Tie a yellow….

Ribbon around the old oak tree, or in this case “The Old Coconut Grove Playhouse”. Yesterday afternoon some concerned Grovites got together (in the heat of the afternoon and almost passed out until the organizers mentioned 2 for 1 drinks at the local watering holes) and shouted “Give it Back” which most if not all …

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I see London….

I see France, I can see your underpants!!!! So yesterday was spent saving Erica from some thugs in London who stole everything from her except her email access as she was able to email hundreds of her contacts asking for dough…..only problem was that she was sitting next to me in Coconut Grove….either that or …

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"SS’ Novela Prologue

The Short Sale Novela is a true story (I just closed on it this past Thursday) and  the reason I tell the story is for the general public to see what we go through to satisfy our clients. I have a lot of agents ask me “Why don’t you just send it to an Attorney to do …

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"SS" Novela Ending

Final Chapter to our Novela “The Closing” I have come way to far to let this deal fall apart at the closing table so my only option is to go “Cuban Mom” on the Lender and lay on the guilt! Think Jewish Mom’s are the only ones, nope we have the same gift….and in Spanish …

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"SS" Novela 12

Chapter 12 “Accept and Approve” So after receiving the COUNTER, I called the BUYER and asked if they were good with saving 17K and apparently they were (who would have thunk it), so we accepted the Lower COUNTER OFFER from LENDER and away we went to closing. NOT so fast Kiddies….. This particular Short Sale (like most) …

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"SS" Novela 11

Chapter 11 “THE COUNTER!!” All I could think of when I saw the Email was this deal was going to hell fast…. After 6 months, countless delays and several “Valuations”, the LENDER has decided to COUNTER OFFER the previously accepted offer of 357.0 With what? 375.0! 400.0! 425.0! How was I going to break the news to …

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