What a week !
Foreclosures and Short Sales seem to be getting harder to conclude with every month that goes by...there are sooo many "layers" of people between the Investor/Bank/Asset Manager person and the consumer...that's the damn problem !
When we have a prospect who wants to make an offer on a foreclosed property we do our best to let them know they MUST have patience and plenty of time to work through the process...we begin by chasing down a Listing Realtor who for the most part doesn't want to do anything other than get paid...I have never seen the degree of poor communication as we have here in Birmingham with alot of our foreclosure agency Realtors...we're dealing with one right now that doesn't have a cell phone..!!..we have to "page" her...I want to say "hey, about joining the family of man and get a damn cell phone at least"...anyway, by the time you realize he or she is a total waste you end up going to their agency where you find people who are either over worked, stupid or both...you try to work your deal with them..getting utilitites turned on for inspections, etc....it just goes on and on..meanwhile, the buyer is beginning to understand this ain't no pretty picture !
If the folks at the agency would do what they say they'll do you could get through this w/o hating each other...most of the time it doesn't work that way...communication between humans is difficult even when things are going well.
Anyway, sorry, I just needed to vent this morning...MJ does BPO's all the time for Clear Capital but never seems to get any listings...can you say being used...and for a whopping $50 !
Later...Seymour