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Another NW Indiana Short Sale Closed when listed by F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate

Looking for a change in Brokerages? Talk To Tucker for a supportive environment to help your career When one of our F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate Agents list a property in Northwest Indiana subject to lenders approval of a short sale, as Broker/Owners, we help them facilitate the process once an offer to purchase is received until the transaction successfully closes.

Recently, our agent Olga Kwolek had such a listing that received an offer and within 29 business days we had a lender approval in writing and it JUST SOLD!

Mentoring and Coaching is part of a Principal Brokers role in our opinion!

Not all short sales are the same. Providing insight and support once an accepted offer is received can help our agents firsthand, there is an ol saying -> teach them by showing them!

We've even had several lenders who represent the buyers of our agents listings call and thank us for getting involved (as brokers) in our agents deals to provide suggestions when situations arise so that a purchase transaction can move forward.

Collective experience and knowledge come in handy sometimes in problem solving:)

Being accessible to our agents to help them is our duty.

Congrats Olga!

 

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 F.C.Tucker Indiana's largest Real Estate Company Sincerely,

Jeff & Grace Safrin,  Broker / Owners

F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate

13 Lincolnway Suite # 203 

Valparaiso, IN 46383         

Office # 219-309-9930

serving Lake, Porter, La Porte, Jasper, Newton & Starke Counties in NW Indiana

 Independently Owned & Operated

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Under the Federal Fair Housing Act, it is illegal, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, handicap, or familial status

0 comments • Jeff & Grace Safrin, Broker / Owners, SFR, CRS, Northwest Indiana • October 20 2011 05:56PM

Who is Handling Your Northwest Indiana Short Sale?

This is our philosophy of Real Estate Practice->   WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get.

.No secretaries. No assistants. No UNLICENSED persons handling your transaction file.

Primary Care Real Estate.

Especially when it comes to Short Sales.

We disclose publicly on our MLS and in other marketing avenues which of our listings are short sales, therefore the public is aware ahead of time. l

Lately this disclosure has been noticed by 3rd parties who bypass us (the listing agents with an exclusive right to sell contract in place) and attempt to contact the seller directly with "offers" of help to expedite their short sale.

who is handling your real estate transaction in Nw indiana?Sellers-> Beware of 3rd party offers to help your short sale situation!

In the past weeks, these offers have included:

  • asking the seller to sign over the deed to them, so they can negotiate the short sale with their lender.

or

  • To pay an upfront fee ($900. or more) to get the short sale "approved".

or

  • To buy the home from them "on contract" when the listing expires (then they in turn will find a buyer and then negotiate the short sale with the bank, saving them real estate commission:)

Warnings: 

  • If you sign over the deed to your home to someone else, you are still responsible for the mortgage!
  • Paying someone upfront  $ does not guarantee your short sale will be approved by your lender.

REALTORS only get paid IF a transaction closes!

  • If a 3rd party REALLY has a legitiamte ready willing and qualified buyer waiting for your home, why don't they just call your REALTOR to schedule a showing to see it and write an offer to purchase outright verses a 'contract sale'?

 

Luckily, our short sale sellers did not listen to these 3rd party solicitations and told the companies they had a REALTOR who was experienced in listing and selling short sales.

Dealing face to face, in person, during the listing, sale and closing process of real estate transactions is how we do business, not by an out of state phone conversation or email.

Who is handling your Northwest Indiana short sale?

Valparaiso, Porter County, IN and Northwest Indiana Short Sales Closed by F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate

Testimonials of past clients ( including short sales)

Thanks for stopping by and reading our Blog about Life in NW Indiana, The Housing Market, Communities, Local Sports, Events, attractions & more.

 F.C.Tucker Indiana's largest Real Estate Company Sincerely,

Jeff & Grace Safrin,  Broker / Owners

F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate

13 Lincolnway Suite # 203 

Valparaiso, IN 46383         

Office # 219-309-9930

serving Lake, Porter, La Porte, Jasper, Newton & Starke Counties in NW Indiana

 Independently Owned & Operated

Visit our various Social Media Sites:  Follow Me on Pinterest

  Google Plus One  Follow SAFRIN on Twitter   Be-friend JEFF SAFRIN on FaceBook   Link to Grace Safrin on LinkedIn   Read our Blog on Positive Real Estate Professionals F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate Videos on YOU TUBE

Search the entire MLS for Northwest Indiana Here!

Under the Federal Fair Housing Act, it is illegal, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, handicap, or familial status

6 comments • Jeff & Grace Safrin, Broker / Owners, SFR, CRS, Northwest Indiana • October 18 2010 09:17PM