Posted on August 19, 2010 by Russell Shaw
It appears that Chase Bank has a division that continuously checks the net for any posts or comments about them. So it shouldn’t take them long to find this one. It didn’t take them long at all to find the videos that my friends and short sale competitors, Kevin and Fred had at their site, Short Sale Power Hour. Then the lawyers for the Chase Bully and Threats Division got involved. The videos in question had Kevin and Fred talking about their experiences and interactions as short sale agents dealing with Chase. The Chase Bully and Threats Division didn’t like
Posted on August 9, 2010 by Russell Shaw
In an effort to stop sellers facing foreclosure from gaming their system, Wachovia has completely stopped allowing any postponement of a foreclosure or Trustee’s Sale. I have long felt that Wachovia was not simply a good lender to deal with for a short sale – truth be told – they were the very best. I’m being told that this new policy isn’t going to be a "bad" thing. I don’t see it that way. To penalize everyone because of the bad actions of a few is seldom good (even if common). Here is a copy of a response from Wachovia
Posted on August 8, 2010 by Russell Shaw
I don’t think Jeff Brown’s (BawldGuy) head is much larger than Jay Thompson’s head or my head . The three of us will be on a panel together on Tuesday, August 24th in Scottsdale. Each of the three of us has a different approach to our business and yet I can’t remember a time I disagreed fundamentally with something significant that Jeff or Jay had to say about how to get and keep customers. That last part of that last sentence is THE most important skill in business success: HOW TO GET AND KEEP CUSTOMERS. If you are good at that
Posted on April 21, 2010 by Russell Shaw
A lot of blog posts have been written about what the National Association of Realtors is doing wrong or what they "ought to be doing" with regard to this or that. I have written some of those posts myself. I think it is important if one is going to find and point out things that are wrong that they also see and point out things that are right. I believe that all members of the NAR have a debt of gratitude to the NAR. Not just for the MLS either! This includes all the various people who do nothing but
Posted on March 20, 2010 by Russell Shaw
Here is a link from an email I just received. The people writing at this website http://narscandal.com/ may or may not have something worthwhile to say. But there is pretty much nothing they will ever say that will get any applause from me. Why? Because they go WAY out of their way to hide who they are. Maybe it isn’t a "they" but only a "he" or a "she" – pretending to be a group of "concerned people". This isn’t a defense of NAR. It is saying loud and clear – don’t take potshots or engage in name calling if
Posted on February 11, 2010 by Russell Shaw
Maybe I should have titled this post, "Attention All Lawyers – Bank of America Has Lots of Free Money For You". What you are about to read might seem like something out of a Franz Kafka novel or a Salvador Dali painting that was somehow brought to life. Only it is verified and real. It is no secret in the real estate community what Bank of America does (and doesn’t do) regarding short sales. In fact, typing, "short sales bank of america" into Google has this post right on the first page of Google. Bank of America has routinely forced
Posted on January 26, 2010 by Russell Shaw
One of the more remarkable methods used (even by "Intelligence Agencies") to establish if something is true or not is to is to label it true if it came from a "reliable source". Who said it? If he or she is considered reliable or an authority the data is considered true or factual. The other – perhaps even more silly – system in use is multiple report. If a report is is heard from several areas or people it is "true". Five or ten people hear the same thing and pass it along, it becomes a "fact". I have been
Posted on December 27, 2009 by Russell Shaw
For his ground breaking book, "Good To Great", Jim Collins and his research team looked into just about every public company in the United States to find those companies that made the transition from good to great. Good is the enemy of great – which is why most companies and most people never make that leap. They are good. They are not great. To get on Jim Collins "great list" a company had to significantly outperform the other companies in that industry for a minimum of fifteen years. Making the great list wasn’t going to be a fluke. Collins first
Posted on December 26, 2009 by Russell Shaw
I haven’t been blogging much lately (for some months) and needed an easy one to get myself started again. The gift to me is being able to post this here now. The gift to you is a really (really really) cool book from Seth Godin you can download for free, here. I think you will really like it. I know I have. Merry Christmas to everyone!
