December 2011
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new front plate for Ubie
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Good looking butt (pork)
Jim Whatley Broker 850.499.2940 www.UberRealty.com Sent from my Uber iPhone
November 2011
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Veterans Benefits Administration FUTURE FUNDING...
Veterans Benefits Administration Circular 26-11-17 Department of Veterans Affairs November 4, 2011Washington, DC 20420FUTURE FUNDING FEE CHANGES1. Purpose. This circular discusses the possibility of future funding fee changes for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loans.2. Funding Fee Rates.VA Circular 26-11-15, dated October 6, 2011, announced VA funding fee rates, including rates for loans...
September 2011
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modular beach house on Navarre beach
August 18 in the morning on the way to take Charley to school. August 18 in the afternoon bringing Charley Home form school school. search homes
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I have been bested in the car sign world. Jim Whatley Broker 850.499.2940 www.UberRealty.com Sent from my Uber iPhone
August 2011
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Good donuts
Up checking on listing 348 Griffth ave in crestview. Love independent food guys. Worth the try. Jim Whatley Broker 850.499.2940 www.UberRealty.com Sent from my Uber iPhone
July 2011
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Redneck cannoli Sent from my Uber iPhone
May 2011
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No Life Guard On Duty
I was out at the beach this evening and noticed this sign. I think it should be posted on homes when people are looking at them to purchase.You need a someone who has your best interest in mind. How can you tell 1. Do they complete a competitive market analysis on the house before you make an offer?2. Do they encourage you to get a through home inspection? Will that home inspector follow up? 3....
Uber Home of the Day May 2, 2011
. MLS#:550301mvd OfficeFile#:35066 ListPrice:$249,000 Status:Active Last Change:4/20/2011 ApproxSF:2,460 BG: Address:47 LAKE LORRAINE CIR $/Sqft:$101.22 SHALIMAR, FL Bedrooms:4 Zip:32579 Baths Full/Half:2/1 County:OKALOOSA Stories:1 MainArea:12 Fort Walton Beach YearBuilt:1979 SubArea:11 LAKE LORRAINE OccStat:Occupied Subdiv:LAKE LORRAINE ESTATES 3 ImmOcc? ParcelID:04-2S-23-1435-0001-0240...
April 2011
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hot pad
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March 2011
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Great day at beach IMG_0056.MOV Watch on Posterous Sent from my Uber iPhone
February 2011
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Cost Renters where not counting on: Insurance
From a financial perspective, experts have been recommending renters insurance for years— it covers a tenant’s property and hotel costs if anything happens to the building, it pays for lost bicycles and stolen laptops. But a growing number of renters are finding they don’t have any say in the matter. Landlords have begun requiring tenants to sign up for renters insurance as a condition of their...
What have you done for me lately?
That’s the big question in the back of most people’s mind when they have something they need done. They don’t necessarily want a Realtor, an Electrician, a Plumber, or any other fill in the blank. They just want the job done. We get that. Our business has been designed around you- the customer. Don’t believe us? Check out our No Risk Home Selling system and our customer...
The New York Times and Uber Realty agree on Real...
Good Article on Commission and how not to go with a preconceived notion of what a Real Estate brokerage charges.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/realestate/30cov.html I would suggest you check out our ANoRiskListing.comyou can sell your house and pay no commission. Jim Whatley Broker Uber Realty www.UberRealty.com 850.499.2940
Objects may be closer than the appear.
Objects may be closer than the appear. While running this morning with my son (Chach nickname for Charley) he kept falling behind. It was cold so I didn’t press the issue. It got me to thinking, It would be easier if I had a review mirror. Then I thought of the saying at the bottom of the mirror “object may be closer than the appear.” The bottom of the Real Estate market is...
January 2011
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Are You willing to do what it takes to sell your...
Not everyone is.. If you really want to sell your home. Now is the time to get ready for the peak spring season. Download now or watch on posterous ARE_YOU_WILLING_TO.qt (7007 KB)
What to expect, when inspecting
THE NUTS AND BOLD OF A HOME INSPECTION In Practice Should you be present at the inspection? You should try to be present at the property when the home inspector is working to: * provide support and advice for your customer (either the buyer or the seller), as the process can be intimidating. Suggest that your customer withhold any judgments until the inspection report has been delivered. ...
November 2010
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5 Tips for Selling Your Home Quickly in Today’s...
5 Tips for Selling Your Home Quickly in Today’s Market By Dan Steward Print Article RISMEDIA, November 22, 2010—It’s one thing when someone says “Things are looking up,” but quite another when the numbers actually bear that out. Happily, the latter is the case, evidenced by the latest statistics that show that home prices may be stabilizing. Namely, national home prices jumped an impressive...
20,000 Houses Will Sell This Weekend. Will Yours?
20,000 Houses Will Sell This Weekend. Will Yours? by The KCM Crew on November 19, 2010 There is no doubt that demand for housing has slowed. The National Association of Realtor’s 3rd Quarter Existing Homes Sales Report showed that sales were down in all fifty states and the District of Columbia (3rd quarter vs. the 2nd quarter). The decline was in double digits in all but two states (Nevada...
