Dagmar Sands, FIABCI-USA Past President 2007-2008 and
President of Real Estate International, Inc. and President of
Powerhouse International attended the Luxury Real Estate
Conference in Vail, Colorado. Dagmar was impressed with
the caliber of attendees and the award ceremony giving awards
to members of the Luxury Real Estate for outstanding
achievements in sales, networking, presentations and
involvement with Luxury Real Estate.
John Brian Losh and Dagmar Sands have both been members
of FIABCI since the late 1980's and it's always great to see
each other at FIABCI World Congresses and National Meetings.
What an event! What great networking and great friendships
you can make by attending these regular meetings.
Dagmar Sands, President of the FIABCI Scholarship Foundation
along with our TEAM including Susan Newman, Judy Shenefield,
Joanne Doud, Betsy Coughlan were so pleased to see our
on-line auction as well as the live auction on September 12th
turn out to be a complete SUCCESS!
Members and guests all bid high on items such a jewelry,
books, vacation getaways, lobsters, wine, leather cases, scarfs,
art work, etc. We invite you to donate items if you'd like to
give to Scholars who will benefit. We will start another on-line
auction and we hope that you will visit our website.
http://fiabcifoundation.cmarket.com
For more information about FIABCI Scholarship Foundation
you can also visit www.fiabci-usa.com
One a month I meet with my group the Johns Creek/Alpharetta/Duluth Investors Meetup
and we share leads. This month was great. Everyone was charged since we have not
seen each other in few months. There was a lot of networking going on. We had from
architects, to developers/contractors, lenders, cost segregation, Brokers, Realtors,
Land Brokers, Short Sale Experts, Foreclosure Investors, International Brokers, Home
Buyers and Home Lenders all exchange leads.
We are now going to take all those leads and turn them into actual transactions. Our
focus is to do more business as a result of our monthly networking. If you are interested
and live in the area, feel free to join us next month. We are going to have Technology
tips and Internet Marketing tips for Real estate industry.
Click to register and sign up. http://www.realestate.meetup.com/413
I'm going out this weekend to buy some new toys to use in real estate. I'd love to
get your input on which one to purchase. I'd like to be able to record interviews,
brief meetings, take a tour of the property while I'm listing it, etc.
If you have a tool that you absolutely LOVE, can you please share it with me and
let me know where is the place to buy one? Thanks!
Never Count Your Chickens Until They HATCH!
Ok, these sayings are more true today then ever - especially in real estate.
As an agent when you write an offer and the contract gets accepted, you
think you are done and you are already counting your money.
These days, you can never count on anything when it's related to real estate.
Contracts it seems sometimes are not worth the paper they are written on
because we are living through the "Wild, Wild West of Real Estate".
I'm going to start writing stories about what happens to agents these days.
Today I heard of 3 closings that did not close. One of them was my listing.
It didn't close because Bank of America changed the file from one underwriter
to another and the new underwriter didn't like everything in file and denied
the loan. I'm very confident we will close the deal, however, it will NOT be with
Bank of America and it will take at least 10 more days to get it done.
The other story I heard was that at the closing table bank asked for a termite
letter which is no longer required in the state of GA. It did not close. It is in
escrow and next week it will close after a termite letter is produced.
Third closing took over 2 hrs. because the lender at the closing table decided
they wanted more documentation. What is going on with these lenders? Why
can't they get everything they need up front and not wait until the 11th hr.
to request it??
I guess I will never be surprised at anything anymore... or maybe I'm
surprised with every one of these things. INCREDIBLE times we live in!
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Broker of Real Estate International, Inc. Bi-Lingual and raised in Czech Republic, FIABCI-USA President 2007-2008,CIPS,FIPC,FIREC,ABR Selling in Atlanta, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, GA & International.
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