Don’t Look At Me, I Am Just the Assistant

Navigating the Short Sale Mine Field

Mar 22nd

Posted by Kai in Don't Look At Me, I Am Just the...

How does Alise manage to complete so many short sales, when the national average for short sales that actually close is hovering around 60%? She takes it seriously. Alise doesn’t look as short sales as a way to get “leads” for buyers looking for a bargain- all the while hoping to direct their attention to an [...]

bank package, banks, short sale, successful short sales

Kailee Vs. Green

Mar 21st

Posted by Kai in Don't Look At Me, I Am Just the...

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Gardening does not come naturally to me. I can say this definitively, because I have several family members who do not own worn copies of Potted Plants for Dummies. Somehow, their begonias continue to blossom, while mine curl into grayish blobs. Their philodendrons remain firm and green, while mine shed leaves as if every day [...]

gardening, green thumb, kids, planting

The Pursuit of Mediocrity

Mar 20th

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The clean dishes are stacked up, high. Not in an orderly, space maximizing fashion. Like some twisted game of Jenga, they are precariously stacked with odd shaped jutting out from every side. I can’t ascertain where to start. I do know that if I choose the wrong piece, the entire stack will clatter into the [...]

Chores, dishes, kids

The Sound of Muzak

Dec 27th

Posted by Kai in Don't Look At Me, I Am Just the...

Last week, as I began my weekly calls to the short sale departments of a couple dozen banks, I believed I was fully armed. A stack of files with any and every possible document the negotiator might request. The same documents open in electronic form on the computer. The laptop was open and ready to make notes in [...]