http://blog.aaronline.com/2012/05/short-sales-an-answer-with-many-questions/ Arizona's REALTOR® Association Mon, 13 May 2013 20:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://blog.aaronline.com/2012/05/short-sales-an-answer-with-many-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 Jacque Weems Mon, 07 May 2012 22:13:39 +0000 http://blog.aaronline.com/?p=2217#comment-1327 Tonia, I do so agree and thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, while most of our clients take responsibility for their choices, there are a dangerous few who look to lay blame when they have endured a loss. At the very least, written documentation saved in your file that you have recommended the client seek counsel from legal, tax and credit experts will give you the comfort in knowing you have done the best you can to urge their client toward the proper assistance and, once documented, you can go back to enjoying your life and this fascinating profession worry free. Also, I recommend that you choose to work with people and situations that work for you and with which you are comfortable. Saying no to business that doesn’t suit you magically opens new opportunities for business that meets your style and matches your work preferences.

]]> http://blog.aaronline.com/2012/05/short-sales-an-answer-with-many-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Tonia Vickery Fri, 04 May 2012 21:29:45 +0000 http://blog.aaronline.com/?p=2217#comment-1324 Jacque, I so agree with your statement that we, as agents, should not have to accept the risk of the seller’s decision to short sale on our shoulders. I do refer my clients to the pros and most of them do see an attorney through my aggressive push as I feel it very important. However, a few don’t want to see an attorney and have their mind made up. I do believe that we should not unethically push a seller to short sale. With saying that, I am really disappointed that during this process we have now become their protector of all things bad happenig to them. At some point, attorneys and the public need to recognize that we are real estate agents and we assist the public with buying and selling real estate. That is how we make a living and what we do. If you approach us to do one of those things then they need to responsible for the fact that they have asked us to do one of those two actions. I don’t go and buy a car and then sue the dealership later for selling me a car. I worry for the scapegoats we have become for all the buyers and seller’s bad financial decisions. Many of our clients come to their decisions based on knowledge, intentions and discussions that we just are not privvy to. I keep hearing attorneys say we better know they were not qualified for a loan modification before short selling, yet we get no compensation for doing loan modifications and are not really suppose to be doing that. So when did that get into our job description? We, as realtors should push back on the pressures put upon us to accept that we are responsible for homeowners and their decisions, they have to be responsible for their choices. We are not…we are agents who help buyers and sellers do just that…buy and sell.

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