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"Drifting" =

The Putting out of a home for sale in the market place and just waiting to see what happens.

"Drifter" =

A realtor who puts a home on the market and waits to see what happens.

It takes a lot more than putting a sign in the yard, an add in the paper and the home on the internet, to sell a home in todays market. Here's a fair question to ask your realtor. What are you doing to sell my home?....... 

Ever ask…

     Where’s my REALTOR??

             I never hear from my REALTOR!!

Selling a home today is expensive, especially if you hire a part time agent trying

to sell your home around the “other job”.

At Real Estate Masters we’re on the job.  In the office all day, every day working on your selling

solutions.  Get what you pay for.  Full time attention to selling your home and say bye, bye to

the  part time, some timer…..

At Real Estate Masters It’s “All about you”!!

Since 1978 Real Estate Masters has been synonymous with the most exacting standards of excellence in the Real Estate Industry...Always focusing on the principals of Trust, Caring and Excellence for our clients.

It is no secret today's Real Estate Market has been devastating to many, leaving many wondering if and when the Real Estate Market will improve. The fact is, no one knows the answer to that question. However, Real Estate Masters understands the issues many home owners are facing.

Real Estate Masters will contine to support our community and its home owners with the best possible advice and options in the selling of their home. An empty foreclosed home is not what anyone wants as a neighbor.

If you or anyone you know are having difficulty affording or keeping up with their mortgage payments, selling the home via a short sale may be a better option than foreclosure.

Call our office today for a free DVD to view in the privacy of your home that can help you better understand the short sale process.

Partner up now with Real Estate Masters and our 34 years of market knowledge. We'll guide you to take the best possible path to selling.

Real Estate Masters, the sign of success not distress. Call now 810-987-8600

Signs say many things to the buying public, think about it.  You may be selling to buy and here's what you find. Some companies, I'll refer to as signs, have a reputation of vacant, forclosed, government owner or we're loosing it. Some signs don't have any reputation at all.

 At Real Estate Masters our sign says great choice. You see for over 30 years we've built our reputation on Trust, Caring and Excellence. Oh sure we may have some of all of the above overpriced, empty, or forclosed homes. But that is not what we have built our reputtion on.  You see, when you sell with us we want our signs to attract the very best buyers. Not curiousity seekers, bargin hunters or the like. You want buyers to see your home because it is realistically brokered. In other words, our sign attracts the very best buyers which is what gets you sold. "Right". So if you are selling now or in the future, call on the trusted name in real estate, after all it cost you no less to hire the best. But may cost you a lot if you settle for less.  

The winners in this housing market

Investors, capitalist, call them what you like but in bad times their opportunist at best.

The age old sayings always buy on bad news and sell on the good news just make sure the bad news isn’t all that bad.

In our quaint little county of St. Clair our falling housing prices aren’t a reflection of over building, speculation and a demand, driven hyper housing bubble, our housing troubles are JOB related period… However, our values have fallen like it’s both.

The other old saying is it doesn’t matter how cheap a home is or how low the interest are, if a home buyer is worried about their job they are not buying anything.

Back to the investor, capitalist, they act on the value not the emotion they buy up the bottoms of the market sit, rent, them and wait out the emotional sky is falling consumers when they regain confidence, “they always do” The investor/capitalist sells on the good news, re-price the homes to suit there investment needs, in other words cash out to the new confident consumer, and wait again for the cycle of fear to begin again in something else.

Buyers buy the dip! Get capitalist/investor minded there are great buying opportunities out there with great rates and loan programs that even cover job loss. Sitting on the fence will only cost you more in interest and price and yes the fable “I should haves” because you acted on fear, the emotion that drives you either to or away from something, call Real Estate Masters today 810-987-8600. Buying may never be this affordable again!

Many brokers talk short sale, short sale doesn't mean your out.  Many lenders may short the payoff to sell the home, but may still come after you for the deficiency; via judgement, ganishment and other collection methods. Some may even issue you a 1099-C to show the shorted amount as income paid to you.

For 31 years we've moved the St. Clair County housing market with sound advice and care all the while keeping your concerns confidential. You see, we're not the foreclosure, troubled property Real estate Company attacking bargin hunters and bottom feeders. Take the high road.... call Real Estate Masters today at (810) 987-8600 or 1-800-987-1188 so your tomorrow will be better.

It's especially important to know that when you are looking at or considering buying a foreclosed home with an agent or agency who is also selling it, keep in mind they are bound to negotiate and transact in the best interest of that foreclosed home, also you as the buyer "as is" period, not even receiving a single disclosure about the worthiness and past or current condition of the property.

    But you do have a choice! To be exclusively represented thus having an advocate on your side. Call upon Real estate Masters. Our associates will exclusively represent you. Here are just a few issues we'll look out for you on. We'll point out and discuss problems now and after the sale consider like property taxations, home inspections, appraisals, and declining market issues. The unlikeliness of fixing up and profiting, a market analysis of value for you and help set proper expectations of how future values look!

    Remember, it was like government financing and loose lending that got the home foreclosed in the first place, so don't trust them or their brokers this time either. We'll show you everything you need to be a good, well educated buyer in this market. Call (810) 987-8600 today! We'll be your advocate and partner on the home front. Remember, the four most important things in real estate..... Location, Location, Location, and Condition!

MYTH one: Since I bought it for less than the taxable value my property taxes will be adjust down.

TRUTH: Not likely period! You should plan to pay the taxable value. There is no law that makes the taxes go down because of purchase price.

MYTH two: It must be a good deal, its priced $40,000 dollars less that what the past buyers owner on it.

TRUTH: The multiple refinancing and 120% loan to value lending only pushed the mortgage up to levels never seen before, so frankly what ever it sells for today is really its true market value. Its past value has no bearing on its future value, homes too are just like stocks, they only go up when more people want to buy them then there are sellers who want to sell them business 150 "supply and demand"

MYTH three: I can make money buying a HUD or foreclosed home.

TRUTH: Most times the HUD or foreclosed homes that are money makers never make it to the open market for consumers, insiders have already bought them.

MYTH four: I can fix up a HUD or foreclosed home and make some quick equity.

TRUTH: Most buyers really under estimate the cost, time, effort involved with the process and really do know better and in some cases even do worse than had they just bought a better kept and conditioned home from the start that needs little or no work at all.

MYTH five: Selling my home via a short sale relieves us of any further obligation.

TRUTH: Actually the lender can seek a deficiency judgment, for the balance.

Real Estate Masters....your Real Estate Advocate! Call 987-8600 on any home in the market.