We have a winner! yayyyYYYYYY!!!!! Jerry C. has correctly identified the exact location where this picture was taken with my little friend Coffy the Cutler teddy bear! Coffy had spent a nice afternoon at the Malvern Community Park on a picnic, and had his picture taken on and near the tank.
Congratulations to Jerry for being the winner of the Grinders Above and Beyond restaurant gift certificate. Being a military man and a Viet Nam veteran, Jerry put on his thinking cap and remembered there is only one tank in the area so this contest was a cinch for him. Thank you for your service, Jerry, and welcome home!
The next contest will be starting very soon!
The big picture!
Coffy sitting on the other side of the tank
Malvern Park is a great place for a picnic or family outing!
In an earlier post I have a video about the benefits of dialing 1-800-465-4556 in order to obtain audio information about literally any and all active properties in north east Ohio.
I have a supply of these Cutler Mobile MLS static stickers for each of my customers and clients that requests one. They are designed to be placed on your windshield, perhaps in the upper left corner where the oil change reminder stickers are normally are placed.
Cutler Mobile MLS static sticker
If you would like a sticker, please send a request by email (or phone if you prefer).
Cell 330-685-4615
This past week I had an opportunity to show a vacant foreclosure property to an investor that purchases fixer uppers for eventual rental purposes. The property is a side by side ranch type duplex. The exterior of the unit is in good condition with the vinyl siding and windows being in very serviceable condition. The unit also has newer roofing.
The living rooms and bedrooms in each unit simply require interior painting and new carpeting in order to make the residence decent, safe, and sanitary. However both kitchens, baths, and utility rooms (where the water heater and furnaces are located) need gutted, an will require all new fixtures and copper plumbing. Thieves have broken into the units and stolen the copper and the air conditioner units. They did extensive damage to the walls as they even broke through the drywall in order to get every last bit of copper they could find.
Kitchen sink has been removed and all copper stripped from underneath.
Copper thieves damaged the bath room fixtures and wall boards
Second bath damaged fixtures and wall by copper thieves
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The other side of the bathroom wall where thieves were stripping copper.
Damage to water heater and wall
Is it any wonder insurance companies will cancel a homeownes insurance on vacant homes? The damage to a property runs in thousands of dollars to the homeowner when thieves strip out the copper.
It was especially gratifying to complete a short sale on a cute little ranch home in East Canton, Ohio last week. The sellers now feel a tremendous amount of relief. They are free from the burden of no longer being financially able to make the payments on a property that once was their dream home. They can now move forward with new plans for the future. Sure, their credit will be bruised for a couple of years, but not as badly damaged had a foreclosure taken place. No one can predict the future, but my sellers may be able to purchase a home once again in two or three years.
"Help me to help the lender to help you!" (Quote - Will Weaver, Floyd Wickman Trainer)
The buyers are equally happy in that they now own a home with instant equity, and are enjoying the peacefull and quiet entitlements and benefits allowed by homeownership.
The loss mitigator is happy in that still one more non performing asset file has been cleared from her desk as she helped the lender to move out of the quagmire in which we all find ourselves.
A lot of people need to be thanked for contributing to this successful sale:
1) Floyd Wickman and Will Weaver for their Short $ale Survival Seminar. Will Weaver's words kept echoing in my ear: "Help me to help the lender to help you".
2) The seller that continually communicated with the lender in order to make it all happen. The seller certainly helped me to help the lender to help the seller. The lender helped me to help the seller.
3) The buyers who remained faithful and patient through it all during the bleak times.
3) The selling agent that skillfully and diligently represented her buyers and certainly went the extra mile as well as out on a limb in getting this property to qualify for an FHA approved loan. (Thanks, Linda)
4) The lender (CitiMortgage, Inc) and the loss mitigator (Thanks, Mia) Both were so very nice to work with. The lender helped me to help the seller.
5) Dan Forbes, REALTOR here on Active Rain, who had shared his wealth of knowledge about short sales with many posts about short sales.
The thing that made it all possible was that everyone communicated with each other!
Dateline Wednesday December 17th 2008, Canton Ohio. Dedicating these songs to all of our customers, clients, and friends not only here in north east Ohio, but the world over.
Join us as the staff and agents at Cutler Real Estate Fulton Rd office practice our Christmas caroling. (This video was taken at our Fulton office. We were just starting out to visit a few of our clients that have been gracious enough to allow us to help them make homeownership a reality for them, their families, and loved ones.)
PS: Don't forget to look for Coffy the teddy bear, as he certainly went along for the fun ride!
Merry Christmas everyone!
May you and yours have a very blessed Christmas!
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