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Ask The Right Questions When Making Your Choice For A Tucson Realtor

December 9, 2013

If you are considering a short sale make sure you find a Tucson realtor with the experience to help you sell your home fast. Any Tucson real estate agent can handle your short sale file but if they don’t have experience they may simply be wasting your time. Shawn Polston has been helping homeowners in the area for years avoid foreclosure and take advantage of their current real estate options.

Most homeowners select their Tucson realtor thanks to a referral from a friend or co-worker without doing any research. A short sale is not your normal real estate transaction and for this reason it is important to know your Tucson real estate agent has the knowledge and experience to help. For this reason it may be best to learn some important facts about any potential Tucson realtors that you hire. One of the most important things to know about your Tucson realtor is their success rate on short sale files. If your short sale agent is not selling the homes they list at a high rate they could be wasting your time. An experienced and educated agent in the area should be able to close over ninety percent of the short sale files that they take on. It may also be a good idea to learn how many home sales your Tucson realtor handles every week. A short sale requires nearly daily contact with your lender and if your agent is too busy it could impact your sale. Especially for those homeowners who have missed multiple payments and have a foreclosure date that is nearing. Some Tucson realtors even utilize a team of agents for short sales in order to ensure that every file is handled in a timely manner.

Your short sale is a very big opportunity to avoid foreclosure and get out from under your mortgage debt which is why a qualified agent is necessary. Put in the time to find the best agent for your current needs that will help sell your home fast and for the highest and best offer.

Is Your Agent Charging You Upfront To Do A Short Sale?

December 3, 2013

One of the most common questions I have received in the last 10 years of doing short sales in the Tucson area is, "Sean, what are we going to have to pay you or how do you get paid for performing this service for us?" It’s actually really simple but first of all I want to caution you about talking to an agent that wants money up front or on the back end to complete your short sale.

Number one, you’re talking to the wrong agent and number two they may be engaging in illegal activities. The state of Arizona has made it pretty clear that there are very specific rules for agents that want to collect upfront fees. What I’ve found is that most of them aren’t playing by the rules. My team and I have never collected an upfront free from a homeowner that is in distress. The way we get paid is by collecting our fees as part of the short sale from the short sale lender; the short sale lender agrees to pay us as part of the terms of the short sale. Not only do they pay us, they also pay your property taxes, the title and escrow fees. In ninety-nine percent of the short sales we complete, the seller pays nothing. The only time the seller actually pays something is when the short sale lender comes back and says they’ll approve the short sale but they’ve noticed the borrower does have a certain amount of money available. The lender will sometimes request that the borrower contribute a small amount of money to get the short sale completed. If it makes sense for the homeowner to do, then typically they’ll oblige but if the homeowner isn’t comfortable in doing this we can go back and renegotiate with the bank.

The long and short of it is that if you need short sale help come to me; I completed more short sales than any other realtor in Tucson. We have never charged any one any money upfront or on the back end. All of our compensation comes from your lenders. So, please remember that I’m here to help you at your bank’s expense and not yours. Please give me a call or get in touch with me today; I look forward to hearing from you.

Tips When Looking For A Tucson Realtor To Fit Your Needs

December 2, 2013

When looking for a Tucson realtor to work with it can be overwhelming to choose the right one simply because of the number of Tucson realtors out there today. How can you ensure that you’ve hired a Tucson realtor that is going to meet all of your needs and is the right fit? Today we’d like to go over a few different questions you can ask as well as a few other ways that you can determine if a Tucson realtor is right for you and your real estate needs.

Before even interviewing a Tucson realtor there are a few things that you can do to learn more about them. If you’ve lived in the area for a while or have friends or family that have bought or sold a home before ask them for recommendations or suggestions for a Tucson realtor. Recommendations go a long ways in the real estate business and if one of your family members or friends has worked with a Tucson realtor in the past that they liked chances are you’ll like them as well. You can also look to the internet to find out more information about certain Tucson realtors. By looking at their websites, learning about their education, credentials, licensures and designations you can learn a lot about what type of realtor they are. Do they take their job seriously and are continuously furthering their education or are they simply happy with just being a licensed Tucson realtor? All of these things should be taken into consideration.

Lastly, once you’ve narrowed it down to a few different Tucson realtors you can ask them questions such as how many real estate transactions they’ve completed, what communication methods they used and how often they stay in touch. These types of questions will give you a good feel of how they work as a Tucson realtor and can give you the true answer on whether or not they’d be the best fit for you and your real estate needs.

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About Shawn Polston

Shawn has been a Realtor since 2006. Prior to becoming an agent Shawn and his wife were active real estate investors. Shawn takes his education seriously; he’s taken over 200 hours of continuing education classes, to keep up-to-date on current laws and trends. Shawn is a member of the Arizona Association of Realtors Master of Real Estate Society and a Graduate of the Realtor Institute. He is also a HAFA certified Short Sales and Foreclosure Specialist in addition to being a National Association of Realtors Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource.

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