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Franklin MI, Short Sale's & REO's = 60% of the Market, Can't Run From it, Have to Embrace it! Mike Sher (248) 644-4700 Distress Property Expert.

06-01-10
Mike Sher
Mike Sher: Real Estate Agent in Bloomfield Hills, MI

The Mike Realtor Team sells Homes in Bloomfield, Birmingham, Beverly Hills, Farmington, West Bloomfield. Rochester, Troy, Novi, Huntington Woods, Royal Oak & Auburn Hills. Call us at (248) 644-4700 X 242 or check us out at www.ShortSaleOaklandCounty.com or www.mikerealtor.com Mike Sher

Three years ago the average realtor would not show a Foreclosure/Short sale home, let alone list one. At that time, 91.5% of sales were traditional retail. The fact that majority of agents would not touch those "Whole Sale" properties created a nitch for a few specialized Realtors. These agents learned how to work with distress properties. They became both successful and were able to make a living in a tough Real Estate market.

Now that 60% of home sales are distressed, every realtor, mortgage broker and Title Company have become A Short Sale Expert Overnight!! The traditional realtor needed to get in to the distress market to survive but often lacks the experience, understanding, patience and education to successfully sell a distress home. Also many listings were not short sales in the beginning. Later they find themselves underwater but locked in to a listing contract with a Realtor who has never sold a Short Sale before. Sadly many sellers lose their home because the agent they started are offten unequipped to handle the short sale.

That is why all of us Realtors need to get smarter and wiser about how to work with these properties. The sellers today will remember the agents that helped them when other would not. Those Sellers will also remember the pretenders, the agents with no education or experience who drove their client into foreclosure.

The Mike Realtor Team sells Homes in Bloomfield, Birmingham, Beverly Hills, Farmington, West Bloomfield. Rochester, Troy, Novi, Huntington Woods, Royal Oak & Auburn Hills. Call us at (248) 644-4700 X 242 or check us out at www.ShortSaleOaklandCounty.com or www.mikerealtor.com Mike Sher

LifeFund - Cash Benefits for Financial Catastrophes, Chronic Illness or "Disability Insurance" and Retirement Planning-Oakland County, Michigan

08-31-08
Ted Lewicki
Ted Lewicki: Financial Planner in Waterford, MI

LifeFund

Why LifeFund?

You want to focus on building a long, healthy, successful life. But sometimes you face uncontrollable events that interrupt your plans: heart attacks, strokes, cancer, accidents, even death of your spouse or child. While you can't always prevent these tragedies, LifeFund helps control their effect on your life. More than life insurance, LifeFund is a product series that protects and provides during your most dramatic life events - critical or chronic illness, disability, retirement, and death.

Taking care of your family

If you should die, a death benefit is paid to your beneficiaries. There is also a benefit available should your spouse or child die prematurely.

LifeFund provides you with a pool of money that helps cover financial catastrophes brought on by critical or chronic illness or disability. Surviving these events could affect your ability to maintain your lifestyle and your quality of life.

You receive CASH benefits that you can use for anything from mortgages and medical bills, to groceries and car repairs. Based on diagnoses, benefits need not coordinate with other insurance plans. Better still, during the time of illness, Allianz waives your premium (subject to limitations).

Building a fulfilling retirement

LifeFund lets you look forward to a happy retirement, while protecting you if you become disabled during these years.

LifeFund offers a retirement income stream that you cannot outlive, with enhanced retirement values - up to triple the policy's net cash value.

Post retirement disability

Your retirement income payments increase for qualified partial disability, and even more for total disability. Payments will be made as long as your disability persists.

Why Not Electronic Transfer?

LifeFund offers the Automatic Payment Plan through Electronic Fund Transfer so that you may build financial protection simply and conveniently. It's easy. Premium payments are taken directly our of your bank account before you ever see it, so you won't ever miss it. All you do is sign up for Automatic Payment Plan EFT and let LifeFund do the rest.

$500,000 Lifefund Example...

Male age 35...Preferred... Annual Cost...$1,340...$500,000 Bucket of Money with 1st premium

  • After 30 years...$167,700 was paid in premiums and a monthly income of $4,764 will be generated at age 65...In 35 months the initial investment will be recouped...Less...If disability occurs
  • Critical Illness = $250,000 (50% lump sum benefit) Chronic Illness = $50,000 Annually (10% annually...Payment is made over 12 months)
  • Disability = $60,000 Annually (1% paid monthly...12% annual)
  • Death of a Child = $10,000 Per Child (10% lump sum benefit...Or $10k max)
  • Death of a Spouse = $50,000 Spouse (25% lump sum benefit...Or $50k max)
  • Waiver of Premium Premiums paid by Allianz
  • Death of Insured = $500,000 (Lump Sum Death Benefit) OR = $619,740 (Bonus of $50k...If 10 year payout is taken)
  • Retirement Income = $681,502
  • Monthly Income = $4,764 (Life and 10)
  • If Partial disability = $6,193 (30% increase in monthly income... Tax Free)
  • If Total Disability = $7,622 (60% increase in monthly income... Tax Free)

Ted Lewicki is the president of Pillar Financial Corporation located in Waterford, Michigan. Ted will help you analyze your financial situation and customize a plan that works for your family's life insurance needs. Find out more at http://www.pillarmortgage.com/

Servicing: Oakland County, Addison Township, Auburn Hills, Berkley, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Clawson, Commerce Township, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Franklin, Hazel Park, Highland Township, Holly, Holly Township, Huntington Woods, Independence Township, Keego Harbor, Lathrup Village, Lyon Township, Madison Heights, Milford, Milford Township, Northville, Novi, Oak Park, Oakland Township, Orchard Lake, Orion Township, Oxford Township, Pleasant Ridge, Pontiac, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Royal Oak,
Southfield, South Lyon, Troy, Walled Lake, Waterford Township, West Bloomfield Township, White Lake Township, Wixom

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