Welcome from the Brainerd Lakes - where outdoor and indoor recreational opportunites abound. Looking to buy on one of our many lakes? Ready to move up or down? Having trouble selling your home? Falling behind on payments or already in the foreclosure process? I am a Certified Short Sale Specialist as well as a Home Staging Expert.
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1 comment • Kathleen Lordbock Keller Williams Realty Brainerd Lakes • January 29 2010 03:40PMThere seems to be some confusion on housing market statistics and as usual , it all depends on who is paying for the report. In my area of the Brainerd Lakes in Minnesota, the sales of homes under $150,000 is picking up. The median priced range homes have slowed and we are seeing a dip in the luxury home market. With that said - buyers are still buying lake homes on desirable lots, tearing them down and building even bigger and "better". Homes are still selling and people are still buying. It seems that more people are putting their homes on the market to test the waters and then pulling them off or not renewing their listing contracts.
For this reason, I am only interested in motivated sellers - need to sell or really are determined to make that move. I have now received certification through two programs on Short Sales and REOs as that seems to be what we will be dealing with more and more. To not be educated on these and to work them is a big No No in my mind. However, after the studying you do need to go for it. I see others comment that only agents experienced in Short Sales/REO should do them. They were not always experienced, but that is a good way to cut out any competition.
I am enrolled in the Harris Real Estate University Coaching program and have found that they do keep me up to date on any changes and hints of changes, along with the ins and outs of the processes. Let the 2010 games begin !
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Welcome from the Brainerd Lakes - where outdoor and indoor recreational opportunites abound. Looking to buy on one of our many lakes? Ready to move up or down? Having trouble selling your home? Falling behind on payments or already in the foreclosure process? I am a Certified Short Sale Specialist as well as a Home Staging Expert.
Call me!
2 comments • Kathleen Lordbock Keller Williams Realty Brainerd Lakes • January 28 2010 12:51PM When I was young my friends and I were always "digging holes to China". We did not know how far away Ch
ina was and we didn't care. We just liked digging.
China is digging herself a hole now and firmly planting her feet in the sand. Even in a visit and speech from President Obama concerning Internet censorship, free speech was blocked online.
China has more than 250 Million Internet users and has some of the world's toughest content on what traffic is entering or leaving their network. There are some smart and rebellious Inernet savvy bloggers in China using proxy servers to get around the controls and to speak freely - like we do here in the United States of America every day. I love the USA- may the name of God continue to stand.
Welcome from the Brainerd Lakes - where outdoor and indoor recreational opportunites abound. Looking to buy on one of our many lakes? Ready to move up or down? Having trouble selling your home? Falling behind on payments or already in the foreclosure process? I am a Certified Short Sale Specialist as well as a Home Staging Expert.
Call me!
4 comments • Kathleen Lordbock Keller Williams Realty Brainerd Lakes • January 02 2010 11:21AMRemember those New Year's Resolution s? How About Being The Best - That You Can Be?
We're using the word GOALS to help us set our goals and stay on track.
G — Get Started!
O — Opportunity
A — Ability
L — Leadership
S - Stick with it!
Between you and every goal that you want to reach, there are obstacles. The bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles.
If you decide to be, have, or do something out of the ordinary, you'll find difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. In many cases, your greatest asset will simply be your ability to stick with it longer than anyone else.
If you look around at the most successful people in business, sports, music, movies, etc., you'll see that achievement is the triumph of being persistent and consistent. You will also see people who are struggling with and overcoming obstacles in order to accomplish something that is important to them, and so can you.
Goals enable you to do the work you want to do, to live where you want to live, to be with the people you enjoy, and to become the kind of person you want to become. If you set your goals and create a plan that will help you achieve those goals, and then work your plan persistently and consistently, nothing — NOTHING! — can stop you.
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Welcome from the Brainerd Lakes - where outdoor and indoor recreational opportunites abound. Looking to buy on one of our many lakes? Ready to move up or down? Having trouble selling your home? Falling behind on payments or already in the foreclosure process? I am a Certified Short Sale Specialist as well as a Home Staging Expert.
Call me!
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