transaction. Well done!!!
Thanks Bryant, that's what I am trying to convey to some of these agents/buyers who don't stick these out - afraid they won't close. They balk when we send them the approval from the seller's lender. Frustrating.
Susan, keep it up... Your one of the Few and the Proud. I / We on my Team wish to extend our Congrats... Your a Great Agent to work with. Each and every deal we have done together has been nothing short of wonderful. You and your Team are valued members of our profession. here's to your continued success and I wish to say that I / We look forward to many more deals together with you in the future.
Jay,
Thanks for the kind words. You are one of the best agents in our area to work with as well. You have certainly earned your name as the 'Bus Driver' - look out :)
Susan, you have patience and nerves of steel. I will gladly refer you every short sale I get offered in the Cape and Fort Myers. I'd rather have dental work done. :)
Chris,
Thanks. By the way,, we are getting very close on the N. Ft. Myers one....3 crazy appraisers later.....seriously...they all said they couldn't determine value....and they were all appraisers not just BPO agents....but we still 'fight'.
Susan,
I came by after reading the back and forth on Richard's blog....
I think you are doing a great job and it takes a great amount of perseverance to work with the banks to get to a closing. I know too well, from first hand experience, what your market is going through. The number of sub-prime loans that were done in your area is just - unbelievable, and was such a disservice to many. Take the downturn in property values and you are where you are. I hope it turns around soon for you.
I think you should write a blog on the ABC's of short sales.... for listers. :)
Hi April,
Thank you for your comment. I actually wrote a 4 part 'how to' on Short Sales.
You can read it here:
How Short Sales Work
Thank you Susan! I will check it out. I have worked a few - successfully, but a handful of others didn't happen. I can use pointers for sure
Susan - kudos to you for learning and doing short sales. The problem here in St Pete is that so few agents with short sale listings have any clue as to what's going on.
Sharon, It is the same thing here. 10 agents have actually completed more than 3-4 short sales in our MLS. The other hundreds were struggled through by other agents who have closed on 1 or 2 short sales this entire year. Its a shame. But they are here to stay so I figured 'better learn it'.
Susan,
that's good to have someone reliable in your area, there are some agents who does not have any clue about short sales and they want to deal with them, good blog :)
Ray Saenz
Ray, thanks :)