Why Are House Prices Falling?
Why Are House Prices Falling? by The KCM Crew in For Sellers,Pricing Share In the past few days, three separate pricing reports showed that national house prices have begun to soften. Altos Research shows that prices fell 3.1% over the last three months. Clear Capital’s Home Data Index Market Report shows that prices have fallen 5% in the last quarter. The Zillow Real...
October 2010
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What It Takes to Buy a House in Foreclosure
What It Takes to Buy a House in Foreclosure By RON LIEBER Published: October 29, 2010 Linkedin Digg Mixx MySpace Yahoo! Buzz Permal ATLANTA — As in any economic downturn, the wave of home foreclosures has attracted voracious opportunists — investors among them who are buying, fixing and then renting the places out. Enlarge This Image Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times...
Palm Beach Post Lowe's drywall settlement offer...
Lowe’s drywall settlement offer leaps to $100,000 for eligible homeowners Allison Ross Posted: 10/29/2010 2:51 PM Lowe’s Cos. Inc. has dramatically amended a settlement for customers who bought defective Chinese or domestic wallboard from their stores, saying customers whose health or property was harmed can now be eligible for up to $100,000 in cash. Under the...
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Perfect day at the Navarre Beach
It does get much nicer than this. See and download the full gallery on posterous
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The 10 hottest/coldest ZIP codes
SEATTLE – Oct. 27, 2010 – Homes in key markets all over the country are selling above the asking price, according to ZipRealty’s third-quarter report. The report finds that the spread between the sales-to-list price ratio lessened significantly in most areas, but many high-end housing markets continued to offer great bargains for buyers. The 10 hottest ZIP codes in the ZipRealty markets where the...
Best Time to Buy AND Best Time to Sell?
Best Time to Buy AND Best Time to Sell? by The KCM Crew on October 26, 2010 in For Buyers,For Sellers Share If you know a great real estate professional, you might be questioning them right now. They may tell a friend of yours in the afternoon that this is a great time to buy a home and in the evening tell another friend that they have to lower their price in order to...
Father Son Work Project
I got this email to day, from a family I help to buy a house this year. Here is Today’s Father Son work project. Recycled basketball pole - $15 Wally world Mailbox – And a $25 Sailboat with #’s that I ordered off the Internet.
5 Reasons You Should Sell Your House TODAY!
5 Reasons You Should Sell Your House TODAY! by The KCM Crew on October 19, 2010 · in For Sellers,Pricing 83 Selling your house in today’s market can be extremely difficult. It is for that reason that every seller should take advantage of each and every opportunity that appears. Each fall, such an opportunity presents itself. This fall, that opportunity may be just too good...
NOTABLE QUOTE
NOTABLE QUOTE “Four years into the real estate downturn and two years into home retention efforts, it might be time let market forces take over again. The problem, as some see it, is government intervention only forestalls the eventual day of reckoning.” —Steve Bergsman Regards, Jim Whatley Uber Realty 850.499.2940
politics,
“The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.” Will Rogers Regards, Jim Whatley Uber Realty 850.499.2940
Sorry Folks, The Put-Back Apocalypse Ain't Gonna...
Sorry Folks, The Put-Back Apocalypse Ain’t Gonna Happen Published: Friday, 15 Oct 2010 | 11:21 AM ET By: John Carney Senior Editor, CNBC.com You should probably be a buyer of Bank of America right now. Oliver Quillia for CNBC.comA Bank of America trader inside the NYSE. I never thought I’d find myself typing those words. I’ve been a huge critic of Bank of America for years....
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I went out side this morning to check out the water and the beach. It’s a beautiful Autumn day just enough chill in the air but not to much. Saw the dolphins jumping, the water is calm and the water is clear. As I was coming back I noticed a lot of runners, this peaked my curiosity so I walk down to the road. The run for the reef race is on. Charley (my son) and I run (I use the word...
Factoid: NYC's new toilets are strong enough to...
via holykaw.alltop.com Impressive new toilet.
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Foreclosure Freeze: Qoute
NOTABLE QUOTE “If you’re talking about three or four weeks, it will be a blip in the housing market. If it went on for a long period of time it will have a lot of consequences, most of which would be adverse on everybody.” —Jamie Dimon, CEO, JP Morgan Chase Regards, Jim Whatley Uber Realty 850.499.2940
Ceridian-UCLA: Diesel Fuel index declines in...
Ceridian-UCLA: Diesel Fuel index declines in September, Flow of goods has “stalled” by CalculatedRisk on 10/13/2010 03:00:00 PM This is the new UCLA Anderson Forecast and Ceridian Corporation index using real-time diesel fuel consumption data: Pulse of Commerce IndexTM Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the index since January 1999. This is a...
Should I Wait for Jobs To Return Before Selling?
Should I Wait for Jobs To Return Before Selling? by The KCM Crew on October 13, 2010 · Share We constantly hear that the real estate market will not recover until the job market does. That definitely makes sense. It would be difficult to commit to making a monthly mortgage payment without knowing you have a paycheck coming. The big question is whether you should wait for the employment...
