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Jim Milliman here, and I'd like to talk a bit about short sales.

Lord knows that just about every real estate agent out there in Michigan who is doing any kind of volume listing properties is probably dealing with several sellers who are a few months behind and looking for a way to avoid a foreclosure. Realtors who don't sell these homes before they are foreclosed on get paid zero commission. That's bad since you've probably just spent several months marketing a property that had little hope of being sold in a traditional manner. You have invested your time, advertising dollars, gas money at almost $4 a gallon running around and taking care of your duties to this property. So why allow your clients to sit back and have the bank foreclose?

It's been my experience in speaking with some area realtors and brokers that many folks, (realtors included) have no idea that a short sale can be a very effective way of getting your clients out from under a poorly thought out mortgage decision and still give the realtor a much needed commission during these lean times. Maybe there are other Realtors who just have no interest in the work it takes to negotiate them, and quite frankly, if you weren't fully prepared and knowledgable about how to conduct a short sale negotiation, you should allow someone else to negoatiate them on your client's behalf so your client has the best chance of getting the short sale done before a foreclosure is processed.

Short sales are not easy. To negotiate them with the lenders requires dedication to be in constant contact with everyone involved and includes an absolute ton of paperwork and annoying phone calls with loss mitigation departments accross the country. This is something that most Realtors and Brokers would really rather not spend time on. It's a long, drawn-out process that can easily take 4-6 months to accomplish.

Let Done-Deal Realty, Inc negotiate your short sales for you. Give yourself the advantage of having professionals who have closed dozens of short sales in the past year doing the work for you. Let us handle the paperwork, the phone calls, and let our expert negotiators work out the details for you and your client so that the short sale is done, done properly, and your commissions get paid.

We are assisting Realtors in St. Joseph, Branch, Calhoun, and Kalamazoo Counties, as well as other surrounding areas. 

Do not wait another minute to find out how we can help you turn those possible foreclosures in potential commissions.

Carole Maddox, our broker, has been negotiating short sales in Palm Beach County Florida, one of the toughest and most competitive real estate markets in the United States, and with a very high rate of successful closings over the past year and her services are now available here in Southwest Michigan as well. She has over 25 years of real estate experience and she likes the challenge of working with the lenders to help you and your clients accomplish your goals.

For more information or to inquire if this program would be right for your specific clients, simply give us a call at 269-432-5328 or 269-341-2227. You can also email me at jim@mydonedeal.com and we can talk about how we can help out. Visit http://www.mydonedeal.com/shortsales for more info.

Contact Carole directly at 561-262-8034

Work smart...let us handle the unattractive aspect of negotiating your short sales, and you can be the hero who helped your clients get out from under a foreclosure and got a commission too. 

We do not charge any upfront fees for this service. Our fees are handled at closing by the lender.

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