Comments on: Divorced Commissons, Greg Swann Style

By: Short Sales in Charlottesville - What Realtors (and Consumers) Need to Know | Real Central VA

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:29:39 +0000

[...] Sometimes, agents don’t reveal a short sale, default status or pending auction because they simply don’t know about it. Listing agents often require their clients to sign statements regarding their mortgage status, but clients can deceive their agents or can slip into default and not say anything. In addition, lenders can initiate trustee sale proceedings without informing the real estate agent. A final thought for Realtors – If you’re concerned about the commission, consider using Buyer Brokerage forms and learn about Divorced Commissions. Starthere and here. [...]

By: Introduction to “A consumer’s guide to the divorced real estate commission” — the eBook | BloodhoundBlog: National real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:14:18 +0000

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By: Pavel Dovgalyuk

Pavel Dovgalyuk — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:23:40 +0000

Thanks for the link to Greg’s e-book. Just finished it. In the end, when he talks about several other reforms – title insurance comes to my mind. How many of the buyers/consumers out there know that a typical real estate attorney pockets something like 60% of the title insurance cost. For example: buyer pays $1,000 at settlement for title insurance – a typical scenario is that the real estate attorney pockets $600 and the actual cost of purchasing insurance is only $400.