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The New Foreclosure Mess: What It Means To You
The New Foreclosure Mess: What It Means To You by The KCM Crew on October 12, 2010 in 655Share Last week, we reported on the beginnings of the mess the banks created by using ‘robo-signers’ to fast track foreclosure filings. We detailed the challenge and said that “the process of foreclosing may grind to a screeching halt”. And, it has. Bank of America has...
The Uber life on the beach
The Uber life on the beach My wife and I went down to the beach Sunday to look at the water. October is the best time of the year. Usually we have the beach to ourselves, and the weather is perfect: low humidity, low 80’s. I noticed the fish where working on the top, so I ran back to get my fishing rig and started casting. I didn’t catch a fish. What I figured out was that I was...
#546503 710 JAMES CT, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL MLS...
#546503 710 JAMES CT, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL MLS #546503ONE OWNER, 3 HOMES SELLING SIDE BY SIDE! Unique opportunity for a primary owner/buyer to live in one and rent out/manage the others. This particular home has an attached studio w/kitchen in the back of the property. The main home is estimated 1850 sq ft with the attached studio another 600 sqft. The studio could be a large recreation...
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Tips on getting your offer accepted
Unless you’re offering cash, though, your goal should be to offer as high a price as possible within the range of values that the home will realistically be appraised for….So, if you’re offering an amount significantly lower than the purchase price, you and your agent should be prepared for the eventuality that the listing agent might ask you what comps your offer price is based...
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Real Estate News You can Use
Real Estate Inside America’s Mortgage Nightmare CBS News – With Lenders Selling Loans and Breaking Rules on Paperwork, Distressed Homeowners Wonder if the Chaos Will Ever End Real Estate Sector Stop Fraudulent Foreclosures, Then Fix The Mess Blue Virginia – Finally, the mainstream is noticing a long-term story that’s been glossed over: the fact that the famous...
Foreclosure freeze shakes battered home market...
Foreclosure freeze shakes battered home marketThe growing number of freezes on home foreclosures is likely to shake up the struggling U.S. housing market. Experts say home prices could rise in the short term, but the eventual glut of foreclosure sales could hurt the market in the long run. The move by some major lenders such as Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500), JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune...
Life at the beach
Life at the beachLiving at the beach is different. I do love it. It’s great to look at the water the sunset and sunrise but after awhile the the sand gets to you. It’s just like anything else, it’s the little things in life that irritate you. How does this connect with real estate? everything, Real is involved with each business you deal with, each professional you visit, and each trip you...
How To Buy a Home at a $100,000 Discount
How To Buy a Home at a $100,000 Discount AnnaMaria Andriotis Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Buzz up More from Refinancing: Is Now the Right Time? at SmartMoney.com 10 Things Real Estate Brokers Won’t Say at SmartMoney.com Homeowners Insurance: Do You Have Enough? at SmartMoney.com To pare down their growing inventory of properties, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are...
Fannie Mae Military Forbearance is Mostly...
I friend of mine wrote this I thought it give some information that might be useful. by jonbenya on October 7, 2010 Written by: jonbenya Fannie Mae recently announced a new loan forbearance program specifically for military members. If you’d like to know all of the details you can visit the website for the program here, but I’ll give you the highlights: IF: You are...
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Real Estate News You can Use
Mortgage Industry Decision making on retaining servicing; State foreclosure site; Updates from Wells, GMAC, PHH Mortgage News Clips – What do San Francisco, Atlanta, and Orlando have in common? Each has been the site of a “grassroots” mortgage production conference called “Mortgage … Home Foreclosures Faulty Foreclosure Cases May Prolong the Housing Market Slump Suite101 –...
If HE Says It Is Time To Buy a Home, BUY A HOME!
Repost If HE Says It Is Time To Buy a Home, BUY A HOME! by The KCM Crew on October 5, 2010 · 293Share “If you don’t own a home, buy one. If you own one home, buy another one. And if you own two homes, buy a third and lend your relatives the money to buy one.” – John Paulson 9/27/2010 WOW! That’s a powerful statement. There is no question that John Paulson is a bull when it comes to...
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DNSnews for Real Estate Defaults
Paperwork Missteps to Prolong Foreclosure Crisis in Certain States Three major mortgage lenders have halted foreclosures in states where the process is handled through the court system after suspicions surfaced that employees did not follow legal procedures in preparing the required documentation. These paperwork problems are widely expected to draw out the already devastating foreclosure...
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Real Estate News You can Use
Real Estate Sector Dion’s Monday ETF Winners and Losers TheStreet.com – ETFs tracking volatility and REITs were among the few winners in today’s trading. Real Estate Foreclosures up in the air, but no big impact here Chicago Sun-Times – The decision by three banks to halt foreclosure proceedings as they review whether documents in earlier cases were properly checked...
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365 tips on selling your home #8
Download now or watch on posterous 365 tips on selling your home #8.mov (567 KB) Get ti know the contract so when you get the offer you know what you are offer will look like. You do not want it to look like Greek to you.
365 Ways to sell your home #7 (( tag:Eglin AFB,...
Download now or watch on posterous 365 tips on selling your home #7.mov (742 KB) Make sure driveways and walk ways are clean neat and ready for potential buyers.